Professional development of the BMET.
Acceptance of the BMET into the patient care picture, and recognition of the BMET as an equal contributor to quality patient care are central to the advancement of this relatively new career field. One factor in gaining this acceptance is the overall image presented by those who call themselves BMET's. An understanding of emerging professions and the effect of dress on image enhancement can provide useful insight into the phenomena of professional recognition. A second aspect of development important to any professional is continuing educational growth. A performance-evaluation scheme, stressing and promoting continuing education, is described in this paper.
D001698:Biomedical Engineering / Q000592:standards*; D006608:Hierarchy, Social; D006801:Humans; D008284:Maintenance and Engineering, Hospital; D010564:Personnel, Hospital / Q000523:psychology; D014481:United States