Roger Bowles

Roger Bowles, author of Tech Careers: Biomedical Equipment Technology is a professor at TSTC Waco. Graduating from high school in Midland, TX, Bowles now resides with his wife, Bridgett, in West, TX. He began as a student in 1991 at TSTC Waco in the Biomedical Equipment Technology program. He received his degree in Applied Technology and Performance Improvement for the University of North Texas. Bowles has many years of working in the Biomed industry, including the Methodist Hospitals of Dallas and the Reading Hospital and Medical Center in Reading, PA. In 1997 he worked his way back to the warmer weather where he accepted an instructor position at TSTC Waco teaching the course Biomedical Equipment Technology. He has have written numerous articles in Medical Equipment Dealer Magazine, Biomedical Instrumentation and Technology, Journal of Clinical Engineering, Medhunters Magazine, American Careers Magazine, Tech Brief: Biomedical Equipment Information Systems Specialist which is currently in press. I also wrote in Upstream Press 2001 and Critical Careers: A Guide to Opportunities in Medical Equipment Service.

Why did you write the Tech Careers: Biomedical Equipment Technology book?

There is a Critical Careers book that was published in 2001 that is no longer being printed and sorely in need of updating anyway. I wanted a book that could be used in the Intro to Biomedical Equipment Technology courses as an overview of the field that was up-to-date and could also serve as an information source to attract people to the field for recruiting. This book goes over the working conditions, the different career paths available and provides some insight as to the day to day life of a biomedical equipment technician. Right now, there are just no other books out there for an intro class to this anymore, so the need for it was there in order to teach my students.