The Wentworth Center for Clinical Engineering: a collaborative and interactive venture

A program has been developed in Boston to bring together hospital and industrial biomedical engineers, BMETs, CEs, nurses, physicians, the Massachusetts Medical Devices Society, academic engineering technologists, and students. This program is headquartered at the Center for Clinical Engineering at the Wentworth Institute of Technology, and is designed to serve and support the interests of the participants for educational, professional, networking and interdisciplinary activities. Because of the availability of engineering technology programs at Wentworth, and the willingness of local professionals to participate, a comprehensive and unique program has been developed to train BMETs and CEs. This program emphasizes hands-on electronic technology, biomedical lectures and laboratories, management lectures and in-hospital preceptorships under the supervision of BMETs, CEs, biomedical directors and nurses.