Membership Information

Annual Membership is from January to December. Interested in becoming a member or need to renew your membership, please complete the online application form. If you are a current member please use your email address to login to your account.

New and Renewing Members Application

Sudent Member Application 

Membership Categories

Full member

Membership is open to all persons who are graduates of a university or technical program relating to some aspect of biomedical engineering in its broadest sense.  


Student Member

A student member must carry at least 50% of a normal full time academic program as a registered undergraduate or graduate student in a regular course of study in a discipline related to biomedical engineering. Typical programs would be those in mechanical and electrical engineering, medicine, kinesiology, engineering technology or related arts and science programs.  


Student Institutional memberships

Student Institutional Memberships for groups of five or more students are available and have the same criteria and benefits as the Corporate Membership. This plan is designed to assist universities and colleges provide membership in the Society for their students.  


Corporate Membership

The CMBES Corporate Membership plan is available to any organization in the public or private sector who wishes to register a group of members. This plan is designed to assist employers provide membership in the Society for their employees (see Membership Benefits). Bulk mailings will be sent to the person designated by the Corporate Member as having the responsibility for distribution within their organization. 

 Discounted rates apply to all members who attend the CMBES conference and continuing education courses. It should be noted that discounted rates may be applied to any individual of the Corporate or Institutional Member, regardless if an individual was listed on the original application for membership. However, such discounts apply only to the total number claimed by the Corporate or Institutional member. 

Hospitals, companies and educational institutions that employ biomedical engineering professionals should take advantage of the Corporate or Institutional Membership. 


Membership Fees 

Current annual membership fees:

  • Full member: $130.00
  • Student member: $35.00
  • Corporate member: variable rate based on number of members per group
  • Student institutional: $150.00 (allows 5 students)

 

Membership benefits 

CMBES members represent the biomedical engineering community, in its broadest sense. Membership provides ongoing interaction with peers and a forum for national initiatives and professional advancement. Benefits include:  

  • Reduced rates at the CMBES conference, and some international conferences; 
  • Reduced rates for continuing education courses and opportunities to earn Continuing Education Units (CEUs); 
  • Membership in the IFMBE; 
  • Preferred subscription rates to the IFMBE Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing Journal; 
  • Members only access section on the website which includes: by-laws, newsletter, membership directory, list of Fellows, Emeritus, other award winners and more; 
  • Discounted rate on job postings for members; 
  • The Society Newsletter highlights issues of importance in health care technology, upcoming events, items of interest to our members, etc.;
  • Special rates for Workshop Proceedings, Conference Digests and the Clinical Engineering Standards of Practice. 

 Student membership benefits  

  • Professional exposure to the health care field through seminars, tours, invited speakers; 
  • Access to the Student Run Online Journal of Biomedical Engineering Concepts; 
  • Material of a tutorial nature on various aspects of health care technology; 
  • Student rates for the CMBES national conference, as well as reduced rates for some international conferences; 
  • Student Paper Competition held at the CMBES Conference, open only to CMBES Student Members.

 

For further information, contact: 

CMBES Secretariat

1485 Laperriere Ave

Ottawa, ON K1Z 7S8

Tel: (613) 728-1759 / Fax (613) 729-6206

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