PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - E Camellia St John
AU  - Michelle S Kanuth
TI  - Student Laboratories as a Component of a Web-based Curriculum
AID  - 10.29074/ascls.19.2.117
DP  - 2006 Apr 01
TA  - American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science
PG  - 117--121
VI  - 19
IP  - 2
4099  - http://hwmaint.clsjournal.ascls.org/content/19/2/117.short
4100  - http://hwmaint.clsjournal.ascls.org/content/19/2/117.full
SO  - Clin Lab Sci2006 Apr 01; 19
AB  - OBJECTIVE: To enable place-bound working clinical laboratory technicians (CLTs) to benefit from hands-on student laboratory sessions taught in University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) facilities by UTMB professors.DESIGN: Weekend student laboratory sessions similar to “wet workshops” were implemented and integrated into regular coursework. Student laboratory sessions of 12 hours to 16 hours in length were provided.SETTING: The UTMB student laboratories.PARTICIPANTS: Web-based education in Clinical Laboratory Science (WEBCLS) students who are working CLTs in rural place-bound situations.MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Course grades and certification examination scores on laboratory and comprehensive examinations given to both on-campus students and WEBCLS students.RESULTS: Of 68 WEBCLS students enrolled in laboratory courses during the calendar years 2003, 2004, and 2005, 66.2% earned grades of A or B in the course compared with 64.2% of students enrolled in the same laboratory courses on-campus. Over a three year period, the WEBCLS students averaged 564.8 on certification exam scores, while on-campus students averaged 470.9.ABBREVIATIONS: CAP = College of American Pathologists; CLSs = clinical laboratory scientists; CLTs = clinical laboratory technicians; RBCs = red blood cells; UTMB = University of Texas Medical Branch; WEBCLS = web-based education in Clinical Laboratory Science (a program designed for off-campus CLT students to pursue the Bachelor of Science degree in CLS through distance education using web-based materials).