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Appropriate Heathcare May 2008

Healthcare Technologies Network

A community for the growth and exchange of knowledge in engineering and technology

Highlights

Prize for MSc students
The 2008 Dennis Hill Award rewards MSc projects in the field of healthcare technologies. Find out more.



Prize for PhD students
The 2008 William James Award rewards PhD work in the field of biomedical engineering. Find out more.


Medical Innovation Forum
25 June 2008, London, UK
The IET is supporting this year’s Medical Innovation Forum and has negotiated a reduced rate of registration.

Lifeskills Workshops for Professional Engineers
The IET offers free Lifeskills workshops to students and members. Non-members can attend for a small fee. Find out what is on offer through your Local Network.


IET Discover
Try out this new social bookmarking site. Search peer-reviewed articles, reports and resources that other engineers are finding useful. You must be registered on the IET website to access Discover.

Suggest a visit
If you are able to host a technical visit or suggest a possible venue, please contact Janine Mitchell.
 

Faraday logo 08IET Faraday 08
The IET Faraday is an exciting year long programme of interactive challenges, activities and live events that explore science in action for secondary school students. This year's theme is Technology for Life.

IET events


The 5th IET Seminar on Appropriate Healthcare Technologies for Developing Countries
 21 – 22 May 2008, Savoy Place, London
The programme for this seminar is now available.



The 4th International Conference on Advances in Medical, Signal and Information Processing (MEDSIP) 2008
14-16 July 2008, S.Margherita Ligure, Italy
This conference will provide an exciting international forum for attendees to meet and exchange views with leading experts, establish new contacts and network.


Local network events

Improved diabetes healthcare
12 June 2008, Glasgow, UK
The Symposium will consist of a number of invited keynote presentations on current devices and technologies and future developments/trends.

Co-sponsored events

Materials Congress 2008 - materials for the future
13-15 May 2008, Lincolnshire, UK

21st century hospital ventilation
15 May 2008, London, UK

Effects and management of electromagnetic fields in the hospital
8 July 2008, York, UK

Illuminated and Enlightened
29-30 July 2008, Reading, UK

Working like Clockwork – the equipment management database
21 October 2008, Birmingham, UK

Past presentations

AHT presentation slides
Presentation slides from the 4th IET seminar on Appropriate Healthcare Technologies for Developing Countries.

 

MEDTECH 2007 Presentations Available
View speaker presentations and slides from the recent IET conference on Medical Electrical Devices and Technology.


Calls for papers


Contribute!

Share your ideas and expertise...

Discussion Forum
Join in the discussion.

Events Research
Participate in our event planning, or suggest an event topic.


Useful links

AIME
Find out more about the Association of Institutions concerned with Medical Engineering .

AHT resource page
View the resource page for the IET seminars on Appropriate Healthcare Technologies for Developing Countries.

VRCT
The Voluntary Register of Clinical Technologist (VRCT), open to all working in the UK with technical roles in the fields of medical physics, clinical engineering, medical equipment maintenance or medical equipment manufacture.

Events

21 May 08 Replacing joints
21 May 08 Measurement of Human Performance using Machine Vision
21 May 08 Appropriate healthcare technologies for developing countries
17 Jun 08 National electronics week
08 Jul 08 Effects and management of electromagnetic fields in the hospital

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