Table 3 Prioritization of topics for training according to ranking by participants
From: Continuing professional development training needs of medical laboratory personnel in Botswana
Priority 1 | Priority 2 | Priority 3 | Priority 4 |
|---|---|---|---|
≥ 80% | 70%-79% | 60%-69% | (≤59% |
Quality system essentials for medical laboratory | Management of non-conformances in laboratory services | Evidence based laboratory medicine | Health informatics |
Implementing a quality management system | Use of external quality assessment to improve testing procedures | Statistics in laboratory medicine | Point of care testing |
Techniques to identify and control sources of errors in laboratory procedures | Internal quality control and Westgard Rules | Molecular diagnostic methods and genetics | Ethics and professionalism |
Laboratory accreditation: principles and processes | Laboratory and disease surveillance | Supervision and delegation | |
Evaluation and selection of analytical methods and equipment | Equipment maintenance | Data management, report writing and presentation skills | |
Definition, establishment and use of reference ranges | Basic cost accounting for clinical laboratory services | Rational selection of tests | |
Specimen management | Management of resources and supplies | Medical tariffs (Billing and coding) | |
Customer care | Monitoring and evaluation | Costing of laboratory tests and procedures | |
Competence assessment | Team building | Grant proposal writing | |
Preceptorship and mentorship | Strategic planning | Manuscript preparation | |
Case studies in clinical microbiology | Case studies in cytology and histology | Basic computer skills (Microsoft suite) | |
Case studies in clinical chemistry | |||
Case studies in hematology | |||
Case studies in medical parasitology | |||
Case studies in blood transfusion science | |||
Research proposal development and operational research |