Class Registrations: March

Dates/Topics

Distance Education: Is it an Answer to the Personnel Shortage?

March 24, 2010, 1PM
Event Description: Education using the internet has changed the normal paradigm of face-to-face lectures. With creativity and innovation, more people can have access to education and training. Along with change comes unique problems or concerns; distance education is not immune from problems. Universities and Specialist in Blood Banking programs are developing more distance education programs for different types of students. This session will present how one university uses distance education at the medical technology level, review the results of a distance Specialist in Blood Bank Technology program and examine the opinions of a clinical rotation supervisor regarding problems encountered in on-line learning.