Pat's Presentations & Workshops

2003 "The Sharing of Quality Tools," National Blood Symposium on Quality and Utilization Management, Vancouver (Nov. 26-27, 2003)

2002 "Web-based Educational Resources," ISBT World Congress, Vancouver (Aug. 27, 2002)

2002 "Competency-based Assessments Online - Where E-Learning Fits in a Quality System," CSMLS Congress, Calgary (May 22, 2002)

2000 "Electronic Communication using Intra- and Internet Platforms for Manuals and Information Pathways," Co-presented with Kathy Chambers, CSMLS/IAMLT World Congress, Vancouver (June 2000)

2000 "The Internet Advantage: Keeping Current in Research, Development, and Change," CSMLS/IAMLT World Congress, Vancouver (June 2000)

1999 "Professional Development on the WWW," UAH Department of Laboratory Medicine & Pathology, Edmonton (Oct. 1999) 

1999 "Using the Internet for Professional Development," BCSMLT Convention, Merritt, BC. (Sept. 1999)

1999 "Reflections of a blood eater," BCSMLT Convention, Merritt, BC. (Sept. 1999)

1998 "Alternative Delivery Methods in Education" (CSMLS Congress, Edmonton, June 22)

Lectures: Conference in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia: Feb.21-25, 1998. See news article about the conference.

• A Laboratorian's Approach to Reading Journal Article
• Blood Transfusions - The Difficult Patient
• Delayed versus Serological Transfusion Reactions
• Pretransfusion Testing
• Semi-automation in the Transfusion Service
• Strategies for Problem Solving in the Blood Bank
• Test Rationalization in the Transfusion Service
• Transfusion Medicine Around the World
• Transfusion Reactions
• Umbilical Cord Blood Banking
• Use of the Internet in the Clinical Laboratory

Laboratory seminars: Conference in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia: Feb. 21-25, 1998

• Complex antibody identification: high-titer, low avidity antibodies
• Complex antibody identification: multiple antibodies
• Complex antibody identification: warm autoantibodies

1995 "Use of the Internet in the Scientific Laboratory," MSMLT Convention, Winnipeg.

1995 "From Coombs to Tombs: the Rise and Fall of Blood Bank Serology" (Ortho Award Lecture in Transfusion Medicine), Joint Meeting of the CSTM and the Canadian Red Cross Blood Services, Edmonton.

1994 "Teaching How to Write a Literature Review" (poster session) CSMLS Congress, Vancouver.

1991 "Continuing Education - Who Needs It?", ASMLT Convention, Red Deer Alberta.

1990 "The Future of the ART," MLT Program, NAIT, Edmonton.

Workshops (since 1990)

2002 Websites related to quality management and evidence-based medicine, Quality Management in Laboratory Medicine Symposium, Michener Institute, Toronto (June 14, 2002)

2002 Literature searches simplified, Quality Management in Laboratory Medicine Symposium, Michener Institute, Toronto (June 15, 2002)

2000 "Using the Internet in Transfusion Medicine" (half-day workshop), CSTM Congress, Quebec City (May 2000)

1998 "Making the Internet Work for You" (full-day workshop at CSMLS Congress, Edmonton, June 20)

1995 "Writing Skills for Medical Laboratory Technologists" (half-day workshop), Manitoba Society of Medical Laboratory Technologists (MSMLT) Convention, Winnipeg.

1994 "Critical Analysis of Scientific Literature" (half-day workshop), CSMLS Congress, Vancouver.

1994 "Transfusion Medicine Workshop" (4-hr workshop), Blood Trac Systems, Inc., Edmonton.

1992 "Critical Analysis of Scientific Publications" (full-day workshop), Joint Meeting of the CSTM and the Canadian Red Cross Blood Services, Winnipeg.

1992 "Writing Skills for Medical Laboratory Technologists" (half-day workshop), ASMLT Convention, Kananaskis, Alberta.

1992 "Common Educational Objectives in the Clinical Phase" (half-day workshop), Canadian Association of Medical Laboratory Educators (CAMLE) Convention, Calgary.

1990 "Method Evaluation" (3-hour workshop), Advanced Immunohematology Course, NAIT, Edmonton.