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Professional Issues in BME

Explore the importance of professional licensure for public safety, certification requirements, ethics, and ongoing maintenance. Learn about forensic engineering, consulting principles, and codes of conduct in the biomedical engineering field. Discover key societies and standards shaping the industry.

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Professional Issues in BME

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  1. Professional Issues in BME Societies, Licensure, Ethics, Forensics/Consulting Chapter 22

  2. Biomedical Engineering Societies • BMES annual mtg, newsletter, annals • IBE joint mtgs, web newsletter • AAMI yearly, largely instrumentation • IEEE-EMBS yearly, joint, magazines, int. • AMIA biannual, magazine • RESNA rehab • ACM sigbio special interest group

  3. Societies, continued • SPIE international, bio apps • ASME, ASCE, AIChE • AdvaMed (Advanced Medical Technologies Assn.) www.himanet.com

  4. Standards Settings Groups: Society Based • IEEE • ASME • AAMI • AMA American Medical Assn. • AHA American Heart • ADA American Dental • ASQC Am. Soc. Quality Control • ANSI Am Nat. Stds. Assn.!!!!

  5. Standards Settings Groups: National Groups • NEMA electrical manufacturers • NSC safety council (ISTD) • NFPA fire protection • NCRP radiation protection

  6. Standards Settings GroupsU.S. Miscellaneous • UL underwriters lab • OSHA Gov’t. occ. Safety • FCC Federal Communications Comm. • JCAHO www.jcaho.org

  7. Major International Groups: • ISO International Standards Organization – 110 countries – ANSI is US rep. • IEC International Electrotechnical Commission – electric/electronic standards

  8. Professional Licensure • Why? Required for work involving public safety, certification of requirements, etc. $. Respect. Testimony. Promotions. Future job requirement?

  9. Professional Licensure, Continued • How? • BS in an ABET 4yr approved curriculum. • - few exceptions (equivalency) • Pass FE exam ->Engineering Intern • See www.ncees.org for more info & dates

  10. Professional Licensure, Continued • 4+ years of responsible engineering work +FE or 12 years responsible work • Pass Principles & Practice Exam & Presentation of Credentials • -> P.E. License (with stamp)

  11. Professional Licensure, Maintenance • Yearly license fees payment • Yearly privilege tax payment • Continuing Education • Abiding by rules of conduct (ethical practice!)

  12. Professional Conduct = • Preservation of public welfare • Service only in areas of competence • Objective, truthful • No conflicts of interest • No bribes, false advertising, etc… • IEEE, NSPE, most have code(s), ethics • www.nspe.org/ethics/eh1-code.asp

  13. Forensics • PE almost a necessity. • Area of competence? • Determine “fault” • Document “fault” via investigation, replay, testing, mathematical modeling • Convey info to the one who hired you • Outcome: fired or continue (50%)

  14. Forensics continued • http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfMAUDE/search.CFM • Document, prepare for testimony, answer interrogatories, Rule 26, go or no go! • Go to court if necessary (5-10%)

  15. Forensics continued • Charges: 1/1000 annual per hour, plus expenses (hotel, travel, duplicating, services agreed upon, supplies…) • Generally write a maximum daily charge into the contract • For you folks: 55,000/1000 = $55/hour • Lawyer: $150 & up • MD: $200 & up, …

  16. Forensics continued • Male assist device: refused. • Claim no data/damage low speed – NO! • Ventilator -> brain damage (simulation) • Air embolism case (simulation) • Drapery cord case (communication) • Enteral feeder case (case justified?)

  17. Consulting • Area of expertise • Non-disclosure • Agree on contract: 1 day, % time, rights, etc. • Whatever the market will bear(S&E&…) …

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