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, Laboratory and Point of Care, 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 TechnicianLaboratory

Branch · The Laboratory

Ready Technician:Laboratory

Blood gas analysers, glucometers, centrifuges, fridges and point-of-care testing.

For: Hospitals that need technicians to support point-of-care testing, laboratory equipment and the cold chain with the laboratory's POCT team.

Before you start: Ready Technician (core) completed or in progress: this branch assumes the core's competencies and builds the Laboratory and Point of Care 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: Laboratory: Device Lab, blood gas analyser — Device Lab · blood gas analyser

The arc · 6 weeks · The Laboratory

What you'll be able to do

The job, done properly.

Supports blood gas analysers: sample path, calibration, environment and governance
Explains glucose strip chemistries and interferences and acts on lots
Tests POCT identity and connectivity end to end
Maintains centrifuges and rotors safely
Verifies cold chain alarms end to end

The story

BMEssentia Medical City Hospital: Blood Gas & Chemistry (B1), the Pathology Laboratory, ward POCT and the Immunisation Clinic.

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

“An acknowledged warning is not an action. Somebody must own the calibration gas.”

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: Blood Gas Analyser 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 Mei Lin Tan, 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 1Blood gas at the point of carePOCT blood gas checklist and ownership map
Week 2Glucose meters: chemistry, interference and lotsGlucose meter QC and interference guide for wards
Week 3Identity and connectivity: the right result in the right recordPOCT identity and connectivity test record
Week 4Centrifuges: rotors, balance and lidsCentrifuge PM and rotor log
Week 5The cold chain: fridges and alarms that reach someoneEnd-to-end cold chain alarm test record
Week 6Boss week: The Point-of-Care RoundPOCT round handover

Week 1Blood gas at the point of care5.1 h
The ICU analyser locked out after five days of warnings.
- DoClinical Engineer simulation: The Point-of-Care Round (blood gas jobs)20 min
- See insideGuided learning, day 1: Cartridge analyser, checkpoints 1-22 of 7425 min
- WorkMaintenance studio: POCT blood gas checklist15 min
- LearnDevice Library, Blood Gas Analyser: Safety, 'Machine failure and governance'10 min
- + 12 more steps
You make: POCT blood gas checklist and ownership map
Week 2Glucose meters: chemistry, interference and lots5 h
QC failing on four wards.
- DoPatient Safety simulation: Sweet Numbers25 min
- See insideGuided learning, day 1: Dehydrogenase, checkpoints 1-30 of 8130 min
- WorkTeach studio: glucose results you should not trust15 min
- LearnDevice Library, Glucometer: Safety, 'Other sugars that read as glucose' and 'Oxygen and other interferences'10 min
- + 12 more steps
You make: Glucose meter QC and interference guide for wards
Week 3Identity and connectivity: the right result in the right record2.3 h
Someone else's potassium.
- DoPatient Safety simulation: Someone Else's Potassium25 min
- WorkInvestigate studio: the wrong-patient result20 min
- LearnDevice Library, Glucometer: Safety, 'The wrong patient'5 min
- ThinkFDA recall Z-3128-2026: StatStrip hospital meter barcode and patient data timing issue10 min
- + 5 more steps
You make: POCT identity and connectivity test record
Week 4Centrifuges: rotors, balance and lids5.3 h
The banging centrifuge with samples locked in.
- DoClinical Engineer simulation: The Point-of-Care Round (centrifuge jobs)15 min
- See insideGuided learning, day 1: Fixed-angle rotor, checkpoints 1-28 of 7930 min
- WorkMaintenance studio: centrifuge PPM and rotor log15 min
- LearnDevice Library, Centrifuge: Safety, 'Balancing and Rotor Safety'10 min
- + 13 more steps
You make: Centrifuge PM and rotor log
Week 5The cold chain: fridges and alarms that reach someone2.3 h
The fridge that kept quiet.
- DoTech Detective: The Fridge That Kept Quiet25 min
- WorkProcedure studio: end-to-end cold chain alarm test15 min
- ThinkDevice Intelligence: The Centrifuge Engineering Breakdown (laboratory equipment)10 min
- CheckCheck: cold chain10 min
- + 4 more steps
You make: End-to-end cold chain alarm test record
Week 6Boss week: The Point-of-Care Round2.5 h
The Point-of-Care Round.
- DoClinical Engineer simulation: The Point-of-Care Round (all eight jobs)40 min
- WorkDocument studio: POCT handover15 min
- CheckCheck: interleaved POCT12 min
- ReflectObserved: a POCT device fault handled end to end30 min
- + 3 more steps
You make: POCT round handover

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, Laboratory and Point of Care

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

POCT engineering support model

With the POCT lead, define and run for a month how engineering supports POCT devices: ownership, consumable warnings, lot notices, PPM and handover.

Evidence it gives: POCT device support and governance records.

POCT identity end-to-end test

Test every POCT device type's result path from patient identification to the record, with the IT and POCT teams; fix what fails.

Evidence it gives: POCT result path verification.

Cold chain alarm assurance

Test every fridge and cold room alarm in one area end to end, fix failures, and set the schedule.

Evidence it gives: Cold chain alarm test records.

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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