Technical Competency Assessment of Peripheral Blood Smears: Tools and Trends Learned From 2 College of American Pathologists Q-Probes Studies
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CONTEXT.—: Morphologic evaluation of peripheral blood smears provides valuable information to diagnose and manage a variety of hematologic disorders. OBJECTIVE.—: To measure the competency of the technical staff in the morphologic evaluation of peripheral blood smears and provide performance trends. DESIGN.—: Participating technologists accessed 10 whole slide-imaged peripheral blood smears through a web-based imaging tool in 2 separate studies. Participants performed a 100-cell differential and morphologic evaluation for each slide image. Grading criteria, determined by 3 hematopathologists, were weighted according to their clinical significance (score range, 0-100 for each case). Each institution and participant answered a questionnaire to assess the impact of current practices and educational programs on competency scores. RESULTS.—: A total of 776 technologists from 92 institutions participated in study 1 and 1495 technologists from 179 institutions participated in study 2. Median performance scores for institutions were 78.9 and 87.6 for studies 1 and 2, respectively, encompassing a range of hematologic disorders. Based on results of the questionnaire for study 1, higher performance scores were seen when institutions required a specific number of continuing education credits per year through an agency (P = .005). In study 2, institutions with remediation procedures following a failed competency demonstrated higher performance scores (P = .03). CONCLUSIONS.—: Medical technologist competency of peripheral blood smears improves with level of experience and is positively impacted through attending educational programs. Whole slide images offer a convenient means of assessing technical competence and provide data to allow institutions to appropriately focus their procedures and educational efforts.
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- Technical Competency Assessment of Peripheral Blood Smears: Tools and Trends Learned From 2 College of American Pathologists Q-Probes Studies
- Date Crossref
- 01/09/2025
- Éditeur
- Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
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- journal-article
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Essentia Health From the Department of Pathology pays non établi dans la noticeÉtablissement de santé
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St. Mary's Medical Center pays non établi dans la noticeÉtablissement de santé
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University of Chicago the Department of Pathology pays non établi dans la noticeUniversité ou école supérieure
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Jacksonville College pays non établi dans la noticeUniversité ou école supérieure
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Mayo Clinic in Florida pays non établi dans la noticeÉtablissement de santé
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College of American Pathologists Cytopathology pays non établi dans la noticeUniversité ou école supérieure
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the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology pays non établi dans la noticeStructure de recherche
From the Department of Pathology — Essentia Health, St. Mary's Medical Center et the Department of Pathology — University of Chicago, avec 4 autres affiliations.
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