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 Technology Manager Full family for $599. 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 Technology Manager 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: Technology Manager, Lifecycle and Budget Manager branch, 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, about 3 hours a week, in items of a few minutes to about half an hour.

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.

Technology ManagerLifecycle & Budget Manager

Branch · The fleet as a business

Technology Manager:Lifecycle & Budget Manager

Inventory, replacement plans, service contracts and the equipment budget over time.

For: Heads of clinical engineering and HTM, finance and operations directors, hospital groups

Before you start: The Technology Manager core track, or its baseline check at Medium or above

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

Your mentor, a character in the trackDirector Henrik BrandtHospital Director

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

Technology Manager: Lifecycle & Budget Manager: Operations Manager simulation — Operations Manager simulation

The arc · 6 weeks · The fleet as a business

What you'll be able to do

The job, done properly.

Reconcile a register and fix the library loop
Design resilient service models and enforceable contracts
Turn audit findings into controls
Cut by consequence and brief the board
Merge two fleets safely

The story

The group's fleet is yours to run as a business: a register that has lost one pump in seven, a vendor that fails, an insurer's report, two budget cuts and a merger.

Director Henrik BrandtHospital Director · your mentor (a character in the track)

“Keep missing devices on the register: PM and recalls must still find them. Hoarding and rentals are symptoms of an unreliable library, so fix the loop.”

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: Infusion Pump with Director Henrik Brandt, 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 Khalid Al-Mansoori, 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.

The programme, line by line

Week 1One pump in sevenRegister and library report
Week 2Service models that cannot fail like thisService model and contract terms
Week 3Assurance before the insurer decidesRisk-based maintenance and assurance programme
Week 4Fifteen percent, and the boardBoard paper: the cuts and their risks
Week 5Merger day (boss week)Merger plan: the first ninety days
Week 6The capstoneCapstone

Week 1One pump in seven3.6 h
The register, the library and the new CMMS.
- DoOperations Manager · Missing equipment: 14% of pumps unaccounted for20 min
- See insideDevice Lab 56 · Infusion Pump: battery pack10 min
- WorkRegister and library report15 min
- LearnClinical Engineering ch4 · Inventory Management and Resource Allocation15 min
- + 9 more steps
You make: Register and library report
Week 2Service models that cannot fail like this3.6 h
The dialysis service without a contractor, and the imaging renewals.
- DoOperations Manager · Vendor insolvency mid-contract20 min
- See insideDevice Lab 22 · Haemodialysis machine: what your own team must be able to service10 min
- WorkService model and contract terms: dialysis20 min
- LearnClinical Engineering ch5 · Managing Outside Services Effectively15 min
- + 10 more steps
You make: Service model and contract terms
Week 3Assurance before the insurer decides2.6 h
The insurer's draft report and the green theatres programme.
- DoOperations Manager · Electrical safety audit: the insurer's findings20 min
- See insideDevice Lab 56 · Infusion Pump: external power connection10 min
- WorkRisk-based maintenance and assurance programme20 min
- LearnClinical Engineering ch6 · Quality Assurance for Medical Device Safety15 min
- + 9 more steps
You make: Risk-based maintenance and assurance programme
Week 4Fifteen percent, and the board3.3 h
The revenue cut and the capital cut, presented to the board.
- DoOperations Manager · Budget cut 15%20 min
- See insideDevice Lab 19 · Defibrillator: charging becomes slow10 min
- WorkBoard paper: the cuts and their risks20 min
- LearnClinical Engineering ch14 · Case Studies on Risk Management Applications15 min
- + 9 more steps
You make: Board paper: the cuts and their risks
Week 5Merger day (boss week)2.2 h
The merger, and the last shift.
- DoMaster Challenge · Merger day one20 min
- WorkMerger plan: the first ninety days20 min
- LearnDevice Library · Defibrillator: Logistics, 'Recalls, which matter more here'5 min
- CheckWarm-up: retrieval from earlier weeks (spaced)8 min
- + 6 more steps
You make: Merger plan: the first ninety days
Week 6The capstone2.1 h
Your lifecycle file.
- DoOperations Manager · Board report: justify the replacement programme20 min
- WorkCapstone presentation20 min
- ThinkBMEssence · Business Mastery 18: How to Evaluate a Medical Device Investment Opportunity15 min
- CheckWarm-up: retrieval from earlier weeks (spaced)8 min
- + 5 more steps
You make: Capstone

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 attendanceEach competency has a mastery threshold. Below it, the track routes you to the named remediation items and a re-check; a week cannot be ticked complete by opening items alone.
The audit packYour weekly work documents and capstones, ready for a supervisor, an employer or an inspector.

The certificate

BMEssentia Certificate of Completion: Technology Manager, Lifecycle and Budget Manager branch

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

All 6 weeks' required items done at the learner's level
At least 5 of 6 competencies mastered
Final check at or above the level's pass mark
Capstone at 3 or above on every criterion, signed off by the manager or professor (institutions) or AI-assisted rubric review (individuals)

A five-year replacement and budget plan

For a real or sample fleet: the reconciled register, risk-scored replacement by year, revenue and capital costs, deferrals with owners, and the board paper.

Evidence it gives: Lifecycle planning evidence.

A service model and contracts review

Review the service model for one major fleet: what is in-house, what is contracted, parts and licences, uptime definitions, remedies, resilience to vendor failure.

Evidence it gives: Contract governance evidence.

A register and assurance overhaul

Turn an audit or inspection into controls: register, automatic quarantine, calibration of test equipment, ME systems, metrics.

Evidence it gives: Assurance evidence for insurers and inspectors.

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%, or chosen · simulations at Foundation

Worked examples first; Foundation scenarios with the coach; harder cases hidden.

Medium

Baseline 50% to 74%, or chosen · simulations at Practitioner

Practitioner difficulty; CMMS, contract renewal, green theatres and the capital cut shown.

Hard

Baseline 75% and above, or chosen · simulations at Expert

Expert difficulty, every case, timed boss week.

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 Technology Manager Full family: $599

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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Included in Premium and Pro

$299a year with Premium

Premium: 1 active track family at a time, this one or any other
Pro: 3 active track families at a time, with heavy AI use
Or Premium at $39 a month; one-time tracks cost 25% less with Premium, 40% less with Pro

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