To help its customers and employees keep pace with the rapid advancements in medical imaging technology, GE Medical Systems recently created a major education facility on a 50-acre wooded site near its Milwaukee, Wisconsin, headquarters. The new center, an expansion of GEMS' education efforts, complements existing facilities in Slough, England, and Hino, Japan, as well as a global distance-learning network. The combination of equipment, teaching and living facilities, labs and personal instruction provide a valuable resource tailored to the needs of customers and the GE people who serve them. For those who can't make it to one of the three education facilities, GE broadcasts training sessions around the world via satellite and provides on-site training.
Courses are rigorous and last from several days to several weeks.
Through the Service curriculum, GE field engineers receive the equivalent of intensive post-graduate work in imaging technology that includes physics, anatomy, equipment operation and clinical applications.