MLT PROGRAM COMPLETION SURVEY - (copy)

Note:
When commenting on the program, remember:
1. No funds for additional instructors
2. No funds for complext laboratory instrumentation
3. The number of clinical sites is critically short
4. Use your comments to IMPROVE the program

THANK YOU FOR YOUR RESPONSES!!
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  1. Do you think the MLT program at RTC was:
    Too long
    Too short
    Just about the correct length
    Don't know


  1. What was your favorite subspecialty?
    Clinical Chemistry
    Clinical Microbiology
    Hematology
    Coagulaltion
    Immunology
    Transfusion Medicine
    Urinalysis


  1. Based upon your performance during clinical rotation do you feel that you were satisfactorily prepared:
    Yes
    No
    Not certain


  1. Do you feel that your clinical rotation site(s) contributed positively to your overall CLS educational experience
    Yes
    No
    Marginally
    Not certain


  1. Are you considering working towards your MT/CLS degree:
    Yes
    No
    Not certain at this time
    Need more information to make this decision


  1. Are you considering being a:
    Generalist
    Specialist
    Don't know at this time


  1. What subspeciality did you consider the most difficult to learn:
    Clinical Chemistry
    Clinical Microbiology
    Hematology
    Coagulation
    Immunology
    Transfusion Medicine
    Urinalysis


  1. For the selection for Question #7, what made this subspeciality so challenging:
    Difficulty of the course content
    Quantity of material
    Needed additional time--another quarter
    Scientific jargon
    Mathematics
    Method of presentation
    Not sure


  1. Your comments on Clinical Chemistry:
    The textbook was helpful
    The textbook was not helpful
    The laboratories were helpful
    The laboratories were not helpful
    The mathematics were very challenging
    The statistics were very challenging
    Endocrinology was a challenging area
    Spectrophotometric concepts were a challenging area


  1. Your comments on Clinical Microbiology:
    The textbook was helpful
    The textbook was not helpful
    The laboratories were helpful
    The laboratories were not helpful
    There was too much material to learn
    The microscopy work was too challenging


  1. Your comments on Clinical Hematology:
    The textbook was helpful
    The textbook was not helpful
    The laboratories were helpful
    The laboratories were not helpful
    There was too much material to learn
    The microscopy work was too challenging
    Tthe course length was appropriate for the amount of material


  1. Your comments on Coagulation:
    The textbook was helpful
    The textbook was not helpful
    The laboratories were helpful
    The laboratories were not helpful
    There was too much material to learn
    The subject was too complex to adequately learn
    The course length appropriate for the amount of material


  1. Your comments on Immunology:
    The textbook was helpful
    The textbook was not helpful
    The laboratories were helpful
    The laboratories were not helpful
    There was too much material to learn
    The subject was too complex to adequately learn
    The course length was appropriate for the amount of material


  1. Your comments on Transfusion Medicine:
    The textbook was helpful
    The textbook was not helpful
    The laboratories were helpful
    The laboratories were not helpful
    There was too much material to learn
    The subject was too complex to adequately learn
    The course length was appropriate for the amount of material
    Having guest lecturers from PSBC would have been helpful


  1. Your comments on Urinalysis:
    The textbook was helpful
    The textbook was not helpful
    The laboratories were helpful
    The laboratories were not helpful
    There was too much material to learn
    The course time could have been shorter
    The course time was appropriate for the material


  1. Your comments on quizzes:
    Too many
    Not enough
    About right
    Too simple
    Too Difficult
    About right


  1. Which area of study should be more heavily emphasized:
    Learning new laboratory knowledge
    Learning new laboratory tests
    Preparing for the Board of Registry


  1. How do you feel about your laboratory mathematics competencies:
    Competent
    Fairly competent
    Borderline competent
    Usure


  1. Would you be willing to provide feedback to RTC concerning your Board of Registry experience:
    Yes
    No


  1. Looking back over the past seven quarters, is being an MLT/CLS what you thought it would be
    Definitely yes
    Pretty much yes
    Undecided
    Dissapointed


  1. Select from the following, those procedures you think would improve the quality of the MLT/CLS program at RTC:
    Autoantibody testing by immunofluorescence
    Performance of the Leukocyte Alkaline Phosphatase stain
    Fetal hemoglobiin testing for materal bleeding
    Fetal lung maturity by electrophoresis
    Bone marrow differential counts
    Hamm's test for Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria
    Short module on electronic entry of laboratory requistions
    Enzyme treatment of RBC panel cells
    Preparation of aged and adsorbed plasma for coagulation studies
    AAB Proficiency Testing for Unexpected RBC Alloantigens
    Phase Microscopy for Platelet Counts


  1. When you are working, would you be willing to contribute clinical specimens to the MLT/CLS program at RTS:
    Yes
    No
    Maybe


  1. Do you feel that student presentations in the major subspecialties helped you learn new material and was a positive experience:
    Yes
    No
    Undecided


  1. Would you be willing to assist in actively recruiting new students for the MLT/CLS program:
    Yes
    No
    Undecided


  1. Having participated and graduated from an MLT program, which of the following do you think is the most important reasons for selecting an MLT/CLS program (select only two):
    Student:teacher ratio
    Percentange of graduates currently working
    Percentage of students who passed the BOR on the first attempt
    Percentage of students who complete the program after enrolling
    The selection of rotation sites available for clinical training
    Instruments available in the student lab
    The program is NAACLS approved
    The program grants an Associate Degree versus a Certificate
    Financial aid is available





Dr. Sealfon