An exploratory study of live vs. web-based delivery of a phlebotomy program.

Unlabelled: Changes in student population and increased Web-based education offerings provided the impetus to assess pedagogy, cognitive outcomes and perceptions of course quality.

Objective: This study explored cognitive outcomes and students' perception of course quality related to the Seven Principles for Good Practice in Undergraduate Education between live classroom delivery, compared to a Web-based delivery of a phlebotomy program.

Design: Quasi-experimental; students self-selected to enroll in live or Web-based program.

Learning and utilization of generic skills by practitioners in the field of clinical laboratory science/medical technology.

Objective: To determine whether and to what extent generic skills that are learned by practitioners are used on their clinical laboratory science/medical technologist (CLS/MT) jobs; and to determine if there are any significant differences in learning and/or using these skills by practitioners who were CLS/MT vs. Other BA/BS degree majors.

Design: In the field (ITF) laboratory practitioners were surveyed as to whether or not they: 1) were CLS/MT program graduates; 2) utilized the following generic skills in their jobs: analytical reasoning, communication, computer use, data correlation, decision making, precision studies, problem solving, quality assessment, supervision, teaching, technical writing, troubleshooting, research and utilization review; 3) learned these skills as students or practitioners.

The learning and application of generic skills by CLSs/MTs who have 'left the field'.

Objective: To determine whether generic skills that dinical laboratory scientists (CLSs)/medical technologists (MTs) learned as students and/or practitioners are applied to jobs outside the field of CLS/MT; and to determine if there are any significant differences in learning and/or doing these skills by CLS/MT majors vs. non-CLS/MT majors.

Design: An Occupational Change Survey was sent to CLS/MT practitioners who had identified themselves as having left the field (LTF) of CLS/MT.

Correlates of fundamental skills versus complex skills for medical technologists.

This 4-year study examined 165 medical technologists generally in the achievement phase of their careers. After distinguishing between two types of skills, fundamental and complex, different antecedents for each type of skill were found. Prior professional commitment was related positively to fundamental skills, whereas professional withdrawal intent was related negatively.