ErgoPractice News – January 2014 By Jin Chang PhD jchang@surgitel.com Most of us are very busy and work hard to take care of all the urgent things in our lives. But we often lose sight of a very important thing: our health and fitness. Before we address 2014’s seven habits for health and fitness, I […]
ErgoPractice News – December 2013 By Jin Chang PhD jchang@surgitel.com During the 2013 American Dental Association meeting in New Orleans, I attended several lectures on Health and Fitness. They included the Prevention of Work-Related Pain and Injuries, Treating Neck and Back Pain, and Specific Exercise Needs. When the speakers asked their attendees who experience pain […]
How SurgiTel Custom FLM Loupes Can Prevent Career-Ending Injury Linda Meeuwenberg, RDH, MA, FADIA Linda is a 2012 Sunstar RDH Award of Distinction recipient. Linda Meeuwenberg is the President and CEO of the Professional Development Association, Inc. assisting participants to improved performance. She is an internationally recognized educator and best-selling author. As a Professor from […]
ErgoPractice News – November 2013 By Jin Chang PhD jchang@surgitel.com In the beginning, God created the heavens and earth. Then God said, “Let there be light” and then there was light. Lastly, God created man and woman and gave them wonderful eyes which can see everything God created. Without light, or without our eyes to […]
How SurgiTel Custom FLM Loupes Can Save Your Hygiene Career Edie Gibson, RDH, BSDH, MSc, MAADH Edie is a best-selling author, trainer, and speaker whose seminars include “Making Ergonomics Work for YOU! Innovative Technologies to Reduce Occupational Pain” To have Edie speak at your next event, contact her by phone or e-mail. When I was […]
ErgoPractice News – October 2013 By Jin Chang PhD jchang@surgitel.com Summary There is a great variety of loupes and headlights being sold to clinical professionals. Some are made very well and some very poorly. It is difficult to spot the difference. Unfortunately, there are no government standards controlling the quality of loupes and headlights, despite […]
ErgoPractice News – September 2013 By Jin Chang PhD jchang@surgitel.com How Do We Know Which Magnification Power We Need? For most hands-on work, our eyes are the main sensory system for detecting critical information which is needed to perform procedures. Although the human eye is a marvelous optical instrument, its visual acuity is inadequate for […]
ErgoPractice News – August 2013 By Jin Chang PhD jchang@surgitel.com Why Custom Loupes Matter We all consider our friends’ advice when buying something new. This method works great for hiring a painter or buying a new vacuum cleaner, but what about our own personal loupes? My friend says… “I have been using 2.5x Through-The-Lens (TTL) […]
ErgoPractice News – July 2013 By Jin Chang PhD jchang@surgitel.com New Product Release! The mission of SurgiTel is to improve clinicians’ Vision, Posture, and Comfort. SurgiTel’s first products were customizable Front-Lens-Mounted (FLM) loupes because, at first, only they could meet our ergonomic standards. Only once SurgiTel itself created the patented technology to build truly ergonomic […]
ErgoPractice News – June 2013 From the President Welcome to SurgiTel’s new newsletter! We are counting on you to make this a two-way dialogue: we’ll share the best of what’s new at SurgiTel and our behind-the-scenes thinking, along with stories our customers share about their practices and using our products. We’ll also talk with industry […]
