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     Comprehensive Laser Maintenance and Repair 
A Laser Certification Preparation Program

Member:  National Council on Laser Excellence™
This cross-industry representative Council provides Certification as "NCLE Laser Certified" Technicians through the program on Laser Service Excellence

 Provided by The Laser Training Institute™, a division of our nonprofit Professional Medical Education Association, Inc..

*** 7 Minute Intro Video of Sample Procedures Taught in the Course (This is an 18mb file and high speed is recommended)

PRINT BROCHURE: The most complete information on this course is found on this page and links listed below. However, if you want a basic 4 page color brochure that you can carry around and share with colleagues, then click on the icon at the left. This is in .pdf format so you must have Adobe Acrobat Reader on your computer to view and print it. It may take a few minutes.

OUR NEW LASER TRAINING CENTER!


The Laser Training Institute™
4243 Diplomacy Drive, Columbus Ohio 43228
 Laser Training Center (Info on our Columbus facility)


Downtown Columbus Ohio

CLICK HERE to go to the online registration page (have your Purchase Order #  or credit card available)
Note that P.O's are accepted, but payment must be made in full prior to the course in order to be admitted.

FREE INTERACTIVE CD-ROM MANUALS ON BOTH LASERS IN MEDICINE, AND ON BASIC LASER ALIGNMENT AND PM PROCEDURES. THESE CONTAIN VIDEO CLIPS OF PROCEDURES AND "HOW-TO's".

Course Director:  Dan Little, Tel: 614-883-1739. E-Mail: Dan@Lasertraining.org

PHOTOS - from one of our recent programs                                        LIST YOUR SERVICE MANUALS, AND VIEW OTHERS  -

7+ Days:  Laser Repair

Spaces Still Available for the next Course

Note* Attendance for this program is capped at 16 students maximum, with 3-5 faculty. Signup early.

Here are just some of the organizations that have sent Engineers to our training: 
Brooke Army MC, Cedars-Sinai MC, NY Columbia Presbyterian Hosp, Ohio State Univ, Duke Univ, GE Clinical Svcs, Health Midwest, SW Texas Methodist, Numerous VA Medical Ctrs, Beth Israel Deaconess, Premier, ServiceMaster, NMD, Eastern Maine MC, Carle Foundation, ISS, CE-Tech, HealthCare Tech. Assoc,, Omega Medical,, Children's Hosp Buffalo, Central DuPage, Anodyne Corp, Mt Carmel MC, Genesys, Crawford Long Hosp, Dartmouth Hitchcock MC, Holy Family MC, MacDill AFB, Medical Univ of S. Carolina, Grant Laser Center, Kaleida Health System,  Univ of Iowa, TX Children's Hosp, Henry Ford Hospital System, Albany Medical Center, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Philips Medical, Aramark, and many, many more. .... and international students who find this program worth their travel from Malaysia, Denmark, Mexico, Suriname South America, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Korea and others.

How to get all the information on this course from this site:
(Print Out each page in succession to get all the info - this page first, then 1-6 below as desired)
 The page you're on now gives an overview and pricing of the course. Items listed below are all on this page. You can print out this entire page, or scroll down the page to view them all. 
This is the abbreviated information page and contains:
Course Description,    Why Attend,    Pricing,    About Laser Certification
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More detailed information is spread out on different pages (so you don't bog down your printer if you don't want it all) You go to that page, print it out or view it, then return here with your browser back button for the next page. It's a lot of material, but ensures you have complete information if you're coming to the course. Go down the list one by one, printing out each desired page then return here.

1. Specific Course Outline, Faculty, bringing spouses/guests, travel info, refunds, leisure time,  links to other Keys sites, etc.  - Definitely Print This
2. Location - Columbus Ohio, Laser Training Institute dedicated facility
3. Hotel - Drury Inn & Suites - Columbus Downtown Convention Center
3. Check the SCHEDULES page to see when the course date has been confirmed as FIRM Double Check dates
4. On-line Registration form for the course - fill out online or print and fax back  To REGISTER
5. Laser Medicine & Surgery Book - (at your option, print out the 1st 2 chapters & read before the class)   - Optional - VOLUMINUS but is one of the course workbooks
6. Photos page - from previous courses of all different types  For Fun
 

** SPECIAL OFFER - Payments received more than 30 days prior to a program will receive a total discount of $600 - more than 10% off ! ! ! 
That's more than enough to cover airfare and rental car
Course Fees & Discounts listed at bottom of page.

All participants will receive a CD-ROM of the Lasers in Medicine and Surgery Book that contains color photos, plus video clips of some medical procedures.
Also currently under development is an interactive CD-ROM of the Laser Repair Manual with links to similar video clips of technical procedures like power tweaking, fiber alignments, near/far alignments, lamp replacements, dye changes, etc.. This will be to our course attendees, and may be used as a review of technical procedures before you actually perform them in the field.

COURSE DESCRIPTION:  Our seven day school is designed to teach hands-on procedures (alignments, calibrations, optics assembly & cleaning, etc.) to the electronically experienced biomedical engineer. The first three days of the program focuses on the CORE laser & optical components and subassemblies that are common to all laser systems. This allows the engineer to provide the periodic maintenance on ALL of their hospital laser systems, and provide front line service repair on most. This is accomplished through extensive hands-on work with CO2, argon and Nd:Yag laser systems which are representative of the majority of subassemblies in ALL lasers. The last four days of the program delve into more depth with some specific laser systems, and spends more time with ophthalmic laser systems including the slit lamps and adjustments. Specific procedures on the KTP and pulsed dye lasers are reviewed and practiced. Specific procedures on additional models of lasers will also be performed, and these additional models will rotate and change from course to course. The weeklong program will cover theory on laser biophysics, more advanced laser physics and laser electro-optics, and biological effects and surgical techniques which are all included on various sections of the NCLE laser certification exam. An adequate faculty to student ratio is always maintained by expanding faculty based upon course registration to keep it approximately 4 students average per faculty.

