Professionalism--a required CLS/CLT curricular component.
OBJECTIVE
Determine the impact of requiring Clinical Laboratory Science (CLS) students to participate in approved professionalism activities as part of a mandatory management course.


METHODS
Quasi-experimental, case study reporting qualitative results of 25 CLS students. During the admission interview, students complete a written response to questions about their perceptions related to professionalism. During the clinical educational year, students are required to complete approved professionalism activities as part of a management course. At the end of the course, students write a reflective paper focusing on their professional activities and how these experiences will influence their future professional practice. Overall themes of student reflections are provided.


METHODS
University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) CLS Program in Omaha.


CONCLUSIONS
After participating in a mandatory professionalism curricular component requiring active student participation in professional activities, student reflective writings provide evidence this is one successful approach to nurture professional identity within future Clinical Laboratory Science/Clinical Laboratory Technician (CLS/CLT) practitioners.
Latshaw
Sandra
S
Clinical Laboratory Science Program, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198-4010, USA. sjlatsha@unmc.edu
Honeycutt
Karen
K
D019411:Clinical Laboratory Techniques; D003479:Curriculum; D006801:Humans; D017056:Medical Laboratory Personnel / Q000193:education*; D013677:Medical Laboratory Science / Q000193:education*; D011361:Professional Competence; D013663:Teaching; D014481:United States