Building Bridges Across the Laboratory Community: Laboratory Education and Visibility
The ASCP Building Bridges Across the Laboratory Community webinar series seeks to highlight and identify opportunities for collaboration and partnership (“building bridges”) across the laboratory workforce.
In our 2025 series, we further focus on highlighting the diverse array of laboratory career pathways and how exposure to formative experiences, often through collaborations, partnerships, and unique training opportunities, can shape these laboratory career trajectories.
In the third session, laboratory professionals serving as laboratory educators and those promoting visibility of the laboratory through community outreach will be featured. This 90-minute webinar session will feature 5 esteemed panelists sharing a bit about their career trajectory, as well as a moderated Question and Answer session.
Live attendance at this webinar will be eligible for 1.5 CMLE credits (available for up to 1-month following the webinar date).
Credit Designation StatementASCP designates this activity for a maximum of 1.5 CMLE credit. This activity meets CMP and state re-licensure requirements for laboratory personnel.
Method of Participation To complete the activity and receive credit, the participant must attend the live webinar activity. CMLE certificates will be provided online.
Commercial Support This project was made possible by Cooperative Agreement number NU47OE000107 from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Its contents are solely the responsibility of the American Society for Clinical Pathology and do not necessarily represent the official views of CDC.
Faculty/Authors
Vanessa Jones Johnson, MBA, MA, MLS(ASCP) Associate Professor and Director of the Program in Medical Laboratory Science, Louisiana Tech University
Lauren Schiefelbein, MLS(ASCP)CM Education Coordinator, University of Nebraska Medical Center
Jim Payne, AHI (AMT), CPT (NHA) MLA and Phlebotomy Instructor, WEMOCO Career and Technical Education Center
Patricia Tille, PhD, MLS(ASCP) Professor and Graduate Program Director Medical Laboratory Science, University of Cincinnati College of Allied Health Sciences
Maheswari Mukherjee, PhD, MSc, BPT, SCT(ASCP)CM Associate Professor and the Director of the Cytology Program, University of Nebraska Medical Center
Physician Competencies: Patient Care, Medical Knowledge, Practice-Based Learning and Improvement CMLE Credit: 1.5Estimated Completion Time: 1.5 hourFormat: Online educational activity
Instructions
To claim CMLE credit for the exercise, do the following:
Upon completion of this activity, you will be able to:
Spotlight the wide array of career pathways available for laboratory professionals.
Discuss ways that collaboration and partnership can support laboratory workforce development and career growth.
Engage laboratory community member discussions on challenges of the laboratory workforce and innovative solutions to address them.