Is this included in my organisation's licence?

Yes. An organisation's licence includes every track, core and branch, with the Platform, Medical City, Essentia, the App and the dashboard. Your organisation enrols you on the track, and it appears under My track; there is nothing extra to buy.

Can I take it on my own?

Yes, as a Deep Dive for $199 one-time, or in the Ready Technician Full family for $899. One payment opens it for 12 months under My track: the track's lessons, labs, Medical City scenarios, the certificate and the track mentor (100 questions per track, more with credit top-ups). General Essentia, the Studios and Design are not included. Where a week asks for your organisation's own documents, you work from BMEssentia's sample hospital documents instead, and observed sign-offs become self-assessed with evidence.

A branch is a short focus within the Ready Technician track, sold on its own as a Deep Dive and in the Full family: the same shift structure, built on the core's competencies, with the device families and cases of one area of work.

Which level should I choose?

Easy, Medium or Hard. A short baseline check on day one places you, or you can choose. Easy starts with worked examples and the simulation coach; Hard is independent, interleaved and timed. The same competencies are assessed at every level.

What do I get at the end?

The BMEssentia Certificate of Completion: Ready Technician, Imaging, naming the track and the level you completed, and a portfolio of the real work documents you made along the way.

How much time does it take?

6 weeks, 3-5 hours a week, in items of a few minutes to about half an hour. Lessons, illustrations, checks and studios on a phone; simulations and the Device Lab best on a laptop.

Which languages is it in?

Essentia answers and explains in English, Arabic and Chinese. The course lessons and the Device Lab are in English, and every track page is also in Arabic.

Ready TechnicianImaging

Branch · The Imaging Floor

Ready Technician:Imaging

X-ray, CT, MRI and ultrasound: first-line checks, image artefacts and MR and radiation safety.

For: Hospitals that need technicians who can support X-ray, CT, MRI and ultrasound safely alongside vendors and medical physics.

Before you start: Ready Technician (core) completed or in progress: this branch assumes the core's competencies and builds the Imaging specialism on them.

Start free: week 1 of a track Book a demo for your team

Your mentor, a character in the trackDr Amira HaddadHead of Clinical Engineering

Length: 6 weeks
Time: 3-5 hours a week
Levels: Easy, Medium, Hard
Certificate: Certificate of Completion
On your own: $199, 12 months

Ready Technician: Imaging: Device Lab, X-ray — Device Lab · X-ray

The arc · 6 weeks · The Imaging Floor

What you'll be able to do

The job, done properly.

Explains the X-ray, CT, MR and ultrasound chains well enough to locate faults outside the scanner
Reads artefacts (rings, streaks, zipper, coil dropout, probe shadows) as evidence
Works safely in MR zones and radiation areas and keeps their safety systems effective
Controls imaging changes: protocols, firmware, disinfectants, power and HVAC
Escalates to vendors and medical physics with evidence

The story

BMEssentia Medical City Hospital, the Imaging Floor (X-ray, CT, MRI, ultrasound) and the Imaging Service Workshop (B1).

Dr Amira HaddadHead of Clinical Engineering · your mentor (a character in the track)

“When the image is wrong and the tube is fine, the cause is usually upstream in a setting or downstream in a calibration. Burnt-out lungs taught a whole department that AEC chambers are mapped room by room.”

Inside the track

What you actually use, every week.

The real screens: My track, a step with your mentor, a simulation, your skills map and the certificate.

**A step with your mentor in the Device Lab**The step names what to look at on the real device, with hints that never give the answer away.Shown: X-ray with Dr Amira Haddad, this track's mentor

**A simulation**Real hospital work in Medical City, scored and debriefed, at your level.

**Your skills map**This track's own competencies, from your baseline to mastery. They move only on evidence.Shown: a sample learner's progress

**The certificate**A Certificate of Completion in the track's colours, with the work behind it.Shown: a sample for Priya Raman, a fictional learner

The arc

6 weeks, one running case.

Each week is one working shift: learn, see inside, do, work, think, check, reflect. Open a week to see its real steps.

Your job cards, one a week

Week 1The X-ray room: tube, generator, AEC and detectorX-ray room first-line check record
Week 2CT: rings, temperature and doseCT post-power-event and post-upgrade checklist
Week 3MRI: zones, projectiles and the cageMR safety walk-round record
Week 4MRI image quality: coils, homogeneity and RFMR artefact log with the evidence for each call
Week 5Ultrasound: probes, artefacts, disinfectants and interferenceProbe inspection and test record
Week 6Boss week: the imaging morningImaging handover and escalation log

