title: Preparing CLS professionals to be consumers and producers of research.
abstract: Research proficiency is part of the curriculum in all NAACLS accredited CLS programs. Learning the basic research tools enables students to understand and interpret published research as informed consumers of research. This paper describes an improved and innovative approach to prepare future CLS professionals to be both analytical consumers and active producers of pertinent research.
authors.affiliation: University of Texas-El Paso, El Paso, TX 79902, USA. smsaleh@utep.edu
authors.forename: Suha M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Saleh
authors.forename: Kastro M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Hamed
mesh_terms: D019411:Clinical Laboratory Techniques; D003479:Curriculum; D006801:Humans; D017056:Medical Laboratory Personnel / Q000193:education*; D013677:Medical Laboratory Science / Q000193:education*; D012106:Research; D013663:Teaching; D014481:United States