A modified excerpt from Chapter VI of
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
The Cat only grinned when it saw Alice. It looked good-natured, she thought: still it had very long claws and a great many teeth, so she felt that it ought to be treated with respect.
“Certified Cheshire Puss,” she began, rather timidly, as she did not at all know whether it would like the name: however, it only grinned a little wider. “Come, it’s pleased so far,” thought Alice, and she went on. “Would you tell me, please, which way OCEA ought to go from here?”
“That depends a good deal on where you want to get to,” said the Cat.
“I don’t much care where—,“ said Alice.
“Then it doesn’t matter which way you go,” said the Cat.
“–so long as OCEA gets somewhere,” Alice added as an explanation.
“Oh, you’re sure to do that,” said the Cat, “if you only walk long enough.”
Alice felt that this could not be denied, so she tried another question. “What sort of Biomeds live about here?”
“In that direction,” the Cat said, waving its right paw round, “lives a Biomed who wears Many Hats: and in that direction,” waving the other paw, “lives an October Meeting Hopping RSVPer. Visit either you like: they’re both mad.”
“But I don’t want to go among mad biomeds,” Alice remarked.
“Oh, you can’t help that,” said the Cat: “we’re all mad here. I’m mad. You’re mad.”
“How do you know I’m mad?” said Alice.
“You must be,” said the Cat, “or you wouldn’t have come here and you wouldn’t be reading this email.”
Alice asked again, “Where do we go from here?”
“Do any of the Biomeds in Ohio care about this organization?”, asked the Cat.
CLICK HERE to view the rest of Alice’s unmodified real story online.
The Survey
The 2012 survey responses received so far have not provided much helpful information to determine the future directions for OCEA. If you like what we have done and where we are going then you are encouraged to say this as well. We do need your input.
Your 2012 Survey Participation and October Meeting RSVP is again being requested.
CLICK HERE to complete the survey on the OCEA Website homepage.
CLICK HERE to complete the survey directly online.
OCEA In The Headlines
CLICK HERE To read about The Ohio Clinical Engineering Association in the 24 x 7 Magazine Weekly Jolt.
Welcome To The New Ohio Clinical Engineering Association Website
We are extremely pleased to offer this welcome and hope everyone enjoys the information that is presented.
Anyone wishing to join may do so directly on the JOIN OCEA page. Online payment is available here. Those who would rather download a hard copy of the application form and send it in with their check or money order can still get what they need on the DOWNLOADS page.
The new website has an OUR SPONSORS page. The sponsors that are listed on this page participated in our Spring Conference and now have the opportunity to designate a contact individual for their company. Please review this page and send an email to the Website Manager with the desired contact information. ocea.news@gmail.com
The OCEA INFORMATION BLOG is available here. Free daily email subscriptions are available for those interested at:
Announcing
The Autumn Series Of OCEA Meetings
We are again happy to bring to you a series of training and business meetings to all of our Ohio regions. We have a double purpose for these meetings: 1) To provide valuable training to our members and associates, and 2) To discuss the future directions of the OCEA Ohio Clinical Engineering Association.
Northwest Region Meeting – Toledo, Ohio
The Toledo Hospital
2142 North Cove Boulevard
Toledo, Ohio 43606
Date/Time – Monday, October 8, 2012 @ 5:30 PM
Parking – Please park in the free parking garage off of Promedica Parkway.
Room – Conference room K in the lower level of the Jobst-Mcintosh towers.
Signs will be posted with directions to the room.
Dinner and Program will begin at 6:00 pm.
CLICK HERE for a map and driving directions.
Northeast Region Meeting – Elyria, Ohio
EMH Elyria Medical Center
630 East River Street
Elyria, Ohio 44070
Date/Time – Tuesday, October 9, 2012 @ 5:30 PM
Parking – Please park in the free surface lot next to the parking garage.
Room – Allen Conference Room on the 3rd floor
Signs will be posted in the main hospital lobby with directions to the room.
Dinner and Program will begin at 6:00 pm.
CLICK HERE for a map and driving directions.
Central Region Meeting – Columbus, Ohio
DeVry University
1350 Alum Creek Drive
Columbus, Ohio 43209
Date/Time – Wednesday, October 10, 2012 @ 5:30 PM
Parking – Please park in the free parking area in the front of the building.
Room – Room 116
Instructions on locating this room will be posted at the building entrance.
Dinner and Program will begin at 6:00 pm.
CLICK HERE for a map and driving directions.
Southern Region Meeting – Cincinnati, Ohio
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
3333 Burnet Avenue
Cincinnati, Ohio 45229
Date/Time – Thursday. October 11, 2012 @ 5:30 PM
Parking – Please park in the D section of the visitors garage.
Bring the parking ticket to the meeting to get validated.
Room – D2.46 (D Building, 2nd floor, room 46)
Signs will be posted leading to the room from the elevators
coming out of the D section of the visitors garage.
Dinner and Program will begin at 6:00 pm.
CLICK HERE for a map and driving directions.
Here Are The Meeting Program Details
1) Patrick K. Lynch, CBET, CCE, HIT Pro/PW, CPHIMS, Healthcare Technology Management Specialist will be presenting a special program on Information Technology (IT) Certification for Biomeds and HTM Professionals. As we all know, the CE and IT fields are becoming one and Pat will be discussing some of the details surrounding this combining and merging movement and presenting some resources that are available to assist Biomeds and HTM Professionals with obtaining their IT Certification.
2) In this segment of the meeting we will be discussing the Future Directions for OCEA Ohio Clinical Engineering Association. Your association has had it’s ups and downs over the last few years and it is time to determine where you want it to go and what you want it to be doing. Several of the Operations Committee Members are planning their retirement in 2012 and new thinkers and participants are needed to continue making OCEA a happening organization. We will be conducting some serious planning and talking about where this organization should be headed. A part of this process includes reviewing the answers to the 2012 Survey that is now being conducted. Your participation in this important survey is requested.
