Summary of Qualifications
Extensive experience in Canada's blood system working as a laboratory
technologist, educator, and consultant
Semi-retired but still consult on using the
Internet for professional development (websites and mailing lists),
specializing in transfusion medicine education
Disclosure: Mostly I now work on the Internet, some
jobs for pay and some 'jobettes' just for fun
Skills I'm reasonably good at
include
Transfusion medicine education
Using
the Internet for professional development
Web site development, content provision, and mailing list
management
Interview in
"Listserv At Work" (Autumn 2004)
Information searching and retrieval
Technical and scientific writing
Critical
analysis of scientific literature
Incredibly
lucky to receive local, national, and international awards:
W hen it comes to awards, friends are everything,
since they propose and support the honour. According to George Bernard
Shaw, "The only service a friend can really render is to keep
up your courage by holding up to you a mirror in which you can see a
noble image of yourself." But it’s critical not to believe it.
 Life
membership, AABB (not an award but nice, nonetheless): 16 Nov. 2017 |
After
tweeting about whether to re-new after 42 yrs as member, AABB kindly
replied. Much appreciated!
'Letendre
Bursary': Created by CSTM, 2011 | Overwhelmed
& humbled by this honour
Distinguished Fellowship of the
CSMLS.
Presented at CSMLS LabCon, Halifax (2011)
Hmmm...More 'fancy' initials after my name: Pat Letendre, BSc,
F.C.S.M.L.S. (D), MEd
Text of acceptance speech
In 2018 CSMLS bestowed 'Free CSMLS membership for life' for FCSMLS(D)
recipients. Hooray and many thanks!
Donald
Buchanan Memorial Award sponsored by CSTM and the Northern Alberta Vein
to Vein Society. Delivered associated Memorial Lecture at
ISBT
World Congress, Vancouver (2002)
2002 Citation
Tech
Sample of the Year -
Severe hemolysis in a patient with immune
thrombocytopenic purpura who received intravenous Rh immune globulin,
American Society of Clinical Pathologists (2002)
Premier's
Award of Excellence-Gold (team award): member of the Transfusion Medicine and Transplantation Laboratory Medicine Competency Assurance Project of the
College of Physicians
and Surgeons of Alberta (1997-9)
International Association of Medical Laboratory Technologists
Dade Award
for Outstanding Services to Medical Laboratory Technology :
accepted in Oslo,1996 (IAMLT now
IFBLS)
* Text of
IAMLT award announcement
Honorary lifetime membership in the ASMLT (1996)
| Because ASMLT is
now CMLTA the award is defunct/archived.
Canadian Society for Transfusion Medicine
Ortho Award (1995) | Pretty sure
some bigwig docs were shocked I got this award.
MLS Instructor of the Year, 1991
Alberta Society of Medical Laboratory Technologists (ASMLT,
now CMLTA) Award of Distinction
for Exemplary Performance in the field of Medical Laboratory Technology (1988)
Education
BSc,
University of
Manitoba
MEd, University
of Alberta (adult education)
Professional Qualifications
Subject RT in immunohematology, Canadian Society for Medical Laboratory
Science (CSMLS)
Professional Experience
Consult in transfusion
medicine education, professional
development, and use of the Internet.
RECENT AND CURRENT CLIENTS
1.
BC Provincial
Blood Coordinating Office (PBCO) and the TraQ
program,
Vancouver:
Develop
interactive case
studies
(2000 - 2008)
TraQ
website coordinator and webmaster (Nov. 2002 - present)
2.
Canadian
Society for Transfusion Medicine (CSTM)
Webmaster (2001 -
May 2010)
-
Project (2003-4): Led a consulting team (Bev Padget, Maureen
Patterson) that revised
the CSTM Standards
3.
Canada's
Transfusion
Safety Officers
Webmaster (August 2002 - 2017,
after which the TSO site move to the
CSTM website)
Manager of
"transfusion" mailing list (March 2001 - October 2022)
4.
Canada's National Advisory
Committee (NAC) on Blood and Blood Products: Webmaster (June 2009 -
June 2010)
5.
Media Lab, Inc (Online
Compliance and Continuing Education for Clinical Laboratories): Develop
case studies (2009 - present)
6.