This is a comprehensive program on Laser Repair. It starts at the beginning and sets the foundation for learning laser optics and subassemblies in most systems, and teaches "bread and butter" alignments, PM's and troubleshooting on the "mainstay" lasers. It then focuses on more specific types of lasers and more in-depth procedures on ophthalmic lasers and systems such Pulsed Dye and KTP lasers.  The course emphasizes "hands-on" with LOTS of touching and doing, and works toward developing an underlying understanding of lasers and maintenance procedures, rather than rote rule memorization.

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Course Instructor Randall Drew reviewing & aligning a Sharplan CO2 Laser near/far burn with a student.
(Photo left posted in memory of the late Randall Drew)

LASERS:  Skills learned in this course may be applied to periodic maintenance / repairs on: Carbon Dioxide, Nd:Yag, Argon, Krypton, Q-switched Nd:Yag, Ho:Yag, Alexandrite, Ruby, KTP, Pulsed Dye including COHERENT, SHARPLAN, HERAEUS LASERSONICS, SURGILASE, MBB, LASERSCOPE, COOPER, ZEISS, BRITT, HGM, TRIMEDYNE, MERRIMACK, LASER ENGINEERING, LUXAR, CANDELLA, CONTINUUM, NIIC, SUNRISE, DORNIER, XINTEC, AMO, MEDITEC, IL MED, MIRA, NIDEK, MIRA, SLT, MEDICAL ENERGY, and others. Service procedures on most laser systems are similar to identical from manufacturer to manufacturer.

Manufacturer's Schools:    This program also serves as an excellent primer in preparation for attending manufacturer's schools on specific models of lasers. You'll get MUCH more out of the manufacturer's program after attending this program, including the fact that we teach user mistakes and errors (surgeons & nurses) vs. technical problems, which no manufacturer provides. Manufacturer's provide good schools on specific models, but if you have to work on multiple types or models of lasers it gets quite cost and time prohibitive to cover them all. This program provides front line level repair and troubleshooting on almost ALL of your laser systems, and more in-depth repairs on several specific types.

Why Attend?

  • QUALIFIES FOR AAMI CREDITS
  • MEET ANSI TRAINING & SAFETY REQ. FOR INHOUSE BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERS
  • PERFORM ALL PERIODIC MAINTENANCE & ROUTINE ALIGNMENTS / CALIBRATIONS
  • PERFORM BASIC REPAIRS AND TROUBLESHOOTING ON MOST MEDICAL LASER SYSTEMS
  • WORK WITH OUR NETWORK OF SERVICE AFFILIATES AFTER YOU GET HOME, LEARNING YOUR OWN LASER SYSTEMS DURING PM'S AT YOUR FACILITY
  • ESTABLISH RESOURCES FOR LASER PARTS, SUPPLIES AND TECHNICAL BACKUP
  • HOSPITALS SAVE THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS ANNUALLY IN CONTRACT SAVINGS
  • PREPARE FOR THE NCLE LASER CERTIFICATION EXAMS, & PAYS FOR YOUR EXAM IF TAKEN FOLLOWING THE COURSE


Pricing

$6150 Includes Course with 8 nights Hotel, Lunch & Breakfasts, plus one group Dinner.
and additionally covers the fee for Laser Certification Testing by the National Council for Laser Excellence (NCLE)
* Discounts are available for prepayment. Payments received by us more than 30 days prior to the course start date may deduct $600 from the course fee, for a course price of $5550.
- Please note that full payment of invoices is required prior to attendance in the program -
(This discount alone will more than pay for your airfare & car rental!)

(*Purchase orders should be made out for the full course fee of $6150, and the invoice will state the discount that may be taken by these dates. Registrants from outside the United States will be required to submit payment in US Dollars prior to the course, in order to guarantee the hotel reservation - this prepayment also qualifies them for the applicable discount)

CLICK HERE to go to the online registration page (have your Purchase Order #  or credit card available)

REFUND POLICY: Note: Please do NOT register unless you are definitely attending. We consider a registration a commitment to attend and refund and cancellation policies apply. We incur costs immediately with the hotel when we accept registrations and limit the number of spaces available.
 

In the unlikely event of severe weather, the course will be rescheduled and a full credit provided for the tuition/hotel costs.

LASER CERTIFICATION: We are Members of the nonprofit National Council for Laser Excellence, which has formed a cross-industry Board for the purpose of establishing voluntary Certification Criteria for Laser Service Engineers - similar to the Biomedical Certifications. Requirements include both experience and testing requirements. The proctored, standardized test from the National Council will be made available immediately following this 7 day course, and we will prepay the required test fee on behalf of our course registrants from the registration fee - no additional cost to the student. Upon successful completion of the test, and upon meeting the other Council requirements such as experience, engineers may submit their application to the Council for approval as an NCLE Laser Certified Engineer. Click on the link for more information on the National Council for Laser Excellence (NCLE). The NCLE also provides certification for Laser Operators and Safety Officers.

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