Medical technologists are considered a neglected group when it comes to academic interventions. We developed and implemented an educational intervention and assessment for the technologists based on an online questionnaire as a pre-test consisting of questions related to knowledge (n=5), attitude (n=3), and practices (n=4) of daily internal quality control (QC) monitoring via Google Docs survey tool. This study served multiple purposes. It allowed keeping the technologists engaged during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic while also improving the knowledge, attitude, and practices about the internal quality control using Bio-Rad Unity Real Time (URT) QC software. Subjects were graded based on the scores they received out of 100 (0-60 = poor; 61-79 = good; 80-100 = excellent). Training materials, i.e., a set of 5 videos every week via e-mail, were circulated. A voice-over PowerPoint presentation was also shared for easy comprehension. This activity was repeated after one month. A post-test was administered to assess the improvement. The study results show significant improvement in the technologists' performance after the intervention.
Medicinski tehničari se smatraju zapostavljenom grupom kada su u pitanju akademske intervencije. Razvili smo i implementirali edukativnu intervenciju i procenu za tehničare na osnovu onlajn upitnika kao pre-testa koji se sastoji od pitanja vezanih za znanje (n = 5), stav (n = 3) i prakse (n = 4) svakodnevnog praćenja interne kontrole kvaliteta (QC) putem alata za anketiranje - Google dokumenata. Svrha ove studije je bila višestruka. Omogućila je angažovanje tehničara u jeku pandemije COVID-19, a istovremeno je poboljšala znanje, stav i praksu o internoj kontroli kvaliteta koristeći Bio-Rad Uniti Real Time (URT) softver za kontrolu kvaliteta. Subjekti su ocenjeni na osnovu ocena koje su dobili na skali do 100 (0-60 = loše; 61-79 = dobro; 80-100 = odlično). Materijali za obuku su distribuirani putem elektronske pošte - set od 5 video zapisa svake nedelje. Podeljena je takođe i PowerPoint prezentacija radi lakšeg razumevanja. Ova aktivnost je ponovljena nakon mesec dana. Sproveden je i post-test da bi se procenilo poboljšanje. Rezultati studije pokazuju značajno poboljšanje učinka tehničara nakon sprovedene intervencije.
Keywords: Covid-19; Unity Real Time; clinical chemistry; laboratory; quality control; technologist.
2022 Sibtain Ahmed, Abid Muhammad Abbas, Farhat Jahan, Tomris Ozben, published by CEON/CEES.