26 September 2018

KEY FUTURE CAREERS FOR HEALTH

TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION

Stefano BergamascoVice-president Italian Clinical Engineers Association

Secretary IFMBE Clinical Engineering Division

Partner ECRI Institute

Email: stefano@medtechprojects.com

1 / What is a Clinical Engineer?

Clinical Engineer (CE)

A professional who is qualified by education and/or registration to

practice engineering in the health care environment where technology is

created, deployed, taught, regulated, managed or maintained related to

health services. Other related terms used for the CE role in developing

countries includes biomedical engineer, and rehabilitation engineer.

(Clinical Engineering Global Summit, 2015)

We take care of health technology in medical

settings!

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2 / Health Technology Management

Health technology (HT)

Application of organized knowledge and skills in the form of devices,

medicines, vaccines, procedures, and systems developed to solve a

health problem and improve quality of lives. (WHO 2007)

HT management (HTM)

To ensure access to appropriate medical devices, proper management

and use of medical equipment over its life cycle must be considered,

beginning with understanding the needs of the country, region,

community, or facility and ending with decommissioning. In between, the

process consists of good procurement practices, appropriate donation

solicitation and provision, logistics of delivery and installation, inventory

management, maintenance, safe use and training, and measurement of

clinical effectiveness. HTM is conducted alongside HT assessment

(HTA) and HT regulatory and performance compliance. (WHO 2016)

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3 / The Italian Clinical Engineers Association AIIC

AIIC (Associazione Italiana Ingegneri Clinici) is the Italian Clinical

Engineers Association, founded in 1993 with two main goals:

• To spread and advance scientific, technical and organizational

knowledge in Clinical Engineering

• To represent the professional interests of Clinical Engineers and

promote the establishment of clinical engineering services in health

institutions for the governance of medical technologies

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4/ AIIC governance

Three board members are elected from the «hospital» area, three from

the «service» area.

The President of the association must be from the «hospital» area

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At the 2018 AIIC

congress, with On.

Beatrice Lorenzin,

former Italian

Ministry of Health

5/ Growth of members

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N. of AIIC members

6/ The AIIC identikit

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Italian clinical

engineers:

• Young

• Increasingly

female

• Hi educational

level

7/ AIIC strategy and goals

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Partnerships (scientific societies,

university, industry, institutions)

Professional development

(Conferences, Workshops, Training

courses)

Professional recognition (External

communication)

Research and data analysis

Growth (members base, relationships, …)

8/ AIIC challenges

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Implementing policies for the replacement of existing technologies

Promoting a uniform vision that allows full integration between

technologies and information systems

Ensuring full accessibility and sustainability of useful technological

innovation

Making the biomedical technology market a driver for the development

of knowledge and employment opportunities

9/ AIIC international activities

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AIIC has a specific working group dedicated to the development of

international relationships

AIIC is affiliated to IFMBE since more than 10 years

AIIC is a member of EAMBES since 2016

Since Naples 2013, at each of our National Conferences we organize

an international session with worldwide guests

We participate in the Global CE day

We support WHO initiatives, also through the Pavia WHO

Collaborating Center

10/ AIIC international activities

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Hanghzou,

ICEHTMC 2015WHO, Book on

Human

Resources

Bari, Clinical

Engineering

Mediterranean Forum

11/ IFMBE Clinical Engineering Division – Who we are

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Leaders of Clinical Engineering (CE) worldwide

of over 800K practitioners (WHO, 2018)

A Federation of CE individuals and societies

with contacts in >160 countries

How does CED meet global CE needs?

• Organizes global conferences

(knowledge sharing & networking –

e.g., partnership with WHO, IFMBE,

regional and national societies, etc.),

• Develops a Global CE Journal

(a publication of best practices),

• Promotes Global CE Day- October 21

(and other recognition activities),

• Provides a platform for collaboration

(CED Board & Collaborators projects)

CED Board MembersTom JUDD, Chair (USA, 2018-2021)

Stefano BERGAMASCO, Secretary (Italy, 2018-2024)

Leandro PECCHIA, Treasurer (UK, 2018-2024)

Fabiola MARTINEZ, Elected Member (Mexico, 2018-2024)

Almir BADNJEVIC, Elected Member (Bosnia & Herzegovina, 2018-2024)

Paolo LAGO, Elected Member (Italy, 2015-2021)

Mladen POLUTA, Elected Member (South Africa, 2015-2021)

Yadin DAVID, Coopted Member (USA, 2018-2021)

James WEAR, Coopted Member (USA, 2018-2021)

Li BIN, proposed Coopted Member (China, 2018-2021)

Saide Jorge CALIL, proposed Coopted Member (Brazil, 2018-2021)

Kallirroi STAVRIANOU, Secretariat

CED Collaborators75 individuals & societies so far

from 6 continents

and 36 countries;

Listed at http://cedglobal.org/organization-and-teams/

12/ IFMBE Clinical Engineering Division – What we do

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No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Project External

Recogniti

on (Outward

facing)

Recognitio

n (part a)

External

Professional

Relationship

s

Recognition

(part b)

Internal

Communicatio

ns / Social

Media (Inward facing)

Recognition

(part c)

Education-

Training

Global

Capacity

Building

(part a)

Credentiali

ng

Global

Capacity

Building

(part b)

Center for

Excellence

Global

Capacity

Building

(part c)

Biannual

Congresse

s /

ICEHTMCs

Professiona

l exchange

(part a)

WHO,

Regional &

Ongoing

Events &

Affiliations

Professional

Exchange (part

b)

Global CE

Journal /

Publicatio

n

Profession

al

Exchange

(part c)

HT Regulation

Professional

Exchange

(part d)

Medical Devices

and location in

low-resource

settings

Professional

Exchange (part e)

Global Capacity

Building (part d)

CE-Driven

InnovationRecognition

(part d)

Global Capacity

Building (part e)

Professional

Exchange (part

f)

Leader Yadin

David

Leandro

PecchiaTom Judd

Mladen Poluta, Almir

Badjnevic

Jim Wear

SaideCalil

Stefano Bergamasco

Paolo Lagp

Yadin

DavidPeter Grainger/

Fabiola Martinez

Leandro

Pecchia

Mario

Castañeda

Global …

Recognition,

Capacity Building,

Professional Exchange2016: 125 CE Success

Stories - 90 countries

WHO World Health Assembly

2018: 400 CE Success

Stories - 125 countries

MOH WHO Member States

2018-2021 CED Projects. Join us!

13/ IFMBE Clinical Engineering Division – Affiliated

countries

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14/ AIIC/CED - See you in Rome in 2019!

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