Fw: Fwd: Health Technology (HT) in the AFRO Region

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From: Tom Judd <judd...@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2020 at 14:58
Subject: Health Technology (HT) in the AFRO Region
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CC: Kallirroi Stavrianou <kstav...@gmail.com>

Dear HT Colleagues:

Happy New Decade!

A year ago, IFMBE Clinical Engineering (CE) Division set out to create a new website to accomplish the following goals; resulting website now found at https://ced.ifmbe.org/ with website questions directed to in...@ced.ifmbe.org:

1. Provide clear definitions of our profession; referencing the World Health Organization (WHO) Medical Device website definitions and information -  https://www.who.int/medical_devices/en/ - Accomplished, see  https://ced.ifmbe.org/resources/ce-htm-definitions.html
2. Increase the number of worldwide CE societies affiliated to IFMBE CED                                Evidence of progress shown with our October 2019 Rome International Congress; see Congress report developed for ACCE News, attached.  As noted below, a major effort underway to help create new national societies
3. Increase the number of worldwide CE academic programs.                                                     Work in progress; Education tab to be further developed in 2020.  Have added alot of CE-HTM Training in 2019, in Blogs now, searchable Training content coming, sign up 2020 webinars: https://ced.ifmbe.org/webinar
4. Increase the number of attendees to the ICEHTMC.                                                                2019 III ICEHTMC in Rome had 1000 participants representing 70+ countries, nearly twice from earlier Congresses
5. Increase the participation of key stakeholders in CE initiatives.                                               See November 27 CED Board and Collaborator minutes with Listing of Top 100 actions by the CED 'family' in 2019; CED family identified here:  https://ced.ifmbe.org/about-us/who-we-are.html
6. Increase number of CE’s answering international survey on CE body of knowledge and practice           Article about earlier BOK/BOP survey results found here in the Global CE Journal - https://globalce.org/index.php/GlobalCE/article/view/70; here also the current survey link to add your data now;                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfvtucVwuhQrALeGw_la4VoXKvRU03KHuQb9RxVaAUH9cLlKw/viewform?usp=sf_link; note CED to provide non-Google survey link for China
7. Get media attention for content delivered by CED.                                                                  Rome Congress an excellent global media event, welcome video: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4J5r8E1nuJU; CED Social Media weekly postings began in 2019; join a WhatsApp group to gain access via FB, Twitter, etc

It has been an amazing start for CED with nearly 100 of you from the 6 global HT Regions (and 80+ countries) participating in 1 or more of several meetings this month to advance our Global Action Plan as well as your Regional & Country Action Plans.

     As you may know, we had Regional HT meetings in December and January; notes from all of those Regional meetings are attached (and access to their Zoom recordings), please send to Kallirroi and me any corrections needed.

We have not fully analyzed these efforts, but we are moving ahead on several identified global initiatives, as follows below.   It will also be our agenda on Wednesday to discuss these items, other ongoing Projects, and upcoming Events.

     Please use these materials to engage one another in the coming weeks, around our Action Plans.

1. Identification - recognition of unique CE Competencies (CEC)                         (1) Begin monthly webinars:1st  HTM Indicators & Stakeholder Management this Thu Jan 30 at 11 am New York time; register:  https://ced.ifmbe.org/webinar; (2) Feb 27 on Medical Device Metrology, (3-12) Mar-Dec on the 10 CE Competencies
2. Engagement - internal to our profession and external to health leaders                  (1) Internal CE-HTM Mentoring program: Jennifer D to begin soon; (2) Health Leaders:many ideas and plans underway, see Regional notes; (3) Monthly Regional HT meetings continue in February led Regionally on Zoom
3. Education - Training - particular focus on Leadership aspects of CEC            (1) Monthly webinars March-Dec will outline global best practices for CE Competencies and describe Leadership aspects of implementing these practices; (2) Digital Health 8-week CE-HTM training plans coming soon, by Elliot S & Ricardo S
4. Professional Standing - led by the CED International Credentialing Board (ICB)   3rd meeting of the ICB held Jan 27, co-chaired by Li Bin & Fabiola Martinez with Board members & Advisors from all 6 Regional HT groups.  Prior meetings were in August 2019 and October 2019 in Rome.  More info to follow.
5. Telehealth/Policy- Co-Chairs E. Sloane, P. Galvin; Advisory Board created 12/19   Initiative with regular meetings formally getting under way in February 2020; more info to follow.  Co-chairs met today and again next week to develop an initial approach for the Global Advisory Board.
6. WHO Collaboration: Adriana Velazquez, WHO Geneva Medical Device Unit        A small CED team began regular meetings with Adriana.  (1) All countries requested to complete the Nomenclature survey:  https://extranet.who.int/dataform/614614?lang=en; (2) preparing for World Health Assembly Exec. Board Feb 3-7 in Geneva
7. Global CE-HTM Indicators - initiative began in Rome, a team met in January   (1) Here is a Blog about this work from October 2019:  https://ced.ifmbe.org/blog/ifmbe-ced-survey-staffing.html; Jennifer DeFrancesco will discuss the initiative in the monthly webinar on Thursday this week (see 1 above)

Please also let us know about your CE-HTM Events in 2020, a draft listing of Events followed by CED, attached.

Thanks.

Tom Judd

IFMBE CED Board Chair

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