IQMH is seeking a volunteer to sit on its Proficiency Testing Scientific Committee, effective January 1, 2020.  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 at this time:

Committee	Member	Expertise	Facility Type
Chemistry	Clinical or Medical Biochemist (PhD/MD) (1)	Biochemistry	Hospital, Community or Public Health Laboratory

Interested parties should complete the application form(s) by clicking on "Apply" in the table above, and must also forward the résumé/curriculum vitae, by Monday, December 2, 2019 to applications@iqmh.org.

A direct hyperlink to the application form can be found here:

• Chemistry Committee    
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