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CSMLS hosted Adopt-a-Clinic during National Medical Laboratory Week to allow volunteers to talk to blood donors about the role of the medical laboratory profession in health care. The Society announced a new and ongoing partnership with Partners for Life, a national blood donation program by Canadian Blood Services.
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In collaboration with Becton Dickinson and Company (BD), presented the Ontario Phlebotomy Symposium in Toronto, ON, with five speakers and four presentations. Registration exceeded expectations (165+).
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The Objective Lens podcast was awarded two Gold Quill awards by the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC).
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CSMLS established the Content Advisory Committee, comprised of 14 volunteers across the country in varying disciplines, to guide the development of relevant, valuable laboratory-related content, such as articles, podcasts, videos and knowledge products.
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The Educator Committee, a new forum by which CSMLS and the educator community can have meaningful conversations and foster knowledge sharing, had its inaugural meeting.
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To continue our government advocacy program, CSMLS went to Ottawa for its annual Lobby Day. While there, CSMLS discussed enhanced simulation education as a means by which to increase the supply of new laboratory professionals. Overall, it was a successful Day on the Hill (42 meetings).
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Received funding from the Ontario Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration for a Diversity Training Project as well as for the creation of a practice test for medical laboratory technology. The objective of the Diversity Training Project is to develop two to three diversity products, derived from existing resources, which are customized to meet the specific needs of the medical laboratory community.
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The following members were appointed to the Board of Directors as elected by the membership: =>
Krista Urchenko, Director, Ontario
=> Kal Randhawa, Director, British Columbia/Yukon
=> Nancy Bergeron, Vice President – elected by Board of Director members
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The questions in the MLT practice test were designed by subject matter experts to mirror the high-stakes version of the certification exam.
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CSMLS brought a live learning event to Winnipeg, MB, where 48 attendees learned about social marketing campaigns by the Winnipeg Health Region.
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LABCON took place in Ottawa , ON, at Brookstreet Hotel, where we welcomed 249 delegates, 54 exhibitors/vendors and 43 attendees to the Managers’ Intensive Program sessions.
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Content was updated on the Mental Health Toolkit, including the mental health national indicators, the quality of work life national indicators (in collaboration with Sonography Canada and Canadian Association of Medical Radiation Technologists) and faces of mental health.
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Launched an MLA practice test to help students prepare for the certification exam. Students who take the test would get a sense of the types of questions, the length of the exam and how the questions are worded. All competencies were covered in this test, with 150 questions.
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Offered “Introduction to Electrocardiography (ECG),” a new course to keep up with new competencies and on-the-job expectations.
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Released the Call to Action to the public. The Call to Action was created to address the national, regional, immediate and long-term efforts required to change the health human resource shortage of medical laboratory technologists within Canada.
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CSMLS held an educational event, The Windsor Symposium, for local laboratory professionals in Windsor, Ontario, at Caesars, with four sessions and 32 attendees.
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Created a call for volunteers to create an expert panel for a new Choosing Wisely Canada project in collaboration with University of Alberta.
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Co-hosted Uniting Simulation Education with SIM-one, an event to map simulation usage to competencies and identify current simulation curricula available to students.
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Laid the foundation for computer-based testing (CBT) for all four certification exams. CBT would bring our examination processes to the forefront
of best practices for high-stake exams.
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