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Parasitology Question Bank (Online CE Course)

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Elizabeth A. Zeibig, Ph.D., MT(ASCP), CLS(NCA)

This parasitology question bank offers 300 questions covering various aspects of parasitology, including life cycles, laboratory diagnosis, diseases, identification, morphology, and case studies.

A review mode allows you to learn with interactive questions and detailed feedback, and when you're ready, the exam mode will document your proficiency and award CE credit.

This question bank is also ideal as source material for laboratories that want to build their own competency assessments per CLIA requirements. The question bank can be easily customized to fit your lab's needs.

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Continuing Education Credits

  • P.A.C.E.® Contact Hours (acceptable for AMT, ACSP / NCA, and state recertification): 1.5 hour(s)
  • Florida Board of Clinical Laboratory Science CE - General (Microbiology/Mycology/Parasitology): 1.5 hour(s)

Objectives

  • Define the key terms associated with parasitology.
  • Select the appropriate specimen type(s) for the recovery of specific parasites.
  • Summarize the purpose of and procedures associated with general laboratory diagnosis techniques.
  • Convert back and forth between the scientific and common names of parasites.
  • Identify & describe key parasitic morphologic terms.
  • Match conditions and disease states with corresponding causative parasites.
  • Identify & describe key parasite life cycle concepts.
  • Arrange parasite life cycle stages in order of occurance.
  • Given a brief description and/or case scenario with a picture of one or more suspicious forms, where appropriate: (1) identify the suspicious form(s) by scientific name, common name and/or morphologic form;(2) label morphologic structures;(3) determine the appropriate parasite classification category; and (4) select the corresponding condition/disease state.

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Course Outline

This course consists of questions and answers, with no reading or instructional material.

Additional Information

Level of instruction: Intermediate
 
Intended audience: This program is designed as a graded continuing education opportunity for laboratory technologists wanting to learn more about parasitology.
 
Author information: Elizabeth A. Zeibig, Ph.D., MT(ASCP), CLS(NCA) is the education coordinator and an instructor in department of Clinical Laboratory Science at St. Louis University in St. Louis, MO. She is also the author of several books, including Case Studies in Clinical Laboratory Science, Clinical Parasitology: A Practical Approach, and Clinical Microbiology.
 
Course description: This course consists of 60 graded questions covering various aspects of parasitology, including life cycles, laboratory diagnosis, diseases, identification, morphology, and case studies. Questions are drawn from a total pool of 300 questions that are all available for review in the course "Parasitology Review." 





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