An Approach to Recruit Laboratory Scientists: Categorical Certificate Program (Pipeline to Train With No Clinical Experience) (24EL-454)

Please note: AABB reserves the right to make updates to this program.

• Educational Track: Quality Education
• Topics: Blood Donation & Collection, Patient Transfusion
• Intended Audience: Hospital Blood Banks, Hospitals, Laboratory Staff, Managers/Supervisors, Students (MD, MT, SBB), Technologists
• Teaching Level: Basic

• Director/Moderator: Hind Kurbaj, MS, SBB(ASCP)^CM, Clinical Coordinator-Education, Transfusion Medicine, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
  Speaker: Jeanette Norris, MS, MLS (ASCP)^CM, Program Director and Clinical Coordinator-Medical Laboratory Science Program, Thomas University, Thomasville, GA

• Program Description

  The purpose of this program is to discuss opportunities for students with a BS degree to branch into the field of medical laboratory science through clinical training and gain competency to work as a medical laboratory scientist in a professional setting.

  Learning Objectives

  After participating in this educational activity, participants should be able to:

  • Discuss Medical Laboratory Scientist education requirements.
  • Discuss Medical Laboratory Scientist ASCP certification route of eligibility.
  • Identify students that would benefit from a post Baccalaureate Certificate Program.
  • Propose recruitment strategies.

  Registration

  Please note: registration for the live eCast is now closed. Registration is available for the on-demand eCast. If you registered for the live eCast you do not need to register for the on-demand eCast (access to the on-demand eCast was included with the live eCast registration).

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  Continuing Education Credit

  The live activity is eligible for one (1) continuing education credit/contact hour for Physicians, Nurses (including California-based nursing professionals through CBRN), California Lab Personnel, Florida Lab Personnel and General Participation credit.

  The on-demand activity is eligible for one half (0.5) continuing education credit for Physicians, Nurses (including California-based nursing professionals through CBRN) and General Participation credit.

  AABB reserves the right to reduce or increase the number of credits granted based on the final activity duration. For more information on each credit type please visit our Continuing Education Credits webpage.

  There is no financial support for this activity.

  

  In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by the Association for the Advancement of Blood & Biotherapies (AABB) and CME Outfitters, LLC. CME Outfitters LLC. is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

  Physicians (ACCME): CME Outfitters, LLC, designates this live activity for a maximum of one (1) AMA PRA Category 1 Credit^TM. CME Outfitters, LLC, designates this enduring activity for a maximum of one half (0.5) AMA PRA Category 1 Credit^TM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

  Claiming Credit
  Live Activity - Upon completion of the live activity, you will receive instructions to complete your evaluation, which is necessary to claim credit and receive your certificate of attendance/completion (credit must be claimed by the date provided in the instructions). The evaluation can be found by logging into the AABB Education Platform.

  Enduring Activity - Once the enduring (on-demand) program is available, you will receive instructions to access the AABB Education Platform. Upon completion of viewing the enduring activity, you will need to complete the evaluation, which is necessary to claim credit and receive your certificate of completion (credit must be claimed by the date provided in the AABB Education Platform).

  Program & Credit Expiration Dates:

  • Live Activity Program Date: July 17, 2024; Credit Expiration Date: August 17, 2024
  • Enduring Activity Program Dates: July 17, 2024 – July 16, 2027; Credit Expiration Date: July 16, 2027

  Disclosure Declaration

  It is the policy of CME Outfitters, LLC, and the Association for the Advancement of Blood & Biotherapies to ensure independence, balance, objectivity, and scientific rigor and integrity in all of their CE activities. Faculty must disclose to the participants any relationships with commercial companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. CME Outfitters, LLC, has evaluated, identified, and mitigated any potential conflicts of interest through a rigorous content validation procedure, use of evidence-based data/research, and a multidisciplinary peer review process. The following information is for participant information only. It is not assumed that the presence of such relationships will have a negative impact on the presentations.

  Disclosures for the planners of this event can be found here. Disclosures for the program faculty, peer reviewers, and CME Outfitters, LLC. personnel are provided at the beginning of the program.

  Faculty Biographies

  Hind Kurbaj received her master’s in Immunohematology and Biotechnology from George Washington University. She currently works as a clinical coordinator responsible for the training and competency program at MD Anderson Cancer Center Transfusion Services in Houston, Texas.

  
  
  

  Jeanette Norris is the Program Director and Clinical Coordinator at Thomas University in Thomasville, GA. She entered education as an instructor, student laboratory coordinator, and Clinical Coordinator in Boston, MA. Prior to academia, she worked as a Medical Laboratory Scientist at hospitals ranging in size from standalone Emergency Rooms to 900+ bed trauma hospitals. She received her Master’s in Medical Laboratory Science from the University of Southern Mississippi.