RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Professionalism – A Required CLS/CLT Curricular Component
JF American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science
JO Clin Lab Sci
FD American Society of Chemistry and Laboratory Science
SP 24
OP 31
DO 10.29074/ascls.23.3_Supplement.24
VO 23
IS 3 Supplement
A1 Latshaw, Sandra
A1 Honeycutt, Karen
YR 2010
UL http://hwmaint.clsjournal.ascls.org/content/23/3_Supplement/24.abstract
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