PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Latshaw, Sandra
AU  - Honeycutt, Karen
TI  - Professionalism – A Required CLS/CLT Curricular Component
AID  - 10.29074/ascls.23.3_Supplement.24
DP  - 2010 Jul 01
TA  - American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science
PG  - 24--31
VI  - 23
IP  - 3 Supplement
4099  - http://hwmaint.clsjournal.ascls.org/content/23/3_Supplement/24.short
4100  - http://hwmaint.clsjournal.ascls.org/content/23/3_Supplement/24.full
SO  - Clin Lab Sci2010 Jul 01; 23
AB  - OBJECTIVE: Determine the impact of requiring Clinical Laboratory Science (CLS) students to participate in approved professionalism activities as part of a mandatory management course.DESIGN: Quasi-experimental, case study reporting qualitative results of 25 CLS students. During the admission interview, students complete a written response to questions about their perceptions related to professionalism. During the clinical educational year, students are required to complete approved professionalism activities as part of a management course. At the end of the course, students write a reflective paper focusing on their professional activities and how these experiences will influence their future professional practice. Overall themes of student reflections are provided.SETTING: University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) CLS Program in OmahaCONCLUSION: After participating in a mandatory professionalism curricular component requiring active student participation in professional activities, student reflective writings provide evidence this is one successful approach to nurture professional identity within future Clinical Laboratory Science/Clinical Laboratory Technician (CLS/CLT) practitioners.ABREVIATIONS: ASCLS = American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science, ASCP = American Society for Clinical Pathology, CLS = Clinical Laboratory Science, CLS/CLT = Clinical Laboratory Scientist/Clinical Laboratory Technician, DCLS = Clinical Laboratory Science Doctorate, NAACLS = National Accrediting Agency for Clinical Laboratory Scientists, UNMC = University of Nebraska Medical Center