http://www.labce.comClinical laboratory science news for medical technologists and medical laboratory techniciansen-us27 Jun 2008 10:30:45 EST Med techs in Tennessee: have you earned enough continuing education for your TN laboratory license renewal? All medical technologists in Tennessee are required to earn 24 hours of continuing education every two years. The deadline for "odd year" licensees in December 31st, 2008. If you haven't earned 24 hours of CE by then, you may be at risk of now having your laboratory license renewed! LabCE is the quickest and most convenient way to earn continuing education for Tennessee requirements. A one-year subscription to LabCE includes 48 online courses, with over 80 P.A.C.E. continuing education hours. Choose the courses that meet your level of experience and areas of expertise. LabCE subscriptions are all-inclusive -- for just $95, you'll get access to all courses and CE hours, with no additional charges for exams, certificates, or anything else. Subscribe online and you'll get instant access. Take courses from any Internet-connected computer, and print out certificates of completion from your own printer. There's no waiting for mailed course materials, exams, or certificates. Learn more about continuing education for Tennessee medical technologists.http://www.labce.com/newspost17-meet_tennessee_laboratory_continuing_education_req.aspx11/5/2008 5:21:46 PM ESTLabCE is happy to annouce that a new laboratory continuing education course, Electrophoresis, is now available to all subscribers. LabCE provides laboratory continuing education courses to MTs, MLTs, and other clinical laboratory personnel. Earn P.A.C.E. credits online to fulfill requirements for AMT, ASCP, NCA, and state license renewal. A one-year subscription is $95 and allows you to access all LabCE online courses. We currently offer 48 online laboratory continuing education courses, which new courses automatically added to your subscription about once a month. Learn more about LabCE's online subscriptions, or compare us to other CE providers to see how we're different. http://www.labce.com/newspost16-new_laboratory_continuing_education_course_in_elec.aspx10/17/2008 11:55:26 AM ESTThanks to the clinical laboratory community, the LabCE.com Quiz Game has become a great success! We're happy to offer the LabCE.com Quiz Game as a free resource to medical technologists and CLS students. To keep the LabCE.com Quiz Game challenging and fresh for all players, we need your help! You can submit your own questions to the LabCE.com Quiz, which are then shown to over a thousand players per day. Get your name out into the laboratory community! You can choose to include your name and biographical information on the questions you submit. This can be good publicity for your education programs, laboratory / hospital, or consulting services. Or, if you prefer, you can submit questions anonymously. Register to contribute (it's free), and submit your questions. MediaLab will review them and then incorporate them into the game. You'll be able to set the point value for your questions and see how player perform. We welcome questions about any clinical laboratory science topic - hematology, bloodbanking, microbiology, safety, and more. Register here to contribute, or e-mail labce@medialabinc.net with any questions.http://www.labce.com/newspost8-be_recognized_submit_your_own_questions_to_the_lab.aspx10/13/2008 2:41:36 PM ESTTwo new continuing education courses are now available to all subscribers: Alpha Thalassemia (1.5 P.A.C.E. credits) Fundamentals of Molecular Diagnostics (1.0 P.A.C.E. credit) Subscriptions to LabCE by MediaLab include access to 47 online courses. All courses carry ASCLS P.A.C.E. credits for clinical laboratory science continuing education. As a subscriber, you'll get immediate access to all new courses that we release during the year. Subscriptions are just $95/year. Learn more »http://www.labce.com/newspost15-new_courses_in_alpha_thalassemia_and_molecular_dia.aspx10/6/2008 4:35:11 PM ESTLabCE has compiled a list of resources to help those studying for ASCP and NCA exams. Visit Resources for ASCP and NCA Exam Review to learn more.http://www.labce.com/newspost14-resources_for_ascp_and_nca_exam_review.aspx9/30/2008 3:54:03 PM ESTUp-to-date courses are key to staying in compliance with laboratory continuing education requirements. That's why MediaLab is always adding new courses to its library of continuing education courses for lab professionals. The following titles are coming soon: Alpha Thalassemia Fundamentals of Molecular Diagnostics Electrophoresis As a subscriber, you'll have access to these courses as soon as they become available. Learn more about continuing education for med techs and other laboratory personnel. MediaLab is also looking for qualified laboratory professionals to write new continuing education courses or review existing courses. If