Enhancing Clinical Laboratory Rotations for a Comprehensive Learning Experience
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Explore the history and goals of the U of MN Program in Clinical Laboratory Science, with insights on creativity in rotations and students' perspectives. Learn about incorporating various laboratory settings and the importance of clinical experience in healthcare.
Enhancing Clinical Laboratory Rotations for a Comprehensive Learning Experience
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HEIP PresentationSeptember 30, 2009 Patricia Brennecke brenn269@umn.edu 612-626-3452 Clinical Coordinator-U of MN Program in Clinical Laboratory Science
Expectations for rotations • How you can participate
History • U of MN program started in 1923 • One of the first programs in the country
U of MN Program in CLS • Lectures and theory at U • Student labs to develop laboratory skills
Goal Of Clinical Rotations Clinical rotations are applied experience • Patient Contact • Health Care Team • Overall laboratory –share your experience of being a laboratorian • S/N
Creativity in rotation • Decrease number of weeks • Increase utilization of non-metro sites
Creativity in rotation-cont’d • Transfusion Medicine • Partner transfusion medicine rotations with hospital lab and Red Cross and Memorial blood center.
Creativity in rotation-cont’d • Hematology • Students spend 3 weeks at smaller setting and 1 week in special coagulation/special hematology at Fairview University
Creativity in rotation-cont’d • Chemistry • Limited chemistry rotations bring student back to Fairview University labs for special chemistry for last week
Creativity in rotation-cont’d • LEAN workflow, combine into an 8 week rotation for chem and heme
Creativity in rotation-cont’d • Reference laboratories
Utilize all Laboratories • Experience clinical laboratory setting • Laboratory as integral part of healthcare
Quote from Student • I was skeptical of the use of doing a non-metro rotation, but now that I’m done with it, I’m really glad I had the opportunity. Working in a smaller hospital really gave me a good look at how a hospital works, along with how a lab works, on a smaller scale. If I would have only worked in large hospitals, I don’t think I would have had the opportunity to draw blood from a patient, walk the sample to the lab, run it through the analyzer and look at the results. It really gave me a connection to the patient, instead of seeing them as a tube of blood.
Quote from Student Rotations are great. They are much better then I expected. I was kinda scared to be responsible for running the tests but it all turned out fine. Everyone is nice and friendly and makes the learning a whole lot easier. Even though we learned all the principles in class every hospital has their own way of doing things.
Summary • Learn in a variety of settings • All of you can provide that experience