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Laboratory Professionals Program

This new program focuses on laboratory quality improvement and validation solutions. Intended for all laboratory staff, this day-long course also highlights best practices and emerging concepts.

For just $100, you will learn how to ensure quality testing results, drive improvements in the laboratory, and propel advancements in testing.

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Agenda

9:00 AM–9:05 AM 

Welcome and Introduction

Raouf E. Nakhleh, MD, FCAP (Moderator)

9:05 AM–10:30 AM 

PT Data—Beyond the Grade  

Compliance and Grading 

Getting the Most From your PT Data 

Bradley S. Karon, MD, PhD, FCAP 

Christina M. Wojewoda, MD, FCAP 

10:30 AM–10:45 AM 

Break

10:45 AM–11:45 AM 

Principles of Analytic Validation of Immunohistochemical Assays 

Jeffrey D. Goldsmith, MD, FCAP 

11:45 AM–12:15 PM 

Ask the Experts–Breakout Sessions #1

Microbiology  

Christina M. Wojewoda, MD, FCAP 

Point of Care Testing 

Bradley S. Karon, MD, PhD, FCAP 

Validation/Verification  

James H. Nichols, PhD, DABCC
Lauren Pearson, DO, MPH, FCAP

Molecular and IHC Testing 

Annette S. Kim, MD, FCAP
Joel T. Moncur, MD, PhD, FCAP 

12:15PM–1:00 PM 

Lunch

1:00 PM–2:00 PM 

READY, SET, VERIFYChecklist Revisions for Calibration and AMR Verification 

James H. Nichols, PhD, DABCC
Lauren N. Pearson, DO, MPH, FCAP
 

2:00 PM–2:15 PM 

Break

2:15 PM–3:30 AM 

The Role of PT in Sorting the Apples: Finding the Worms in Molecular Testing 

Annette S. Kim, MD, FCAP 
Joel T. Moncur, MD, PhD, FCAP 

3:30 PM–4:00 PM 

Ask the Experts–Breakout Sessions #2

Microbiology  

Christina M. Wojewoda, MD, FCAP 

Point of Care Testing 

Bradley S. Karon, MD, PhD, FCAP 

Validation/Verification  

James H. Nichols, PhD, DABCC
Lauren Pearson, DO, MPH, FCAP

Molecular and IHC Testing 

Annette S. Kim, MD, FCAP
Joel T. Moncur, MD, PhD, FCAP