PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Isabel, Jeanne M.
TI  - Preparing Clinical Laboratory Science Students with Teaching Skills
AID  - 10.29074/ascls.23.3_Supplement.3
DP  - 2010 Jul 01
TA  - American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science
PG  - 3--10
VI  - 23
IP  - 3 Supplement
4099  - http://hwmaint.clsjournal.ascls.org/content/23/3_Supplement/3.short
4100  - http://hwmaint.clsjournal.ascls.org/content/23/3_Supplement/3.full
SO  - Clin Lab Sci2010 Jul 01; 23
AB  - Training clinical laboratory science (CLS) students in techniques of preparation and delivery of an instructional unit is an important component of all CLS education programs and required by the national accrediting agency. Participants of this study included students admitted to the CLS program at Northern Illinois University and enrolled in the teaching course offered once a year between the years of 1997 and 2009. Courses on the topic of “teaching” may be regarded by CLS students as unnecessary. However, entry level practitioners are being recruited to serve as clinical instructors soon after entering the workforce. Evaluation of the data collected indicates that students are better prepared to complete tasks related to instruction of a topic after having an opportunity to study and practice skills of teaching. Mentoring CLS students toward the career role of clinical instructor or professor is important to maintaining the workforce.