PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Waller, Kathy V.
AU  - Karni, Karen R.
TI  - Scholarly Activities of the Most Productive CLS Faculty and Schools in the U.S.A.
AID  - 10.29074/ascls.23.3.175
DP  - 2010 Jul 01
TA  - American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science
PG  - 175--179
VI  - 23
IP  - 3
4099  - http://hwmaint.clsjournal.ascls.org/content/23/3/175.short
4100  - http://hwmaint.clsjournal.ascls.org/content/23/3/175.full
SO  - Clin Lab Sci2010 Jul 01; 23
AB  - OBJECTIVES: To assess the research and scholarship of the most productive clinical laboratory science faculty and schools in the United States.DESIGN: In 2008 a national study involving 106 college and university CLS programs was conducted to determine which faculty members were most productive in research activities. A questionnaire was sent electronically to all faculty (n=448) of 106 NAACLS accredited programs. Data from 275 respondents (61%), from 93 programs (89%) were analyzed.SETTING: The study took place at The Ohio State University with collaboration from the University of Minnesota.PARTICIPANTS: Clinical laboratory science faculty within a four-year university or college sponsoring a NAACLS-accredited CLS program, were invited to participate.MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: To quantitate faculty scholarly productivity by point assessment, to assess the top 10% of faculty based on funding, publications, abstracts, presentations, books and chapters, and to identify the 15 highest ranking institutions in terms of their collective faculty research contributions.CONCLUSIONS: The top 10% of clinical laboratory science faculty (n = 28) are performing almost 50% of scholarship in the profession, with major contributions in funding garnered and international presentations. These individuals also generally hold a doctorate, are full professors and tenured. Among the 15 highest ranked colleges and universities with CLS programs, and by cumulative faculty contributions, most are classified as research institutions.ABBREVIATIONS: CLS = clinical laboratory science