22nd Annual ACCES Educational Seminars & Trade Expo
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This year marked the 22nd anniversary of an annual event that brings together clinical engineering professionals and key healthcare technology players in Atlantic Canada: the Atlantic Canada Clinical Engineering Educational Seminars and Trade Expo. Over 120 delegates, vendors, and speakers were present for this event in Moncton, New Brunswick, from May 17-19, 2017.
Clinical Engineering in NB Recognized for Innovation
Tuesday, 11 July 2017 19:51 | Written by Natalie Cormier |
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Service New Brunswick’s Clinical Engineering branch was recently recognized as a finalist for ECRI Institute's 11th annual Health Devices Achievement Award. Clinical Engineering utilized a concept called critical percentage to better improve completion rates of inspection and preventative maintenance (IPM) on medical devices throughout the province.
New Education Committee
Thursday, 06 July 2017 18:33 | Written by Natalie Cormier |
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The Education Committee has since met, and together they have laid the groundwork for a series of educational offerings through online webinars based on speaker sessions from ACCES22. Expect emails to be sent to the ACCES distribution list as soon as webinars are scheduled and available. Coming soon!
Message from the ACCES President
Thursday, 06 July 2017 15:22 | Written by Brett Fraser |
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Dear ACCES Members, It is finally nice to see that summer has arrived to the Atlantic Provinces, bringing with it the nicer weather, which we all deserve. Especially deserving are those individuals who participated in hosting ACCES22 this year in Moncton.
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2017 Award Recipient
Thursday, 01 June 2017 14:46 | Written by Natalie Cormier |
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On the evening of May 18th, during the banquet dinner for the 2017 ACCES Annual Educational Seminar and Trade Expo, a clinical engineering professional from Atlantic Canada, Mark Ryan, was recognised as the ACCES 2017 Clinical Engineering Professional of the Year for having distinguished himself through his hard work, exceptional service, technical skills, and dedication to the clinical engineering profession.
Membership Updates
Thursday, 06 April 2017 12:33 | Last Updated on Friday, 16 June 2017 09:30 | Written by Gary Slaunwhite |
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Hello and Greetings to everyone out there in the ACCES Biomed Community, I am pleased to provide the following ACCES Membership update. As of today, April 2nd , we currently have 75 Regular and Associate active members in our society that have renewed as of April 1st , 2017. Our membership is currently composed of 41 from NB, 22 from NS, 6 from NF, 4 from PEI and 2 members from areas outside Atlantic Canada. We also have 56 members currently residing in a “Grace” status, meaning that they were members as of March 31st, 2017 but haven’t renewed yet. So if you haven’t renewed yet please do so quickly. Also keep in mind that the Swag Flashlight gift will only be available to members that have renewed their membership for this year by the end of June 2017.
Mike, Come in……..Over
Wednesday, 02 November 2016 21:46 | Written by Paul V. for Brett F. |
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This month’s Spotlight features Mike Smith from the Fredericton Area. Although Mike didn’t always live in the area as he was originally born in Goose bay, Labrador in 1963. At the age of three though he packed up (or his parents did) and the family moved back to Fredericton, their home city.
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The ACCES board of directors recently held their Annual General Meeting, which took place on Thursday, May 18th 2017, in Moncton, New Brunswick. The floor was opened for nominations to the vacant Director of Education position, but none were received. However, after a few members showed interest in lending a hand, an Education Committee was formed.
