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      COMPETENCIES OF MEDICAL LABORATORY PERSONNEL : BASIS FOR DEVELOPING A HEALTH TRAINING PROGRAM

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            Abstract

            Competence is defined as the quality or state of having sufficientknowledge, judgment, skill, or strength for a particular duty or in a particularrespect.Thus, for medical technologists to be considered “competent” they haveto possess sufficient medical knowledge, practical judgment, skill in the laboratory,or demonstrable attributes necessary to the performance of being a medicallaboratory scientist.This study seeks to answer the problem of an observed competency gap in some areas in health care knowledge, literacy, and skills among medical laboratory personnel.

            This study used a self-rated survey questionnaireas the descriptive survey method of researchtoassessed the level of competencies in the area of clinical work and fieldexpertise of selected medical laboratory personnel in Metro Manila in terms ofResearch, Quality Management Systems, General Laboratory Practices,Communication, Management and Leadership, Professional Ethics, WorkForceTraining, Emergency Management and Response, and Laboratory Safety.

            Based on the result of the self-rated survey,the respondents are “moderately competent” inthe following areas:Research, Communication, WorkForce Training skills, and Laboratory Safety. In response, aproposed health matrix program was created inthese competencyareasthat showeda need for continuing education and training.

            Although the respondents scored “highly competent” in Quality Management System, General Laboratory Practice, Management and Leadership, and Professional Ethics, the researcher still suggests further training in these areas to become more proficient and expert.

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            19 August 2021
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            [1 ] Medical Laboratory Science Department, College of Health and Allied Medical Professions, University of San Augustin, Gen. Luna St. Iloilo City, Iloilo, Philippines
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            10.14293/S2199-1006.1.SOR-.PPVQKVL.v1
            79528f1f-7029-41c1-9bae-4e0b14640adc

            This work has been published open access under Creative Commons Attribution License CC BY 4.0 , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Conditions, terms of use and publishing policy can be found at www.scienceopen.com .

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            : 19 August 2021

            The datasets generated during and/or analysed during the current study are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.
            Pathology,Health & Social care,Public health
            skill acquisition, ,competency,medical laboratory science,medical technology,training program

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