Applicability of personnel management concepts to clinical engineering practice

Personnel management concepts are reviewed for inclusion in clinical engineering basic and continuing education curricula. The management function is evaluated from the aspect of formal and informal leadership, two-way communication, voluntary cooperation, and the direction and discipline of the clinical engineering staff. Prerequisites examined in support of these activities include an effective organizational structure, man-to-job matching, personal needs, and job satisfaction. Steps propounded for stimulating communications between the clinical engineer and his multidisciplinary clients include adjustments to his own role model and to his educational technique so as to accord more with the specific role models of his audience.