Role of Professional Organizations in Promoting Your Biomedical/Clinical Engineering Career

Authors

  • Arif Subhan VA
  • Frank Painter Past President, American College of Clinical Engineering
  • Kim Greenwood Regional Clinical Engineering Service Program Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Canada

Keywords:

professional organization, career development

Abstract

A Biomedical/Clinical Engineering professional, whether they are a biomedical technician or a biomedical/clinical engineer needs to know what factors help grow and enhance their career.

Of course education, experience, trainings and certifications matter, but often many fail to recognize the important role professional organizations (e.g. AAMI, CMBES, ACCE and others) play in providing that extra push, guidance and experience that sets them apart as they move ahead in their career. 

Joining a professional organization at any level and any time during their career can help the Biomedical/Clinical Engineering professional boost their career. 

This presentation will draw upon decades of the experience the presenters had with the professional organizations and how it helped enhance their Biomedical /Clinical Engineering career.

 

Author Biographies

Frank Painter, Past President, American College of Clinical Engineering

Adjunct Professor, University of Connecticut, CT, USA

Kim Greenwood, Regional Clinical Engineering Service Program Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Canada

Kim Greenwood started his career at the Hospital for Sick Children in
Toronto in 1979. Then in 1991, he joined ServiceMaster of Canada’s (later
Aramark Healthcare’s) Clinical Engineering unit and led the national support
and sales activities within Canada. Since 1997, Kim has been the Director of
the Regional Clinical Engineering Service Program based out of the
Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO) in Ottawa, Canada. The
regional team provides external services to 19 hospitals at 29 sites in Eastern
Ontario. Under his leadership, the CHEO Clinical Engineering Department
was selected as the winner of the 2016 International Federation of Medical
and Biomedical Engineering (IFMBE)’s outstanding Clinical Engineering
Teamwork award. He has contributed significantly in the advancement of the
field with international and national publications and has encouraged his
team’s involvement with Biomedical Engineering programs in the local
universities. As a result of his local university involvement, he has been
appointed Adjunct Professor in Mechanical Engineering at the University of
Ottawa. Kim was the recipient of the 2017 ACCE Advocacy Professional
Achievement in Management / Managerial Excellence Award and was made a
Fellow of the Engineering Institute of Canada in 2018, a Fellow of the
Canadian Medical and Biological Engineering Society in 2020 and a Fellow
of the American College of Clinical Engineering in 2021. Kim serves on three
other healthcare related Boards in Canada and holds a Master’s degree in
Biomedical Engineering from Carleton University. He is currently President
Elect ACCE.

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Published

2023-05-14

How to Cite

[1]
A. Subhan, F. . Painter, and K. Greenwood, “Role of Professional Organizations in Promoting Your Biomedical/Clinical Engineering Career”, CMBES Proc., vol. 45, May 2023.

Issue

Vol. 45 (2023)

Section

Clinical Engineering