Purpose In 1999, the University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine (UICCOM)
established a student management model consisting of four student-style learning …

There are four distinct steps in the development of an effective competency assessment process.
Step 1 is the definition of competency criteria in consultation with prospective employers…

In this article, I focus on curriculum design and the differences between professional
leadership skills and technical skills. University of Iowa staff members have experimented with …

Every educational program that strives for excellence assesses student performance.
Student assessment, when properly done, can help students and instructors monitor their …

I. What do you miss the most when you don't have the opportu nity to attend professional
meetings? Networking—Discussions add depth to whatever session is un-derway, and I can …

This issue marks the 18th year of publication of Clinical Laboratory Science (Clin Lab Sei)
and initiates several changes in both the format of Clin Lab Sd and the manuscript handling …

This study proposed that curriculum issues and design in higher education may be better
and more completely understood by conceiving of curriculum as the technology or work of …

In ASCLS President Margaret Schmidt's speech to the 1998 ASCLS House of Delegates,'A
Bridge for ASCLS"(see page 325), she challenged ASCLS members and leadership to build …

As William Bridges points out in his seminal book on transitions, there must be an ending
before there can be a new beginning. 1 It is with a bittersweet mixture of sadness and …

This issue of Clinical Laboratory Science features the 66th Annual ASCLS Meeting and
AACC/ASCLS Clinical Laboratory Exposition," Bridging Healthcare and Technology" to whet …