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, Operating Theatre, 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 TechnicianOperating Theatre

Branch · The Theatres

Ready Technician:Operating Theatre

Anaesthesia workstations, electrosurgery, surgical robots and theatre services.

For: Hospitals that need technicians for anaesthesia, electrosurgery, robotic theatres and endoscopy.

Before you start: Ready Technician (core) completed or in progress: this branch assumes the core's competencies and builds the Operating Theatre 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: Operating Theatre: Device Lab, electrosurgical unit — Device Lab · electrosurgical unit

The arc · 6 weeks · The Theatres

What you'll be able to do

The job, done properly.

Verifies anaesthetic workstations including valve competence
Works safely around medical gases and permits
Prevents energy injuries: insulation, coupling, stuck activation, fire
Supports robotic theatres: setup, instruments, recurrent faults
Supports endoscopy stacks and reprocessing

The story

BMEssentia Medical City Hospital: Main Theatres, the robotic theatre, Day Surgery and the Endoscopy Unit.

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

“Many automated checks test leak and compliance but not the unidirectional valves. Know what your check does not prove.”

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: Surgical Robot 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 Lukas Brenner, 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 anaesthetic workstationAnaesthetic workstation PM checklist with limits
Week 2Medical gases: pipelines, permits and scavengingPost-pipeline-work theatre release checklist
Week 3Energy in theatre: stray current, insulation and fireLaparoscopic insulation and ESU accessory inspection procedure
Week 4The robotic theatreRobotic theatre readiness and fault log
Week 5Endoscopy: scopes, stacks and reprocessingEndoscopy stack and reprocessing check record
Week 6Boss week: The Theatre ListTheatre handover

Week 1The anaesthetic workstation5.6 h
Theatre 4's machine: a leak at 07:30 and CO2 that creeps.
- DoPreventive Maintenance simulation: the anaesthetic workstation procedure20 min
- See insideGuided learning, day 1: Electronic anaesthesia workstation, checkpoints 1-24 of 7425 min
- WorkMaintenance studio: workstation PM checklist15 min
- LearnInstrumentation ch. 11, lesson 5: Capnography15 min
- + 15 more steps
You make: Anaesthetic workstation PM checklist with limits
Week 2Medical gases: pipelines, permits and scavenging3.1 h
The crossed pipe after weekend work.
- DoPatient Safety simulation: The Crossed Pipe25 min
- See insideDevice Lab 11, Anaesthesia Machine: the gas inlets (oxygen, nitrous oxide, air), regulators and scavenging10 min
- WorkProcedure studio: theatre release after pipeline work15 min
- LearnDevice Library, Anaesthesia Machine: Safety, 'Power and supply failures'10 min
- + 8 more steps
You make: Post-pipeline-work theatre release checklist
Week 3Energy in theatre: stray current, insulation and fire5.2 h
Sparks, a stuck pedal and an airway fire.
- DoPatient Safety simulation: The Burn Under the Pad25 min
- See insideGuided learning, day 1: Monopolar, checkpoints 1-24 of 7525 min
- WorkProcedure studio: insulation and accessory inspection15 min
- LearnTherapeutic Medical Devices ch. 9, lesson 6: Complications and Risks Associated with ESUs15 min
- + 13 more steps
You make: Laparoscopic insulation and ESU accessory inspection procedure
Week 4The robotic theatre5.8 h
The robot list.
- DoClinical Engineer simulation: The Robot List25 min
- See insideGuided learning, day 1: Integrated multi-arm, checkpoints 1-29 of 8330 min
- WorkDocument studio: robot fault log and readiness record15 min
- LearnDevice Library, Surgical Robot: Safety, 'Maintenance, and your job if you are the biomedical engineer'10 min
- + 14 more steps
You make: Robotic theatre readiness and fault log
Week 5Endoscopy: scopes, stacks and reprocessing5.8 h
The endoscopy unit's week.
- DoClinical Engineer simulation: Endoscopy Unit25 min
- See insideGuided learning, day 1: Chip-on-tip, checkpoints 1-28 of 7930 min
- WorkProcedure studio: endoscopy stack and scope checks15 min
- LearnBiomedical Engineering Blueprint ch. 12, lesson 3: Optical Diagnostic Techniques: Endoscopy, OCT and Fluorescence15 min
- + 13 more steps
You make: Endoscopy stack and reprocessing check record
Week 6Boss week: The Theatre List4 h
The Theatre List.
- DoClinical Engineer simulation: The Theatre List (all seven jobs)40 min
- WorkDocument studio: theatres handover15 min
- CheckCheck: interleaved theatre12 min
- ReflectObserved: anaesthetic workstation PPM and release60 min
- + 5 more steps
You make: Theatre 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, Operating Theatre

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

Theatre readiness audit

Audit one theatre suite's devices for a week: anaesthetic machines (including valve competence), ESUs and accessories, gases and scavenging, and the pre-list routine.

Evidence it gives: Theatre equipment readiness audit.

Energy safety programme for laparoscopy

Set up or improve insulation testing and accessory inspection for laparoscopic and robotic energy instruments with sterile services and theatres.

Evidence it gives: Energy accessory inspection programme records.

Endoscopy chain review

Review the scope-to-patient chain in your endoscopy unit: scopes, stacks, washers, drying, tracking, and the evidence that links them.

Evidence it gives: Endoscope reprocessing chain review.

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.

Start free: week 1 of a track Request a demo