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Call for IQMH Committee Applications 2024–2026

By Editor on 7/14/2023

Call for Scientific Committee Applications 2024-2026 IQMH is seeking volunteers to sit on its Proficiency Testing Scientific Committee(s), effective January 2024. 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
Chemistry	Clinical or Medical Biochemist (PhD/MD) (1)	Clinical Chemistry/ Biochemistry. POCT experience considered an asset	Hospital or Tertiary Hospital (Academic)	APPLY
Chemistry	Medical Laboratory Technologist (1)	General Chemistry or Core Lab, Quality Assurance considered an asset	Hospital or Community Laboratory	APPLY
Cytopathology	Cytopathologist (2)	Cytopathology (gyn and non-gyn)	Hospital or Community Laboratory	APPLY
Endocrinology & Immunology	Clinical or Medical Biochemist (1)	Clinical Chemistry/Biochemistry Clinical Immunology considered an asset	Hospital or Tertiary Hospital (Academic)	APPLY
Endocrinology & Immunology	Medical Laboratory Technologist (1)	Immunology	Hospital or Community Laboratory	APPLY
Genetics	Medical Laboratory Technologist (1)	Cytogenetics, molecular genetics considered an asset	Hospital or Community Laboratory	APPLY
Hematology	Laboratory Physician (1)	Hemostasis or Coagulation	Hospital or Community Laboratory	APPLY
*NEW*	Medical Laboratory Technologist (1)	Hematology, Coagulation considered an asset	Hospital or Community Laboratory	APPLY
Bacteriology	Clinical or Medical Microbiologist (1)	Microbiology/Bacteriology, expertise from PHOL with antimicrobial susceptibility testing and current trends advisement considered an asset	Hospital or Community Laboratory	APPLY
Parasitology	Medical Laboratory Technologist (1)	Parasitology, expertise from PHOL considered an asset	Hospital or Community Laboratory	APPLY
Pathology	Pathologist (3)	Histopathology and Immunohistochemistry	Hospital or Community Laboratory	APPLY
Virology	Medical Laboratory Technologist (1)	Microbiology/Virology, molecular testing and immuno assay experience considered an asset	Hospital or Community Laboratory	APPLY
Transfusion Medicine	Medical Laboratory Technologist (1)	Transfusion medicine, molecular genotyping and advanced immunohematology experience considered an asset	Hospital or Community Laboratory	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 30, 2023, to applications@iqmh.org.

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