Week 1The X-ray room: tube, generator, AEC and detector5.1 h
Room 3's chest X-rays come out burnt; the door warning light is dark.
- DoTech Detective: Burnt Out on the Wall Stand25 min
- See insideGuided learning, day 1: Fixed room, checkpoints 1-24 of 7525 min
- WorkProcedure studio: X-ray room first-line checks15 min
- LearnMedical Imaging Physics ch. 2, lesson 1: Principles of X-Ray Production15 min
- + 13 more steps
You make: X-ray room first-line check record
Week 2CT: rings, temperature and dose5.3 h
CT 1 is too warm; CT 2 is dosing high.
- DoTech Detective: Rings After the Storm25 min
- See insideGuided learning, day 1: 64-slice diagnostic CT, checkpoints 1-32 of 8335 min
- WorkMaintenance studio: CT post-power-event and post-upgrade checklist15 min
- LearnMedical Imaging Physics ch. 3, lesson 3: CT Image Quality and Artifacts15 min
- + 13 more steps
You make: CT post-power-event and post-upgrade checklist
Week 3MRI: zones, projectiles and the cage4.9 h
Zone Four: a cylinder in the bore and a polisher at the door.
- DoPatient Safety simulation: Zone Four25 min
- See insideGuided learning, day 1: 1.5 T superconducting MRI, checkpoints 1-28 of 7830 min
- WorkProcedure studio: MR safety walk-round15 min
- LearnMRI Physics ch. 5, lesson 4: MRI Safety Protocols15 min
- + 12 more steps
You make: MR safety walk-round record
Week 4MRI image quality: coils, homogeneity and RF3.1 h
MRI 1: a line through every slice and a failing head coil.
- DoTech Detective: A Line Through Every Slice25 min
- See insideDevice Lab 2, MRI: RF coil, connector, receiver; the 'coil', 'artifacts', 'uniformity' and 'noise' stages10 min
- WorkFault studio: the zipper artefact15 min
- LearnMRI Physics ch. 13, lesson 1: Frequency Encoding15 min
- + 10 more steps
You make: MR artefact log with the evidence for each call
Week 5Ultrasound: probes, artefacts, disinfectants and interference5.3 h
A travelling shadow, a 'broken' probe and noise bands.
- DoTech Detective: A Shadow That Travels25 min
- See insideGuided learning, day 1: Linear array, checkpoints 1-25 of 7625 min
- WorkMaintenance studio: ultrasound probe checklist15 min
- LearnMedical Imaging Physics ch. 5, lesson 2: Ultrasound Transducers15 min
- + 13 more steps
You make: Probe inspection and test record
Week 6Boss week: the imaging morning3.4 h
The imaging morning: a projectile, an arcing tube, one scanner for strokes.
- DoMaster Challenge: A polisher in the magnet35 min
- WorkDocument studio: imaging handover15 min
- CheckCheck: interleaved imaging12 min
- Your organisationYour hospital: the imaging out-of-hours and stroke-pathway contingency plan30 min
- + 5 more steps
You make: Imaging handover and escalation log

Proof

Only evidence counts.

A step is done when there is evidence: a simulation score, a saved work document, a passed check or a signed observation. Opening a page never ticks anything.

Before and afterThe same baseline check on day one and in the final week, scored per competency.
Mastery, not attendanceBelow-threshold competencies route to their named remediation and a re-check.
The audit packYour weekly work documents and capstones, ready for a supervisor, an employer or an inspector.

The certificate

BMEssentia Certificate of Completion: Ready Technician, Imaging

It names the track and the level you completed. Your portfolio holds the work behind it.

All weeks' required items done
Final check at or above the level's pass mark
At least 6 of 8 branch competencies at mastery
Capstone graded 60 or above (core tracks) or every branch device signed off (clinical branches)
Institutions: supervisor or educator sign-off; individuals: self-assessed with evidence, shown as such

Imaging first-line support pack for one modality

For one modality in your hospital, write and test the first-line support pack: checks within authorisation, the evidence the vendor needs, escalation routes, QA ownership, and a month's log of calls handled with it.

Evidence it gives: Documented first-line support and QA ownership for imaging equipment.

MR safety and RF environment audit

Audit your MR suite's engineering safety: zones, detectors and interlocks, door and cage, oxygen monitoring and quench indicators, labels, and the work-authorisation route; with MR physics.

Evidence it gives: An MR suite safety audit with actions (MR safety governance).

Imaging change-control check after an upgrade

Take one real imaging upgrade or change (software, protocol, disinfectant, power or HVAC) and build its verification: what could break, how to test it end to end, and the sign-off; run it.

Evidence it gives: Change verification for imaging systems before clinical use.

Three levels

Easy, Medium or Hard.

A baseline check on day one places you, or you choose. The competencies are the same at every level; the support and the pressure change.

Easy

Baseline under 50% · simulations at Foundation

Worked examples first, then guided practice. Simulations at Foundation difficulty with the coach on and marking as you go. Fewer cases per week (the extra and hard-only cases are hidden). Mastery thresholds 10 points lower.

Medium

Baseline 50% to 74% · simulations at Practitioner

Guided to independent: the standard track. Simulations at Practitioner difficulty, the coach hidden but available, the extra cases each week from the middle of the track, mastery thresholds as stated.

Hard

Baseline 75% and above · simulations at Expert

Independent and interleaved: every simulation at Expert difficulty, all extra and hard-only cases, stricter mastery thresholds (+5), and time pressure.

Ways to get this track

On your own, with a plan, or with your organisation.

Deep Dive

This Deep Dive

$199for 12 months

The track's lessons, labs and Medical City scenarios
The certificate when you finish
The track mentor: 100 questions for the track, more with credit top-ups
Or the Ready Technician Full family: $899

General Essentia, the Studios and Design are not included. Subscribe within 30 days and what you paid counts toward your plan.

Start free: week 1 of a track

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FAQ

Answers before you start.

Anything else, write to the team and we answer directly.

Yes. An organisation's licence includes every track, core and branch, with the Platform, Medical City, Essentia, the App and the dashboard. Your organisation enrols you on the track, and it appears under My track; there is nothing extra to buy.
Yes, as a Deep Dive for $199 one-time, or in the Ready Technician Full family for $899. One payment opens it for 12 months under My track: the track's lessons, labs, Medical City scenarios, the certificate and the track mentor (100 questions per track, more with credit top-ups). General Essentia, the Studios and Design are not included. Where a week asks for your organisation's own documents, you work from BMEssentia's sample hospital documents instead, and observed sign-offs become self-assessed with evidence.

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