you're interested in working with us to develop quality CE and competency assessments for laboratorians, please click here to learn more.http://www.labce.com/newspost13-new_lab_continuing_education_courses_coming_soon.aspx9/22/2008 5:38:48 PM ESTBuild your resume and help provide cutting-edge continuing education and compliance courses to the clinical laboratory market. Write a course for MediaLab! We're in search of experienced clinical laboratory educators to help us create and update online courses for clinical laboratory professionals. Writing for MediaLab is a valuable chance to build your resume, establish your expertise, and gain publishing experience with the growing field of online course development. Our course-building tools are convenient and easy-to-use. MediaLab also pays an honorarium to authors that work with us, usually $1,000. Learn more about writing courses for MediaLab »http://www.labce.com/newspost6-write_for_medialab___experienced_clinical_lab_educ.aspx9/22/2008 5:38:44 PM ESTMediaLab is the most convenient and fastest way to get laboratory continuing education for your AMT, ASCP, or NCA recertification or state license renewal. Compared to outdated books, CDs, articles, conferences, and classes, MediaLab's online laboratory continuing education is far more convenient and affordable. Traditional laboratory continuing education methods (like purchasing a book and exam or faxing back a quiz based on a magazine article) are very time-consuming and require a lot of waiting, not to mention shipping costs. Wait for your study material to be mailed. Wait for you exam to be graded. Wait for your certificate to be mailed. Attending a laboratory continuing education class, meeting, or conference is inconvenient and takes time from your busy life. These classes can't be flexible around your unique schedule. Online laboratory continuing education from MediaLab is the better way to earn the CE you need. MediaLab is affordable. Get access to all 41 MediaLab courses for one low price of $95. No shipping costs. No fees for certificates. All 41 MediaLab courses help meet your laboratory continuing education needs for AMT, ASCP, NCA, and state license renewal. MediaLab is fast. Start your courses right away – no waiting for mailed or faxed material, no shipping costs or sales taxes. Your post-tests are scored right away, and your certificate is available for immediate printing. laboratory continuing education is available when you need it, with no waiting. MediaLab is convenient. Earn laboratory continuing education on your schedule, 24 / 7 / 365. Use any Internet-connected computer – at home, at work, at school, at the library. Your progress is always bookmarked, so you can start a course anytime and resume where you left off later, at any computer. Go through courses at your own pace, without time limits or restrictions. If you need laboratory continuing education, try MediaLab risk-free for 30 days. We know you'll love this affordable, fast, and convenient way to earn CE online. Learn more.http://www.labce.com/newspost4-laboratory_continuing_education_from_labcecom.aspx9/5/2008 2:36:23 PM ESTUsing MediaLab's CourseBuilder, you can quickly create online courses from your organization's existing PowerPoint files. Create a custom solution for assigning, tracking, and documenting training in less than a minute. Learn more about turning your PowerPoint files into online courses »http://www.labce.com/newspost12-turn_powerpoint_files_into_online_courses.aspx8/29/2008 4:44:00 PM ESTThe Department of Transportation has just updated the procedure for peforming DOT-regulated urine collections. Do you know what's changed? Stay up-to-date with MediaLab's online courses in Department of Transportation (DOT) Regulated Urine Collection. Need to build your resume? Using MediaLab's online courses and the experience of a observer who can check you off on five required mock collections, you can earn your certificate to perform DOT-regulated urine specimen collections. Learn more about MediaLab's online course for Department of Transportation (DOT) Regulated Urine Collection Training.http://www.labce.com/newspost11-get_certified_for_dot_urine_collections.aspx8/21/2008 1:21:16 PM ESTMediaLab's newest course, Therapeutic Drug Monitoring and Pharmacogenomics, is now available for all subscribers. Therapeutic drug monitoring and pharmacogenomics are both pharmacy-related areas within the clinical laboratory. Although each is considered a sub-discipline within laboratory medicine, the two fields overlap significantly. This course provides an overview of each of these laboratory sub-disciplines and discusses the utility, rationale, and practice of each one. Learn more about the Therapeutic Drug Monitoring and Pharmacogenomics online course. See a complete list of all included online courses.http://www.labce.com/newspost10-new_pharmacology_in_the_clinical_lab_course.aspx8/11/2008 