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Volume 92 - Special Edition



Process Employed at the March 1, 2006 Stakeholder Meeting

At the March meeting, in order to present structural concepts related to the Professional Doctorate, a series of eight questions were developed. They spoke to pivotal decision points in program design and were prepared from the literature describing "lessons learned" in other professions establishing similar programs. The questions, along with "draft" answers supplied by the GTF were sent to attendees prior to the meeting. At the meeting, round tables were designated for discussion of the questions and attendees were assigned seating at a specific table in order to assure a variety of the various stakeholders and educators at each table.

A modified Nominal Group Technique or 'round robin' process was employed to facilitate discussion and elicit responses from participants. GTF members facilitated discussion at each table. The modification to the usual 'round robin' structure was that the facilitators, instead of participants, moved in sequence from one table to another discussing the same question with each table of participants. Members of the NAACLS Board of Directors served as scribes at each table and recorded discussion on a flip chart. These were collated and a summary document developed.

Discussion at each table was timed to last between 15-20 minutes with five minutes for wrap-up and recording. At the end of each discussion period, main themes were summarized and given NAACLS staff who electronically recorded them for projection during a later summary session.

During the summary session, main themes from answers collated from all groups were presented and discussed by the GTF Members responsible for their specific questions. The summary presentations elicited much spirited general discussion from the floor.








A Clinical Doctorate for the Laboratory

Process and Outcomes of the NAACLS Graduate Task Force

The Concept of the Clinical Doctorate in Clinical Laboratory Science:
Role, Responsibilities and Education



A Pathologist's Perspective
The Doctorate in Clinical Laboratory Sciences: The Time Has Come
by Larry H. Bernstein, MD

A Pathologist's Perspective
The Clinical Doctorate: A Boon to Pathologists
by Linda B. Piller, MD, MPH

Evaluation of Participant Reactions to Stakeholder Meeting



Background to Development of the Clinical Doctorate Initiative

FAQs

Next Steps in Development of Standards

Planning for the March 1, 2006 Stakeholder Meeting

Process Employed at the March 1, 2006 Stakeholder Meeting






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