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Interesting. But how about:- "basic electronics"?*

* Or (for the example you give) ... relays!

Geoff,

This is the second block (of 3) for the current set of students. The necessary electronics was covered in the first block, while I was there in October / November.

Also, we are working in the Electronics Department within the University, and they are able to cover most of the non-medical based electronics theory.

Steven

Yes. So the guys are already at the "required level", then.

I thought I would draw that out. Many years ago I saw cases where "ex-GPO" techs (well, so-called techs) from a "certain country" were brought across to the UK to be trained on biomed kit. As you can probably guess from my preamble, it was a complete waste of time and money, as those guys (as willing as most of them were) were basically ... er, clueless.

Meanwhile, have you checked out what Frank has available?

Hi All,

It's the time again. We are once again looking for medical engineers / technicians to volunteer for our BME training program at Kyambogo University, Uganda.

The next training session will start in late October, and this will be our 3rd such session, so we have a better idea of what to expect, though we are still learning all the time. There will be both current and new students to be taught.

We are also in need of test and calibration equipment, both for training, and to donated to hospitals where our engineers are based. There's next to no calibration equipment within Uganda's hospitals, and as you all know, the equipment would be of no use without proper training. Therefore we would be looking at providing proper training on any test equipment donated.

The attached document contains rough details of what we are looking to cover, but please feel free to ask any questions on what's being covered or about the Trust in general.

Regards,

Steven Daglish

Project Manager
Amalthea Trust

www.amaltheatrust.org.uk