Global Blood Resources: Webmaster & communication
specialist (2002 - May 2010)
SPECIFIC PROJECTS
5D, Software
Solutions Division of Haemonetics:
Developed and delivered 2
half-day presentations on the blood system to 5D staff (Jan. 2008)
Developed 2 half-day
presentations for 5D staff (presented by Bev Padget, Aug. 2008)
Alberta Health & Wellness:
One of a consortium of consultants*
hired by Alberta Health &
Wellness to develop a Provincial Blood Contingency Plan to deal with
severe blood shortages from pandemics and other causes. (July 3 - Nov.
30, 2007) *
Consortium included
Penny Chan,
Kathy Chambers,
Maureen
Patterson,
Dianne Powell,
(Powell
-2nd blog), and Maureen [Webb] Ffoulkes-Jones
Constella
Health Sciences, Constella Group: Recruited quality system
specialists and bilingual medical technologists for work on a National
Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH project in Africa (Feb-Mar. 2004)
"Just
for fun" Experience
Assistant clinical professor,
Medical
Laboratory Science (MLS), University of Alberta (1999 -present) The appointment in
MLS allows me to maintain this website and the MLS mailing lists.
Volunteer webmaster for
International Federation of Biomedical Laboratory Science
(1999 - 2004)
Founder and listowner of
MEDLAB-L,
a mailing list for medical laboratory professionals with 2400+ subscribers
in 50 countries (1994 - 2018)
Public
member, College of Medical
Laboratory Technologists of Alberta
(Sept. 2002 - June 2003)
Member,
CSMLS Certification
Board and Scientific
Advisory Panel
Other
Consulting Experience
University of Alberta,
Division of Medical Laboratory
Science (MLS) Taught scientific writing and critical analysis of literature in
MLSCI
320 (1999-Nov. 2003)
Canadian Blood Services
- Head Office - Ottawa: Developed content for
new educational
website (transfusionmedicine.ca), which has since transmogrified into a
totally
different website (2000-Nov. 2003)
- Head Office - Ottawa: Working
with
ACERRA
Learning, a division of Algonquin College of Applied Arts &
Technology,
developed web-based training scripts for implementation of
Mak PROGESA
information system (July-Dec. 2002)
- Regulatory
Compliance Project (Edmonton): Prepared SOP training materials
(1995-1996)
New
Brunswick Community College (MLT program): Assisted
instructional staff in laboratory sections of transfusion science
courses (2002-June 2003)
TTG Systems,
Edmonton.
Advised on instructional design for a
project with the Oklahoma Blood
Institute;
created content for transfusion medicine learning modules
(1999-2002). Note: TTG has since concentrated on the oil industry.
AAHEPP (Alberta Area Health Education Partnership
Program). Conducted a survey sponsored by Alberta Learning and
Alberta Health and Wellness to determine the costs of clinical
education of health professionals in Alberta; wrote report
that documented cost components and drivers and recommended ways to
support and fund clinical placements. (April-July 2001)
Linus Software,
Vancouver. Created and provided support for electronic discussion
groups for health professionals (2000-2001)
Capital Health, now
AHS, Edmonton. Assisted transfusion service in planning and
coordinating 'Archival Blood Record Review Project' (June-August
2000)
Saudi Aramco
Medical Services Organization (Clinical Laboratory Services Division), Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. Coordinated a
3-person team who conducted a 5-day conference in Dhahran (Update in
Clinical Laboratory Medicine); delivered
multiple
presentations and seminars in transfusion medicine (1998)
Other work
experience
1999-May 2000:
Assistant laboratory manager,
Canadian
Blood Services, Edmonton. Led the process to revise most laboratory
methods in conjunction with being the Canadian pilot site to implement
the CBS's new computer system (Mak PROGESA) in the crossmatch and
reference laboratories.
1977-99:
Assistant Professor, MLS, University of Alberta
& Clinical instructor, University of Alberta Hospitals
Transfusion Service (Capital
Health, now AHS)
1964-1977:
Medical laboratory
technologist, Winnipeg's Canadian Red Cross Blood Centre/transfusion
service (now CBS). 1974-77
clinical instructor who taught new staff and medical technology
students from the then Red River Community College, now
RRC Polytech - Medical Laboratory Science.
Miscellaneous tidbits
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