Session Handouts can be accessed via the online program.

  1. Select the session of interest.
  2. Handouts (if provided by presenters) will be located under the "Resources." 

**Note: handouts are typically only posted as PDFs, six slides per page.

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8:00 am – 10:00 am
Body of Knowledge Meeting
9:00 am – 11:00 am
Commercial Symposia:
  • 9:00 am – 9:30 am                  MediaLab, Inc.

  • 9:30 am – 10:00 am                Siemens Healthineers

  • 10:00 am – 10:30 am              American Medical Technologist

  • 10:30 am – 11:00 am              Bio-Rad Laboratories

 
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Opening Keynote:
2:00 pm – 2:30 pm
 
2:30 pm – 3:00 pm
 
3:30 pm – 4:30 pm
General Session:
5:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Concurrent Sessions:

Poster & Technology Demonstrations Abstracts, Questions & Online Quiz

  • To access the online quiz, please visit the CLEC online community.  P.A.C.E.® credit can only be obtained by submitting your answers online.
  • Click here to access the paper form of the online quiz.  This form is for attendee purposes only.  It will not be graded.  Quiz must be taken online only.

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8:30 am – 9:30 am
General Session:
10:30 am – 12:00 pm
Concurrent Sessions:
12:15 pm – 1:30 pm
Lunch ‘n Learn Sessions:
12:15 pm – 1:30pm
Luncheon Roundtables:
  • R01 – New Faculty Roundtable
  • R02 – MLS Programs Only
  • R03 – MLT Programs Only
  • R04 – Hospital-Based Programs Only
  • R05 – Discussing the Discussion: Why Discussion Boards Are Vital in Online Teaching
  • R06 – A Program Saved by Community Funded Partnering
  • R07 – Effective Phlebotomy Programs — Training Phlebotomists that Employers Want to Hire
  • R08 – Quality Improvement: Teaching Systems Theory
  • R09 – Face-to-Face Labs vs. Hybrid Labs: A Comparison of Student Performance in an Introductory Microbiology Course for a Two-year Period
  • R10 – Challenges Encountered with Clinical Affiliation Agreements
  • R11 – e-Accessibility – The 5 W’s … and How!
  • R12 – Scheduling Clinicals in a Hospital-Based Program
  • R13 – FERPA Compliance in the Digital Age
  • R14 – Lead Testing IPE Collaboration with Nursing Program
  • R15 – MASH — A Blast from Past to Combat Shortages
  • R16 – e-Portfolios Using PowerPoint
  • R17 – Engaging Students in State Professional Societies: Meetings, Posters, and Student Bowl
  • R18 – Onsite Clinical for Blood Bank
  • R19 – Replenishing the Medical Laboratory Scientist Supply: Innovative Education Partnership
  • R20 – Characteristics of Effective Educators
  • R21 – Surviving Huge Budget Cuts
  • R22 – Incorporating Interprofessional Education (IPE) into the MLS Curriculum
1:45 pm – 3:15 pm
Concurrent Sessions:
3:30 pm – 5:00 pm
Concurrent Sessions:
5:15 pm – 6:15 pm
General Session:

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8:00 am – 9:30 am
Breakfast with the ESA:
9:45 am – 11:15 am
Concurrent Sessions:
11:30 am – 12:30 pm
Closing Session:

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P.A.C.E.® Attendee Letter – Instructions for obtaining P.A.C.E® credit at CLEC 2018.

Online Overall Meeting Evaluation – Tell us how we did!  Evaluate the overall CLEC 2018 meeting online.  Deadline for submission is March 31, 2018.

Call for Proposals CLEC 2019 – online program proposal submission; deadline is April 30, 2018

Call for Abstracts CLEC 2019   poster and technology demonstration submission instructionsdeadline is October 1, 2018.

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Thank you to the volunteers who created an outstanding program for CLEC 2018.

  • Karen Chandler, CLEC 2018 Co-Chair
  • Brandy Greenhill, CLEC 2018 Co-Chair
  • Muneeza Esani
  • Jun Gu
  • Sharon Verg Johnson
  • Deidre Parsons
  • Joan Polancic
  • Linda Smith
  • Theresa Spain
  • Mary Lou Turgeon
  • Darius Wilson, ESA Chair, 2016-2018