Call to Host 2010 CSCC Travelling Lectureship
Applications are now being accepted to host the CSCC Travelling Lectureship featuring Dr. Allan Jaffe. Members are asked to complete the application form with their proposal. Deadline: September 3, 2010 Details.
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Critical Care Lectureship 2010 Registration Open
CSCC Lecture on Critical Care Medicine
Sponsored by Instrumentation Laboratory Canada
Sepsis: A Critical Care Issue which can benefit from early detection
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Available free! Complete proceedings of 12th Bergmeyer Conference on Novel Biomarkers
IFCC has made available the complete list of proceedings of the 12th Bergmeyer Conference on Novel Biomarkers, as published in the "Scandinavian Journal of Clinical and Laboratory Investigation. Go to:
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Pfizer Award for Innovation in Biomedical Research
Pfizer Award for Innovation in Biomedical Research with an endowment of 75,000 €
Medicine in Transition – Novel Applications of Personalized Medicine in Chronic Diseases
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Online copies of CSCC 2010 Recording & Evaluation Forms
Here is an opportunity to complete your forms electronically for your PD credits.
Recording Form listing your personal record of attendance at sessions
Symposium 1 evaluation Symposium 2 evaluation Symposium 3 evaluation
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Salary Survey 2009 now online
The Salary Survey issued in 2009 and approved by Council February 6, 2010 is now online in the Membership Tools section under Position Papers/Surveys. You must login first to see this area.
The survey features not only salary information, but also such areas as number of on-call days, employment responsibilities, salary grids, and number of vacation days.
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IFCC Positions Open
IFCC Positions Open
IFCC Executive Board has created 3 new Working Groups:
WG on allowable Errors for Traceable Results (WG-AETR)
Chair: R. Bais, AU - rbais@med.usyd.edu.au
Terms of reference:
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Rules and Guidelines for PD Program are posted
A document has been posted on the website outlining the process for both the Annual Summary of Activities (ASA) and the 3-year certificates. Go to Academy / Professional Development for "Rules and Guidelines for the Annual Summary of Activites (ASA) and 3-year Certificates".
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Electronic Health Record - Action Required
Re: Electronic Health Record – Action Required
To the Canadian Clinical Chemistry Community:
In 2001 the Federal, Provincial and Territorial governments established Canada Health Infoway (Infoway) as a federally-funded, independent, not-for-profit organization, with membership consisting of Canada's 14 federal, provincial and territorial Deputy Ministers of Health. Infoway’s objective is to accelerate the use of interoperable electronic health information systems and electronic health records (EHRs) across the country. The clinical goal is that 100% of Canadians should have an EHR by 2015. To date, approximately $1.2 billion has been invested by Infoway in this venture.
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IFCC Special Opportunities
Distance-Learning Program on Natiuretic Peptides
IFCC is pleased to announce the release of this program. It is the first product of the new Siemens-IFCC Educational partnership. The link http://www.siemenslearning.com/IFCC/ will take you to the Training Portal Login Page. On this page an individual can register and a generic password will be sent to them by email. After receiving the password, return to the link and enter your email address and generic passwrod. You will be prompted to change the generic password to an invidual password. Then you are ready to view the presentation.
Upon completion of the presentaion you will be able to take the student assessment. After successfully completing the assessment, a certificate of course completion can be printed.
IFCC Scholarships 2008
IFCC will have available scholarships for young members (<40y of age) to visit research institutes or clinical laboratories for training and/or research related to laboratory medicine. This program is designed to foster relationships between laboratories on an individual basis.
Details regarding this program can be found on the IFCC website:
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