ColLABorate 2025

Are you ready to "Defy Gravity" and master the chemistry content for the ASCP Exam? This session will focus on clinical chemistry content, study aids and practice questions in case study format to enable the participant in preparation and confidence.
Learning Objectives:

1. Define and describe specific content areas in Chemistry and Lab Operations for the MLT and MLS ASCP Board Exam
2. Compare and contrast learning strategies and list teaching aids to assist in preparation for Chemistry and Lab Operations exam questions
3. Participate and assimilate in chemistry case study review to improve confidence in preparation for the Clinical Chemistry and Lab Operations areas for MLT and MLS

The Razzies honor “the worst” in the movie world.  In the clinical lab and lab science programs, Microbiology is also sometimes just that – the worst, hardest, most dreaded area or class. This session is a review of Clinical Microbiology’s common (and uncommon) bad-bug-organisms, confusing identification tests, and off-putting specimens and diseases.  It is designed mainly to help prepare students for their BOC exam, but anyone interested in miserable microorganisms is welcome!  
Learning Objectives:

1. Correlate pathogenic bacteria and normal microbiota with body sites.
2. Identify bacteria, parasites, and fungi microscopically.
3. Evaluate microscopic and macroscopic morphology, and biochemical results to identify organisms in case studies.

Feeling Anxiety about your upcoming board exam? Does your current level of Hematology knowledge inspire Sadness or Fear? Do you feel Ennui when daydreaming about the Coagulation cascade? In this session, we'll find Joy in gathering up as many Heme & Coag experience orbs as we can to deposit them into long term memory. Students and seasoned techs alike are welcome to hop on this Train of Thought!
Learning Objectives:

1. Identify abnormal red and white blood cell peripheral blood smear findings.
2. Correlate hematology and coagulation lab test findings with disease states.
3. Evaluate hematology and coagulation data to solve case studies.

Ever felt alone in making critical decisions in blood bank?  Never fear - the speaker will provide some "always, always, always" rules to follow that will aid in resolving complex situations.  This review session will provide interactive patient situations to emphasize important concepts in blood bank testing and provide practical steps to confidently conquering blood bank.  
Learning Objectives:

1. apply logical pattern of steps in solving blood bank problems.
2.  accumulate data to make differential decisions.
3.  analyze complex blood bank situations.