6:05:19 PM ESTTwo new courses are now available for all LabCE.com subscribers. Both mycology courses carry ASCLS P.A.C.E. credit for laboratory continuing education, as well as Florida Board of Clinical Laboratory Science credit for the General (Parasitology/Mycology) category. Mycology: Hyaline and Dematiaceous Fungi helps you identify hyaline mold isolates by observing the appearance of the colony on agar plates and through microscopic appearance, as well as identify dematiaceous molds by observing characteristic structures and their rate of growth. Mycology: Yeasts and Dimorphic Pathogens helps you identify yeast species and dimorphic fungal species by observing the appearance of the colony morphology and through microscopic appearance. The course also discusses various sources of fungal infections and the diseases that are associated with yeasts and dimorphic molds. Questions from these two courses have been added to the LabCE.com Quiz Game.http://www.labce.com/newspost9-new_mycology_courses_for_laboratory_continuing_edu.aspx8/7/2008 5:14:37 PM ESTFor more information on getting licensed in your home state, please contact the institutions listed below. For the states below that require continuing education, you can help meet license and renewal requirements by subscribing to MediaLab. Earn the laboratory continuing education you need to keep your license up-to-date. Don't risk an audit or losing your license! California State of California Department of Health Services Laboratory Field Services 2151 Berkeley Way - Annex 12 Berkeley, CA 94704 Phone: 510-873-6354 Florida Florida Board of Clinical Laboratory Personnel 4052 Bald Cypress Way Bin #C07 Tallahassee, FL 32399 Phone: 850-245-4355 Louisiana Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners PO Box 30250 New Orleans, LA 70190-0250 Phone: (504) 568-6820 Montana Montana Department of Labor and Industry Board of Clinical Laboratory Science Practitioners 301 S. Park St. Helena, MT 59602 Nevada Nevada Bureau of Licensure and Certification 1551 College Parkway #158 Carson City, NV 89710 Phone: 702-687-4475 North Dakota North Dakota Department of Health Division of Microbiology 1205 Ave. A West P.O. Box 5520 Bismark, ND 58506-5520 Phone: 701-328-5262 Rhode Island Rhode Island Department of Health Division of Health Services Regulation Room 104 3 Capitol Hill Providence, RI 02908 Phone: 401-222-2827 Tennessee Tennessee Medical Laboratory Board Personnel 1st Floor Cordell Hull Building 425 5th Avenue North Nashville, TN 37247-1010 Phone: 615-532-5128 West Virginia West Virginia Office of Laboratory Science Dept. of HHS 167 Eleventh Ave. South Charleston, WV 25303 Phone: 304-558-3530 If your state isn't listed, then your state does not require licensure at this time. However, if you have credentials with ASCP, AMT, or NCA, you may be required to earn continuing education to renew your certification. Also, your employer may require that you complete a certain number of continuing education credits every year. A subscription to MediaLab is an affordable way to earn the continuing education credits you need.http://www.labce.com/newspost7-contact_information_for_state_laboratory_personnel.aspx7/24/2008 5:11:17 PM ESTIf you're a clinical laboratory technologist, laboratory technician, lab supervisor, or lab director in the State of Florida, and you have a license from the Florida Department of Health - your license will expire on August 31, 2008 unless you renew. Time's running out! Fortunately, MediaLab provides convenient, affordable CE to help you meet Florida license renewal requirements. In order to renew, you'll need to have completed continuing education courses, including courses in HIV / AIDS, Medical Error Prevention, and Florida Laws and Rules of the Board of Clinical Laboratory Science. Get access to all of these courses with a MediaLab individual subscription. If you first received your license after January 1, 2006, you won't need to complete most of the continuing education requirements. However, you'll still need to complete two courses: HIV / AIDS and Medical Error Prevention. An individual subscription ($95/year) to MediaLab includes access to all 41 MediaLab courses, including the Florida-specific courses listed above. Choose from a wide range of courses to complete requirements for your license specialty, including hematology, blood banking, microbiology, and safety. All Florida CE that you earn through MediaLab is automatically and immediately reported to CEBroker under your license number. With the deadline approaching quickly, MediaLab's online courses are the fastest and most convenient way to complete the courses you need to renew your Florida license today. Learn more about MediaLab's LabCE.com courses for Florida clinical laboratory science personnel.http://www.labce.com/newspost3-florida_licenses_expire_on_august_31_2008__renew_w.aspx7/16/2008 2:37:02 PM EST