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METC Med Lab Technician Program Overview
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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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