HTSP study plan

Define healthcare technology management (HTM) scope, the device life cycle from capital request through decommissioning, and how the department interfaces with clinical engineering, IT, and supply chain

Map each of the ten HTSP domains to its exam weight and rank your personal weak areas by writing a one-page self-assessment

Build a 40-term glossary covering device classes, maintenance strategies (corrective, preventive, predictive), work-order workflows, and computerized maintenance management system (CMMS) records

Trace one fictional infusion pump from acquisition justification through inventory tagging, scheduled maintenance, and retirement, documenting the decision at each stage

Differentiate preventive, corrective, and predictive maintenance and justify which strategy fits at least five device categories based on risk and failure mode

Draft a preventive maintenance procedure for a high-risk device that lists inspection steps, test equipment, acceptance criteria, and documentation fields

Calculate equipment uptime, mean time between failures, and maintenance completion rates from a supplied set of work-order figures

Explain how alternative equipment maintenance (AEM) programs work and the evidence an organization must keep to justify one

Classify device risk using a severity-by-probability matrix and assign at least ten example devices to risk tiers

Describe the failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA) process step by step, including how risk priority numbers are computed and when they should be recalculated

Identify the safety hazards specific to infusion pumps, electrosurgical units, ventilators, and radiation-producing equipment, and state one control per hazard

Outline a recall and safety-alert management workflow from receipt through closure, including how to confirm the affected inventory was actually remediated

Explain the physiological basis of microshock and macroshock and the role of leakage current limits in protecting patients with conductive pathways to the heart

Distinguish chassis, earth, and patient leakage current and state which test configuration applies to each device class

Describe electrical safety testing intervals, pass/fail documentation, and what to do when a device fails a leakage test

Identify environment-of-care requirements for temperature, humidity, ventilation, electrical distribution, and emergency power, and explain how a pre-construction risk assessment is used

Summarize the roles of the FDA, The Joint Commission, and accrediting bodies in device approval, postmarket surveillance, and hospital compliance

Explain the distinction between FDA clearance and approval pathways and what each implies about a device's evidence base

List the Joint Commission environment-of-care and life-safety standards that most often touch medical equipment and describe the survey evidence required

Build a compliance calendar covering inspection cycles, documentation retention, and reporting obligations for medical device incidents

Apply a structured root cause analysis to a device-related incident, separating proximate causes from contributing system factors

Distinguish device malfunction, user error, and system failure, and explain why the distinction changes the corrective action

Describe when an incident must be reported to the FDA and what information a medical device report requires

Explain how to preserve evidence and chain of custody when a device is implicated in patient harm

Describe how networked medical devices differ from general IT assets in patching, inventory, and risk tolerance, and explain the concept of a medical device isolation architecture

Identify the main threat categories for connected devices and the controls that mitigate each, including network segmentation, access control, and monitoring

Explain how human factors engineering and usability testing reduce use error, and distinguish use error from device malfunction

Evaluate a device interface or alarm design against human factors principles such as alarm fatigue, cognitive load, and forcing functions

Apply quality improvement methods such as plan-do-study-act and statistical process control to a device-related patient safety problem

Explain the ethical obligations of the HTM professional, including conflict of interest, vendor relations, and honest reporting of test results

Communicate a technical finding clearly to a non-technical audience in writing and in a short verbal briefing

Complete a timed practice exam across all ten domains and review every missed item to identify the two weakest domains for final review