On behalf of the Program Office for Laboratory Quality Management we bring three exciting education opportunities. The UBC Certificate Course in Laboratory Quality Management and the UBC Micro certificate Course in Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing and Interpretation start in January 2024. Registration is open, spots are still available!
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UBC Certificate Course in Laboratory Quality Management
The Laboratory Quality Management certificate course is a completely on-line 22-week course designed to provide knowledge, discussion, and expertise for those interested in quality management for clinical and research laboratories. The course is highly valuable for those who are or intend to be laboratory quality managers, and for those that work with quality management issues.
MORE INFO: https://polqm.med.ubc.ca/course-description/
Registration is now open. Early bird rate ends October 15, 2023.
https://polqm.med.ubc.ca/lqm-course-registration-form/
Course starts: January 10, 2024
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UBC Micro certificate Course in Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing and Interpretation
This course is a completely online, 12-week, asynchronous, mentored, discussion based course to provide students with an understanding of the core principles of AST and interpretation. Each week 1-2 thought provoking questions will be posted on the learning management system discussion board which will be monitored and guided by a lead Subject Matter Expert (SME) who is currently practicing in the field of microbiology.
Students will interact with a different faculty lead/subject matter expert for each module of the course, and work though the curriculum together on a weekly basis.
MORE INFO: https://polqm.med.ubc.ca/ast/
Registration is now open!
https://polqm.med.ubc.ca/registration-ast-course/
Course starts January 15, 2024
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ISO 15189:2022 What labs need to know about the changes
Four modules, online and on demand course describing the changes professionals can expect with the revised standard and how to implement them in their labs.
MORE INFO: https://polqm.med.ubc.ca/iso-15189/
All the above three courses have been approved CSMLS (and ASCP) credits.
Please kindly forward this information to those you think could benefit from these opportunities.
