CXA 401 Medical Laboratory Practice

 

Last updated on 24/12/2008

NOTE: Section added at the bottom of this page for International Students.

 

Please note that Steve will be on leave for all of January. For assistance with the unit or your case studies, please contact Jane Pittaway, Dale Kunde or Murray Adams. 

Unit Outline

 

Schedules and timetables

 

·      Schedule for MLP3 in 2008/9

 

Induction phase on Tue November 10th  2008

 

0900 – 10.15

Steve: Introduction to CXA 401, overview of assessment items and submission procedures. In depth instructions on how to prepare a) Case study, b) Poster and c) Safety Assignment Part 1

10.15 – 10.30

Morning tea

10.30 – 11.30

Jane: Introduction to CXA 412/425, pre-placement visits, the placement, work diaries and Safety Assignment Part 2

11.30 – 12.30

Leigh Murfett: Quality Assurance and ISO accreditation.

12.30 – 1.30

Lunch

1.30 – 2.30

Richard Hanlon: The Australian Pathology Industry

2.30 – 3.30

Dale Kunde: A Review of QC and practical applications, QC assignment.

 

 

 

 

Placement  phase schedule

 

Event

Date/s

Deadline for any feedback for case studies prior to submission for group 1 students.

Fri 27th March 2009 (week 5)

Case studies (presentation, poster and QC) are due in for group 1 students.

Thu 2nd April 2009 (week 6)

Safety Assignments A, B, C and Quality Control Assignment due in for ALL students.

Fri 8th May 2009 (week 10)

Deadline for any feedback for case studies prior to submission for group 2 students.

Fri 22nd May 2009 (week 12)

Case studies (presentation, poster and QC) are due in for group 2 students.

Thu 28th  May 2009 (week 13)

Post-placement period (present case, display poster, sit exam)

Mon June 1st  2009 to Fri 5th June (Swot vac period)

Student presentation evening

Thu June 4th 2009

 

·       Group 1 students are those in the first placement period (Nov 2008 to March 2009)

·       Group 2 students are those in the second placement period (March 2008 to June 2009)

 

 

Resources for assignments

 

·      Instructions and resources for poster presentation.

 

·      Instructions and resources for clinical case presentation.

 

·      Instructions and resources for safety assignment.

 

Submission of Assessment items

 

Submit all assessment items by email (or CD or USB device) to the staff member responsible for each assessment item.

Stephen.Tristram@utas.edu.au

 

Dale.Kunde@utas.edu.au

 

jpittawa@postoffice.utas.edu.au

 

You MUST use the required file names on your submissions and failure to do so will result in penalties.

 

·       SURNAME_POSTER (ppt file and pdf file)                   email to Steve

·       SURNAME_CASE (ppt file)                                              email to Steve

·       SURNAME_ABSTRACT (doc file)                                  email to Steve

·       SURNAME_QC (doc file)                                                  email to Dale

·       SURNAME_SAFETY_A (doc file)                                  email to Steve

·       SURNAME_SAFETY_B (doc file)                                  email to Jane

·       SURNAME_SAFETY_C (doc file)                                  email to Jane

Doc file refer to MS-word files

 

International Students

 

If you are doing your placement internationally and will not be back for the first semester of the following year when phase 2 of CXA 401 is scheduled, you need to take note of the following:

1) You will need to hand in all of your work electronically as normal.

2) After you have prepared your “oral” case study, you will need to present the talk at your workplace and have your laboratory supervisor either email or write to me confirming that you have done so.

3) You will need to arrange with your laboratory supervisor to sit the theory exam sometime in the first week of June (next year). The supervisor will need to contact me on your behalf, and I will email a copy of the examination. This will need to be sent back to me express post so it can be marked.