IQMH is seeking volunteers to sit on its Proficiency Testing Scientific Committee(s), effective January 1, 2022. 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 the Canadian 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, quality management systems 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:
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Committee
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Member
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Expertise
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Facility Type
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Chemistry (1)
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Clinical or Medical Biochemist (PhD/MD)
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Biochemistry
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Hospital Laboratory
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Cytopathology (1)
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Cytopathologist/Pathologist with cytopathology experience
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Gyn and Non-Gyn cytopathology
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Hospital (Tertiary or Community)
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Genetics (1)
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Medical Laboratory Geneticist (PhD)
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Cytogenetics (molecular genetics an asset)
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Hospital (Tertiary or Community)
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Hematology (2)
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Hematopathologist (MD)
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Hematology including Morphology and Bone Marrow
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Hospital (Tertiary or Community) or Community Laboratory
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Medical Laboratory Technologist (MLT)
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Hematology with experience in flow cytometry
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Hospital (Tertiary or Community) or Community Laboratory
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| Microbiology (1) |
Clinical Microbiologist |
MD/PhD |
Tertiary Hospital |
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Transfusion Medicine (1)
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MD/PhD
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Advanced experience in Transfusion Medicine (Molecular testing and educational experience an asset.)
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Tertiary (academic health centers)
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Interested parties should complete the application form(s) by clicking on "Apply" in the table above.
You must also forward your résumé/curriculum vitae, by Tuesday, September 7, 2021 to applications@iqmh.org.
Direct hyperlink(s) to the application forms can be found here:
Chemistry Committee Application
Cytopathology Committee Application
Genetics Committee Application
Hematology Committee Application
Microbiology Committee Application
Transfusion Medicine Committee Application
For more information, please email applications@iqmh.org.