VIRTUAL ASSESSMENT, TRAINING, AND EVALUATION OF CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNOLOGISTS AMIDST PEAK COVID-19 PANDEMIC – AN OBSERVATIONAL STUDY VIRTUELNA PROCENA, OBUKA I EVALUACIJA KLINI^KO LABORATORIJSKIH TEHNI^ARA U JEKU PANDEMIJE COVID-19 – POSMATRA^KA STUDIJA

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Ahmed S., Abid M. A., Jahan F., Ozben T.

Journal of Medical Biochemistry, vol.41, no.4, pp.559-563, 2022 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 41 Issue: 4
  • Publication Date: 2022
  • Doi Number: 10.5937/jomb0-33962
  • Journal Name: Journal of Medical Biochemistry
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, CAB Abstracts, Central & Eastern European Academic Source (CEEAS), EMBASE, Veterinary Science Database, Directory of Open Access Journals
  • Page Numbers: pp.559-563
  • Keywords: clinical chemistry, COVID-19, laboratory, quality control, technologist, Unity Real Time
  • Open Archive Collection: AVESIS Open Access Collection
  • Akdeniz University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

© 2022 Sciendo. All rights reserved.Medical technologists are considered a neglected group when it comes to academic interventions. We developed and implemented an educational intervention and assessment for the technologists based on an online questionnaire as a pre-test consisting of questions related to knowledge (n=5), attitude (n=3), and practices (n=4) of daily internal quality control (QC) monitoring via Google Docs survey tool. This study served multiple purposes. It allowed keeping the technologists engaged during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic while also improving the knowledge, attitude, and practices about the internal quality control using Bio-Rad Unity Real Time (URT) QC software. Subjects were graded based on the scores they received out of 100 (0–60 = poor; 61–79 = good; 80–100 = excellent). Training materials, i.e., a set of 5 videos every week via e-mail, were circulated. A voice-over PowerPoint presentation was also shared for easy comprehension. This activity was repeated after one month. A post-test was administered to assess the improvement. The study results show significant improvement in the technologists’ performance after the intervention.