Medical Education and Training Campus METC Med Lab Technician Program Overview SAFMLS March 2010 HMC...

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METC Med Lab Technician Program Overview

SAFMLSMarch 2010HMC Tinker

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• Provide an overview of the progress towards the Medical Education and Training Campus (METC) Medical Laboratory Technician Program

Objective

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Agenda

• METC MLT Program

• Facility Progress

• Curriculum Development

• Instruction Plan

• Manning Plan

• Future Challenges

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METC MLT Program

METC MLT Option Approved as of Feb 2010:

• Army/Navy consolidation - 1040 didactic hours; AF co-locate at FSH

• First METC MLT Class Start Date: November 2010

• METC Student Throughput = 84/class X 9 annually

– Army 473– Navy 278– Total: 751

• Phase II Clinicals at NMCs San Diego & Portsmouth

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METC MLT Program

Common Goals:

• Must maintain National Accrediting Agency For Clinical Laboratory Sciences (NAACLS) Program Certification

• Maintain Affiliation with George Washington University as Certificate/ Degree Awarding University

• Graduate students with all AS degree requirements completed

• Standardize the process for all Students to Challenge the National ASCP Certification Exam

• Require METC MLT Instructors to have at least an AS Degree and MLT/CLT certification

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Facility Progress

• Medical Instructional Facility (MIF) #3

• Lab Specific:

– 20 Classrooms– 17 Labs (4 labs each for Blood Bank, Chemistry, Hematology

and Microbiology, 1 Phlebotomy lab)– 8 Prep Rooms

• Construction in progress is on schedule for a July 2010 delivery to METC and a Nov 2010 convening date.

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Curriculum Progress

• Combined Navy/Army curriculum is development is contracted with Pario development team for college level blended learning.

• Each Course Package consists of:

– Lesson Plan

– Student Guide

– Instructor Guide

– Instructor Presentation

• Course Packages reviewed by NSHS instructor staff through 3-4 drafts.

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Manning Plan

• METC will have 21 Navy MLT instructors for Phase I.

– 2 MTs (CDR Crowell and LTJG Freeman)

– 4 CPOs

– 8 HM1

– 7 HM2

• METC billets are now populating CMS for instructors.

• Phase II manning has not been solidified at this time.

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Future Challenges

• Maintenance of 8506 Manning Levels

• Phase II Clinical Rotation Planning

• AS Degree Continuity

• ASCP opportunity continuity

• Training instructors for first class convening

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Questions?