Is Your Lab Competency Assessment a Competent
Assessment?
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Speaker: Jean
Ball, MBA, MT(HHS), MLT(ASCP)
Summary: In this
presentation you will find the answers to the “who,
what, how, when, and why” of Competency Assessment.
You will learn what Competency Assessment really
is…and isn’t. You will come to see the differences
between Competency Assessment, Training, and
Education. Finally, you will hear what the College
of American Pathologists’ requirements are
pertaining to Competency Assessment and some
suggestions for your own program for compliance with
those standards.
Objectives:
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Define “Competency
Assessment”
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Differentiate
Competency assessment from “Training” and
“Education”
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Understand CAP’s
requirements
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Answer…
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When must
Competency be assessed?
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What must be
assessed?
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Who must be
assessed?
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How must we assess
competency?
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Why must we assess
competency?
Bio: Jean Ball,
MBA, MT(HHS), MLT(ASCP) is a certified Medical
Technologist with over thirty years of experience in
laboratory medicine. Before coming to the College of
American Pathologists (CAP), she worked in hospital
and clinic settings in every area of the clinical
laboratory, in both bench technologist and
supervisory capacities. Jean has also spent many
hours in the classroom, teaching in medical
technology and business arenas.
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