IQMH is seeking volunteers to sit on its Proficiency Testing Scientific Committee(s), effective January 2023. Membership on committees consists of a three-year term of office, renewable once. Committees meet an average of four times a year for half-day or full-day meetings.

IQMH considers the following criteria for membership:

• Membership will reflect geography and the laboratory community, including hospital- and community-based representation.
• Members shall be laboratory professionals of stature who have a broad knowledge of laboratory operations, quality assurance practices and their chosen laboratory medicine discipline.

Responsibilities of Proficiency Testing Scientific Committees include:

• Advising on the design and content of Proficiency Testing surveys.
• Reviewing Proficiency Testing survey results and evaluation of laboratory performance.
• Preparing educational committee comments for each Proficiency Testing survey, including a review of the medical and scientific literature, commentary on discordant results, and recommendations for improved practice.
• Reviewing standards of practice in laboratory medicine and recommending guidelines to the Accreditation program.

Expectations of committee members are that they are able to:

• Regularly attend committee meetings and important related activities.
• Make a serious commitment to participate actively in committee work.
• Volunteer for and willingly accept assignments and complete them thoroughly and on time.
• Stay informed about committee matters and prepare well for meetings and review and comment on minutes and reports.
• Build a collegial working relationship with other committee members that contribute to consensus.
• Actively participate in the committees’ annual evaluation and planning efforts.

We are seeking the following member(s) at this time:

Committee	Member	Expertise	Facility Type	Link
Chemistry	Clinical or Medical Biochemist (PhD/MD) (1)	Clinical Chemistry/Toxicology preferred	Community Laboratory	APPLY
Genetics	Medical Laboratory Geneticist (PhD/MD) (1)	Cytogenetics Molecular genetics considered an asset	Hospital (Tertiary or Community)	APPLY
Microbiology	Clinical or Medical Microbiologists  (PhD/MD)	Quality, Parasitology, Molecular Epidemiology	Experience with public health laboratories (an asset)	APPLY
Pathology	Anatomic Pathologist (1)	Breast Pathology considered an asset.	Tertiary Hospital (Academic)	APPLY

Interested parties should complete the application form(s) by clicking on “Apply” in the table above. You must also forward the résumé/curriculum vitae, by September 9, 2022, to applications@iqmh.org. 

Direct hyperlink(s) to the application forms can be found here: 

Chemistry:
https://qview.ca/qview/DataCollection/Public/HSurveys/PublicView.aspx?proc=dXjNoe+iye4=

Genetics:
https://qview.ca/qview/DataCollection/Public/HSurveys/PublicView.aspx?proc=Tamqj1hIWc4= 

Microbiology:
https://qview.ca/qview/DataCollection/Public/HSurveys/PublicView.aspx?proc=VhyctJAclpo=

Pathology: 
https://qview.ca/qview/DataCollection/Public/HSurveys/PublicView.aspx?proc=/Ff5X2Q7kec=

You must also forward the résumé/curriculum vitae, by September 9, 2022, to applications@iqmh.org. 

For more information, please email applications@iqmh.org.