The people who love their career in HTM

In celebration of HTM week, we are focusing again on the answer to –
What do you love about your career in HTM?
Looking back to last year, The Field Engineer asked fifty-one people to explain –
Why has your career in HTM been right for you?
The Field Engineer supports all those unsung heroes who work globally installing, maintaining, servicing, repairing, and caring for the medical equipment which is important for all of us. You may not see them but everywhere there is medical equipment – in hospitals, labs, clinics, veterinary practices, dental clinics – they will be there. They are a vital part of the healthcare system in every country around the world.
If you are wondering what to do after school or college, why not consider joining this group of people and becoming a Biomedical Engineer or Technician.

Why has your career in HTM been right for you?
Introduction
“Healthcare Technology Management (HTM) Week, this year May 18 – 25, promotes awareness of—and appreciation for—the critical work of professionals who manage and maintain the vast assortment of health technology found in healthcare delivery organizations”.
Here is The Field Engineer’s series of articles which focused on USA Biomedical Engineering meeting HTMs and Biomeds from across the USA. We asked them all about their career in HTM and why they loved it and why they would recommend it to others.
Meet HTM (Healthcare Technology Management) People
Meet the HTM people who featured previously and discussed their background and career in HTM.
What do you love about your career in HTM?
Biomedical Engineers aka HTMs, are a key part of healthcare in all countries. They are the people who install and keep vital medical and healthcare tools and devices running and maintained.
Healthcare Technology Management (HTM) Week, promotes awareness of—and appreciation for—the critical work of professionals who manage and maintain the vast assortment of health technology found in healthcare delivery organizations.
To celebrate HTM professionals and the AAMI HTM (Healthcare Technology Management) week 2023, we asked six of our USA based community members,
What do you love about your career in HTM?

USA Biomedical Engineering Life with a career in HTM
This series of articles focuses on USA Biomedical Engineering meeting HTMs and Biomeds from across the USA.
Meet the first ten with a career in HTM
This article includes one Biomedical Engineering Technician who has worked in biomedical engineering for 45 years and is now based in Alaska.
This is USA Biomedical Engineering Life Part 1

Meet the second ten
This article includes Frank Pemberton, a Field Service Engineer for BD Biosciences, part of Beckton Dickinson supporting cell analysers and cell sorters. Frank is based in San Antonio, Texas. Frank often quotes this: “A patient is at the end of everything we do!”
This is USA Biomedical Engineering Life Part 2

Meet the third ten
In this article we introduce biomedical professionals from all over the USA – from Arizona to New Jersey. One of them, Zack Pelletier always works with the memory of his father’s treatment and the medical equipment which was used. Zack has an associate degree in biomedical engineering and electronics tech certification. He worked as a biomed technician for 5 years before moving to his current role as a field engineer for GE HealthCare, specialising in diagnostic imaging. Zack feels:
“Every time I work on a piece of medical and imaging equipment, I think not only about my father, but about the people who are awaiting diagnosis. The very least I can do is ensure their procedures go smoothly.”
This is USA Biomedical Engineering Life Part 3

Meet the fourth ten
In this article we cover HTM professionals from different states including Jeff Kudrna who works for University Hospitals as a Lead Technician and is based in Greater Cleveland in Ohio.
Jeff says:
“I have only been in this field for 6 + years and every day is a different challenge! That is what gets me up in the morning knowing the challenges waiting and the lives that I get to change! I LOVE BEING IN THE HTM FIELD!”
This is USA Biomedical Engineering Life Part 4

Meet the final eleven
We squeezed eleven different HTM professionals into our last article.
One of them from Texas, Rhiannon Thurmond who works for Boston Imaging as a Field Service Engineer says the following:
“This career has allowed me to improve my critical thinking skills, work with awesome tools and analysers, improve communication skills, be a problem solver, and has given me an opportunity to travel and see the world. I have an abundance of gratitude for my career choice as the people working in this industry are all amazing and have unique talents that they spend countless hours grooming and working to improve so that we can make the biggest impact on patient care. We help each other, we dream big, and we have an understanding that HTM is more than just a job but a career that saves lives.”
This is USA Biomedical Engineering Life Part 5

If you work in Biomedical Engineer and Healthcare Technology Management and want to enhance your career in HTM, join The Field engineer Community and network with in our networking groups, including Biomeds – Biomedical Engineers and Technicians A group dedicated to Healthcare Technology Management (HTM): medical, biomedical and dental engineers/technicians to share common experiences, and to help and support each other.
Biomedical and Laboratory Equipment, Engage in our Biomedical and Laboratory Equipment Group
Share your experience regarding Biomedical and Laboratory Equipment maintenance tasks
Ask for troubleshooting tips.
Medical, pharmaceuticals, life science, bioscience. A group for discussing questions related to Medical, pharmaceuticals, life science, bioscience.
Our networking groups have members from across the world. They are a place where you can discuss your career in HTM and your challenges with fellow professionals.
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