LabQ 2023 Clinical Laboratory: Molecular Diagnostics 

Faculty/Authors
MEGAN SWILLEY, MLS(ASCP) MB
CIRCULOGENE THERANOSTICS
Birmingham, Alabama  

CMLE Credit: 2.0
Estimated Completion Time: 2 hour
Format: Online Educational Activity and Post Exam

Instructions

To claim CMLE credit for the exercise, do the following:

1. Review the Technical Considerations.
2. Click Go to Course to view an overview of the modules in this course.
3. Click Access to begin the course.
4. Review the Educational Activity.
5. Complete and submit the Post Exam.
6. Submit the course Evaluation to register your credit.

Faculty Disclosures​
The faculty have no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose.

Technical Considerations

Release Date: 05/27/2023
Review Date:
Expiration Date: 12/31/2025

• identify some specific ways that digital polymerase chain reaction (dPCR) is currently being applied to liquid biopsies in clinical testing;  

• describe tumor heterogeneity and how it relates to liquid biopsies;  

• compare the methods used to partition samples in dPCR; 

• analyze and interpret a dPCR scatterplot; and  

• assess the best applications of next-generation sequencing vs PCR in liquid biopsy analysis.