Clinical engineering training program in emerging countries example from Albania

Abstract

Emerging countries developing their health care systems with support and donations from the industrialized countries need also support to develop the know-how for management of the equipment they get. The lack of knowledge and competence can be over bridged by well-planned education and training programs based on established programs and routines from the supporting countries where clinical engineering is an established profession. The education and training must have both short-term and long-term goals. It is essential that the country get a good base to develop own educational and managerial systems for health care support. The Albanian project shows an example how this can be realized.