NEW ZEALAND BASED TRAINING COURSES 2018 PACIFIC PARAMEDICAL TRAINING CENTRE.
Laboratory Health & Safety and Quality ManagementSystems: 9 April--4 May 2018
A Laboratory Health and Safety and Quality Management Systems course was provided by the PPTC in April/May 2018 at its centre in Wellington, and the following two students attended: Vaimaila Teitala from Tuvalu and Eunice Soares from East Timor.
Biochemistry 21 May--15 June 2018:
A Biochemistry course was provided by the PPTC in May / June 2018 at its centre in Wellington, and the following four students attended: Roddy Narayan and Ravineel Prasad both from Fiji, Augusto De Assis from East Timor and Samual Bakon from Vanuatu.
Remaining PPTC courses for 2018
Haematology and Blood Cell Morphology
6 August--14 September 2018 (6 weeks)
This course will provide trainees with guidelines for the objective microscopic evaluation of white cells, red cells and platelets in both health and disease. Trainees will learn to correlate the blood film findings with results obtained from manual and / or automated methods for red cell, white cell and platelet parameters. The origin of all blood cells will be discussed from the common stem cell through all stages of development. The course is designed to give trainees confidence in the preparation, staining and examination of blood films, be able to differentiate the white cell count into both normal and abnormal populations and finally recognise and comment on with confidence abnormal film findings in an extensive range of common blood cell disorders.
Microbiology
24September--19 October 2018 (4 weeks)
This course will provide trainees with an update on developments in microbiological procedures. The theoretical and practical aspects of current methods used in the isolation, identification and antimicrobial susceptibility testing of microorganisms will be covered along with discussions on emerging and re-emerging bacterial organisms likely to cause infectious diseases. Serological and other rapid methods for the identification of bacterial and viral diseases including Hepatitis A, B, and C, HIV and other STIs, will be discussed as will the role of the microbiology laboratory in the surveillance of nosocomial infections and identification of infections of public health importance.
Blood Transfusion Science
5--30 November 2018 (4 weeks)
This course will include units of study covering the theoretical and practical aspects of the following topics; routine blood grouping, blood group antigens, crossmatch techniques, antibody detection, transfusion reactions, haemolytic disease of the newborn, screening blood for infectious agents, blood donor selection, organisation of a blood bank and the appropriate use of blood components in transfusion medicine.
The election of a new Chairman
It is with great pleasure that we welcome John Elliot as the newly elected Chairman of the PPTC Board of Governance.
John became the Director of the PPTC in 2000 and after completing 11+ years of devoted service, decided it is time to take life a little easier, and so on the 3rd February 2012 he retired from this position. John made a phenomenal contribution to Pacific Health throughout his time as Director, and the PPTC Board of Governance are privileged that he has continued his association with the PPTC first, as a Board member and PPTC Consultant, and now as Chairman.
NZIMLS Sponsorship
The NZIMLS generously contributed once again to the PPTC's Regional External Quality Assurance programme. As the principal teaching and training institution in the Medical Laboratory Sciences for the Pacific Region, it is extremely important that the PPTC maintains and supports Pacific Island Laboratories through its continued physical presence. This grant will assist the PPTC in the monitoring and evaluation of a Pacific Island laboratory that is currently a registered participant in our REQA programme. This contribution will enable the PPTC to monitor REQA performance more effectively as well as troubleshoot on site any issues that this selected laboratory is challenged with. In 2017, the PPTC invested in Papua New Guinea for PPTC on-site performance evaluation. PNG has never in previous years had PPTC on-site support with reference to REQA monitoring and evaluation, and so a special thankyou goes to the NZIMLS for creating this opportunity. The 2018 sponsorship has been donated to the PPTC and an evaluation of Pacific wide EQA laboratory performance will determine which Pacific laboratory will receive technical assistance visit from the PPTC for this year.
For further information contact:
Navin Karan
Programme Manager
navink@pptc.org.nz
Vichet Khieng
Medical Laboratory and IT Specialist
vichet@pptc.org.nz
PO Box 7013
Wellington,
New Zealand
Telephone: +64 4 389 6294,
Email: pptc@pptc.org.nz;
Website: www.pptc.org.nz
Caption: Laboratory Health & Safety and Quality Management Systems Course: Students and Staff
Caption: Biochemistry 2018: Students and staff
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| Title Annotation: | THE Pacific WAY |
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| Publication: | New Zealand Journal of Medical Laboratory Science |
| Date: | Aug 1, 2018 |
| Words: | 753 |
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