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International Laboratory Medicine Case Contest

Have your winning cases published on IFCC Website!

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Invitation

Dear Laboratory Medicine Fellows,


To promote the sharing of excellent IVD clinical cases globally, the "International Laboratory Medicine Case Contest", organized by Mindray in collaboration with the IFCC (International Federation of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine) organization, IACPaLM (Association of Clinical Pathology and Laboratory Medicine), TBD (Turkish Biochemical Society) and CAHO (Consortium of Accreditation Healthcare Organizations) will take place on July 5. This event is themed "Laboratory: Vital to clinical diagnostic support and patient care". The winning cases will be presented by video on the official website of IFCC. We welcome submissions from a range of perspectives by laboratory professionals.

Agenda

 

Organizers

· IFCC (International Federation of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine)

· IACPaLM (Association of Clinical Pathology and Laboratory Medicine)

· TBD (Turkish Biochemical Society)

· CAHO (Consortium of Accreditation Healthcare Organizations)

· Mindray Bio-Medical Electronics Co., Ltd

Entry Requirements and Selection Criteria

Entry (Case) categories:

· IVD cases: You are recommended to submit any typical, misdiagnosed, special or rare cases that received definite diagnosis or successful treatment. Cases that involved the communication between laboratory and clinical department are especially recommended. For these cases, you should explain and analyze in detail how the laboratory played a part. (It should at least include the testing result of Hematology, or Chemistry or CLIA.)


· Experience sharing: Share with us any experience you've obtained during your daily work that can help to improve the work efficiency of laboratory professionals and to optimize the total laboratory quality systems.


· New technologies and new applications: Elaborate on the development and clinical significance of new technologies and new applications used in laboratory.


· Format: You are required to include four sections in your entry: "Case Introduction, Case Details, Case Analysis, and an Executive Summary". The Case Details section must include: main medical history, positive test results, negative test results that are helpful for diagnosis, and diagnosis and treatment process.


· IMPORTANT: Always be mindful of protecting the patient' privacy. You can accomplish this by hiding key identifying information such as the patient's and blurring out the patient' body parts, if necessary, in photos.

First round of the contest

Please submit your entry in a Word document (in English). You must send your entry by email to duanshani@gmail.com by June 5th (by June 12th for Indonesian, Turkish and Indian association members).


The email should come in a subject that reads: country+name of the entry + name of the applicant.


The scoring criteria are defined as follows:

 

Second round of the contest

Applicants who are selected for the second round should present their case in a 6 to 8-minute long video. The video should be sent by email to duanshani@gmail.com before June 18th (by June 22nd for Indonesian, Turkish and Indian association members).

 

The email should come in a subject that reads: country+name of the entry + name of the applicant.

 

The scoring criteria are defined as follows:

 


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