A relaxed and fun presentation on MLAs, what they can bring to your organization and real life examples and experiences that can help solidify the importance of work force retention and experienced MLAs.

At the end of this session you will be able to:

• Identify new ways to utilize MLAs
• Importance of experience and retention
• View MLAs as partners in better laboratory functionality

Speaker: Christine Goguen, MLA

The session will draw on high quality research evidence carried out before and during the pandemic to highlight the impacts on the mental health of healthcare staff and identify evidence based approaches to improving organisational resilience.

At the end of this session you will be able to:

• Understand the possible impacts of COVID on the mental health of healthcare staff
• Identify evidence based approaches to support the mental health of trauma-prone employees
• Plan how to improve the psychological health of trauma-prone employees

Speaker: Prof Neil Greenberg

Join the Lab Wisely team for an open discussion on project initiatives, hear success stories from other labs and find out what’s new.

Speakers: Christine Nielsen, MBA(C), BHA, MLT, CAE, Amanda VanSpronsen (MSc, BSc, MLT), Brandon Djukic, BSc, PhD and Valentin Villatoro, MEd (HSE), BSc (MLS), MLT

Clinical laboratorians are in a unique position with both clinical insights and technical expertise to develop laboratory testing contributing to improvement of patient standard-of-care and healthcare outcomes and facilitating translational research. This session will describe how translational collaboration bridges the gap between basic research and clinical application and accelerates the bench-to-bedside development leading to positive patient outcomes.

At the end of this session you will be able to:

• Describe the roles of clinical laboratorians in translational research
• Explain the tools can be used for translational research
• Understand the pros and cons of using leftover specimens for research

Speaker: Zhen Zhao, PhD, DABCC, FAACC