Findings of the worldwide clinical engineering survey conducted by the clinical engineering division of the international federation for medicine and biological engineering

Abstract

Despite the clinical engineering profession already exists in most parts of the world, one cannot say that its activities and profile are the same in each country. However, just a number of few countries have already conducted a survey to identify the characteristics of its clinical engineers. This survey, developed by the International Federation for Medicine and Biological Engineering, is the first attempt to identify the clinical engineer, the clinical engineering activities and the kind of employer worldwide. The results have shown significant differences according to the analyzed region.