Illinois State Perfusion Society Conference 2010

Melissa and I attended the Illinois Perfusion meeting last weekend, and good news! We're said to find jobs! Well we enjoyed ourselves and learned a lot, but there was a lot of really good information from the American Board of Perfusionists and the future of our profession. There are 3,818 certified perfusionist in the United States, there is said to be about 143 perfusionists due to retire and about 160 perfusionists ready to be certified via the boards exam this month, so the numbers are good (not perfect, but good), hopefully they will be creating a few more jobs out there this year for those looking:) Also Midwestern is thought of highly as compared to the other programs. I'm not sure if any of you have similar stories from your preceptors regarding the MWU perfusion students vs. the others. So the outlook is good, and here in the midwest, our program already has the best reputation. So for those of us with job anxiety, I wanted to share some good news:)

Malia