Upgrading and Continuing Education
Medicine is the most dynamic of
biological disciplines . so is also science of laboratory technology. While the
basic principles remain unacurrent practice is undergoing exponential change
when a lab technologist or health care professional completes a course, receives his/ her diploma learning
or need to learn does not stop there.
Reasons of upgrading education:
- To improve confidence and competence of lab. Technologist.
- To improve quality of lab. Technologist.
- To learn new methods and procedures in laboratory science.
- To make lab. Technologist life long learners.
- To produce skilled , educated lab. Technologists whose standards will be internationally accepted.
- To reflect developments in the field of education,
- To reflect changing needs of the country .
- To make it clear that if you want to survive, you must be ready to undertake life long professional learning,
How to Upgrade Education:
- Improvement of facilities.e,g, New laboratory.Lastes scientific instrument etc.
- Sound curriculum development.
- Improvement of examination system. Role of the laboratory in the health care and training of laboratory personnel.
Why continuing education:
- Inadequate Training for fundamental tasks.
- Insufficient knowledge base.
- Learning and training improves professional skills.
- Continuing education gives opportunity for life long learning and professional updating.
- It gives job satisfaction and also meet the employer’s standards.