CAMLT is approved
as a provider of continuing education programs in the clinical laboratory
sciences by the California Department of Health Services as a CA CLS
Accrediting Agency (#0021) and by the ASCLS P.A.C.E.®
Program (#519).
SESSION
FACULTY: David Plaut, BA
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SESSION
1 DATE:
SESSION 1 ABSTRACT:
Avoiding formulas wherever possible, this workshop stresses knowing how
some statistics work and when to use them.
We are especially interested in those statistics that occur in method
comparison, assessing linearity, daily QC and inter-laboratory reports. These include: mean, SD, CV, t-tests, slope
and intercept, r and r2, and the F-ratio. We will also study four types of graphs – the
scatter plot, two difference plots and an intriguing new graph – the Analysis
of Means.
SESSION 1
OBJECTIVES: Upon completion of this course, the participant will be able to: 1) draw
a scatter plot; 2) draw a difference plot; 3) explain the difference between
paired-t and unpaired-t tests; and 4) give three reasons the “Westgard QC Rules” should be used rather than the 2 SD
limits.
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SESSION
2 DATE:
SESSION 2 ABSTRACT: After outlining
the utility of quantifying outcomes, we will discuss an example of how to
perform an outcome study. Then, the
group will be divided into sets of 3-4; each to outline its own outcome
study. We will then regroup to discuss
and critique each group’s results.
SESSION 2
OBJECTIVES: Upon completion of this course, the participant will be able to: 1)
outline an outcome study; 2) list four variables to include in any outcome
study; and 3) list three outcome studies the participant’s lab could productively
perform now.
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SESSION
3 DATE:
SESSION
3 ABSTRACT: Based largely on case studies, this workshop will examine cases from
chemistry topics including cardiac markers, thyroid markers, hemoglobin A1C,
inborn errors of metabolism, blood gas studies (including lactate), nutritional
markers, anemia, and therapeutic drug testing.
SESSION 3
OBJECTIVES: Upon completion of this course, the participant will be able to: 1)
sketch a rule-out MI protocol; 2) give three reasons pre-albumin should replace
albumin as a marker of under-nourishment; 3) list three markers of anemia; 4)
sketch a thyroid profile; 5) give the most important clinical difference
between hemoglobin A1C and serum glucose values; 6) name the cause of an inborn
error; list three ways in which these are detected; 7) list the four basic
types of acid-base disturbance; 8) write the formula for the anion gap; 9) list
three reasons a serum drug level could be elevated, compared to a sample drawn
6 months earlier; and 10) list three factors that have an effect on the serum
drug level.
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SESSION
4 DATE:
SESSION 4 ABSTRACT: The laboratorian
is faced daily with a number of situations which require a decision to be made
and, in some cases, a problem to be solved. In this discussion, we describe a variety of
ways in which decisions and problems can be confronted and then dealt
with. Once this background is covered,
we will divide into small groups to work on a selected problem and then regroup
to discuss the solutions to the problems.
SESSION 4 OBJECTIVES: Upon completion of this course, the
participant will be able to: 1) outline the steps in solving a problem; 2) from
the outline, select two steps and give two pitfalls in each of them; and 3)
list three sources of outside help for a given problem. (Be sure to note the problem – be specific.)