Cost effective clinical engineering internships in community hospitals

A cooperative Clinical Engineering Internship Program has been developed jointly by California State University, Sacramento, and Sutter Community Hospital of Sacramento, California. The program, in existence since 1972, was developed and continues to operate on a cost-effective basis. The hospital has benefitted through the utilization of skilled professional personnel (interns), and the university has benefitted from the availability of a clinical engineering "laboratory" for experiential training.