A Look at Preceptor Challenges within Organizations: The Case for Medical Laboratory Scientists.

The clinical phase of health professions programs encounters certain challenges that need to be dealt with to achieve desired competencies. It is beneficial to both students and clinical educators, or preceptors, when these challenges are identified and addressed. A 48-question survey was deployed by the American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP) to thousands of clinical educators in the laboratory professions over a 6-week period.

Clinical Educators' Teaching Approaches and Attributes in Laboratory Medicine.

The quality of clinical experiences for students in health care professions relies heavily on clinical educators. Hence the quest to be informed on qualities that make great clinical educators in medical laboratory professions as well as teaching methods. A 48-question survey was developed, validated, and distributed to laboratory professionals in the American Society for Clinical Pathology database.

The Impact of COVID-19 on the Laboratory Professionals' Clinical Education: a Qualitative Study.

A 48-question survey was developed and disseminated to laboratory professionals. This survey sought the perspective of clinical educators on a variety of topics, including two open-ended questions on the impact COVID-19 had on student clinical rotations and the ensuing policy changes. Of 207 clinical sites that participated in the survey.

Establishing the Need for Standardized Clinical Educator Training Programs for Medical Laboratory Professionals.

Backround: There is minimal, if any, training for clinical educators in medical laboratory professions. This leads to challenges with teaching, assessment and workload/training balance. Hence, the need for standardized clinical educator training.

Notorious anti-Jk3 in a pregnant woman.

This is a case study of a 23-year-old pregnant Polynesian woman with anti-Jk3 identified in her plasma during her third visit to a hospital. This patient, with a history of mild anemia due to beta-thalassemia minor and two known transfusion of packed red cells came to an emergency room complaining of severe abdominal cramps. Her hemoglobin during her second hospital visit was 7.

Anti-f in a 24-year-old male: a case study.

This is a case study of a 24-year-old male, having total knee arthroplasty, who is found to have an anti-f antibody, and denies history of previous blood product injection or blood transfusion. The anti-f antibody is produced due to exposure to the f antigen, and is one of the Rh blood group system's compound antigens expressed when the c and e alleles are in the cis position on the Rh chromosome. Patients with anti-f requiring transfusion could safely be transfused with units of blood lacking both the c and e antigens and units lacking only the c antigen.

Effects of incorporating a blood center tour in the immunohematology course.

Objective: To determine the effects of incorporating a blood center tour in the immunohematology course on the confidence and knowledge of students

Design: In-class lecture on the major blood center activities and tour of the Red Cross. Pre- and post- tests administered. To compare levels of understanding, confidence and overall tour impact, paired T- test and Chi-Square analyses were performed and frequencies calculated.