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Pat Letendre's Resume, aka "The good, the bad, and the ugly" |
Summary of QualificationsExtensive experience in Canada's blood system working as a laboratory technologist, educator, and consultant Semi-retired but still consult on using the Internet for professional development (websites and mailing lists), specializing in transfusion medicine education
Disclosure: Mostly I now work on the Internet at 'jobettes'
(some for pay and some just for fun)
Skills I'm reasonably good at
include
Transfusion medicine education
Using
the Internet for professional development
Web site development, content provision, and mailing list
management
Interview in
"Listserv At Work" (Autumn 2004)
Information searching and retrieval
Technical and scientific writing Incredibly
lucky to receive local, national, and international awards: W 'Letendre Bursary': Created by CSTM, 2011 (Overwhelmed & humbled by this honour) Distinguished Fellowship of the CSMLS. Presented at CSMLS LabCon, Halifax (2011) Donald Buchanan Memorial Award sponsored by CSTM and the Northern Alberta Vein to Vein Society. Delivered associated Memorial Lecture at ISBT World Congress, Vancouver (2002) Tech Sample of the Year - Severe hemolysis in a patient with immune thrombocytopenic purpura who received intravenous Rh immune globulin, American Society of Clinical Pathologists (2002) Premier's Award of Excellence-Gold (team award): member of the Transfusion Medicine and Transplantation Laboratory Medicine Competency Assurance Project of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta (1997-9) International Association of Medical Laboratory Technologists Dade Award for Outstanding Services to Medical Laboratory Technology (accepted in Oslo,1996) (now IFBLS) Honorary lifetime membership in the ASMLT (1996) Canadian Society for Transfusion Medicine Ortho Award (1995) MLS Instructor of the Year, 1991 Alberta Society of Medical Laboratory Technologists (ASMLT, now CMLTA) Award of Distinction for Exemplary Performance in the field of Medical Laboratory Technology (1988) EducationBSc, University of Manitoba
MEd, University
of Alberta (adult education) Professional QualificationsSubject RT in immunohematology, Canadian Society for Medical Laboratory Science (CSMLS) Professional ExperienceConsult in transfusion medicine education, professional development, and use of the Internet. RECENT AND CURRENT CLIENTS 1. BC Provincial Blood Coordinating Office (PBCO) and the TraQ program, Vancouver: Develop interactive case studies (2000 - present) TraQ website coordinator (Nov. 2002 - present)
2. Canadian Society for Transfusion Medicine (CSTM) Webmaster (2001 - May 2010)
3. Canada's Transfusion Safety Officers
Webmaster (August 2002 - present) Manager of "transfusion" mailing list (March 2001 - present) 4. Canada's National Advisory Committee (NAC) on Blood and Blood Products: Webmaster (June 2009 - June 2010) 5. Media Lab, Inc (Online Compliance and Continuing Education for Clinical Laboratories): Develop case studies (2009 - present)
6. Global Blood Resources: Webmaster & communication specialist (2002 - May 2010) SPECIFIC PROJECTS 5D, Software Solutions Division of Haemonetics:
Alberta Health & Wellness: One of a consortium of consultants* hired by Alberta Health & Wellness to develop a Provincial Blood Contingency Plan to deal with severe blood shortages from pandemics and other causes. (July 3 - Nov. 30, 2007) * Consortium included Penny Chan, Kathy Chambers, Maureen Patterson, Dianne Powell, and Maureen [Webb] Ffoulkes-Jones Constella Health Sciences, Constella Group: (Now SAR International) Recruited quality system specialists and bilingual medical technologists for work on a National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH project in Africa (Feb-Mar. 2004) \ "Just for fun" Experience
Other Consulting Experience
Other work experience
Miscellaneous tidbits
Also see Special interests
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