title: Continuing education for cytotechnologists: the Australian experience.
abstract: The development of a continuing education scheme for cytotechonologists in Australia is described. The process involved the establishment of a working party with Terms of Reference to review current practice in Australia and existing schemes in other parts of the world. The scheme developed takes the form of a continuing education diary that provides guidelines on the various forms of continuing education activity and corresponding credit points. The diary also provides for a record of activity to be kept. The scheme requires bi-annual submission of personal activity which is logged into a national database. A peer profile is provided and successful achievement is marked by the issue of a certificate of participation. The programme has achieved a 57% compliance in its first year of operation.
authors.affiliation: Cytology Laboratory, Division of Tissue Pathology, Institute of Science, South Australia, Australia.
authors.forename: M W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Stevens
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Whitaker
mesh_terms: D001315:Australia; D003585:Cell Biology / Q000193:education*; D002568:Certification; D004496:Education, Continuing; D017056:Medical Laboratory Personnel / Q000193:education; D013677:Medical Laboratory Science / Q000193:education*; D010380:Peer Review