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National exam for medical laboratory assistants offered in French for the first time on June 17, 2008

 
March 25, 2008

 

Hamilton, ON March 25, 2008

For the first time, the national certification examination for medical laboratory assistants offered by the Canadian Society for Medical Laboratory Science (CSMLS) will be available in French on June 17, 2008.

CSMLS reactivated national certification for MLAs in 2003. Initially, the examination was only available in English. In 2007, Heritage Canada awarded a $3,125 grant to CSMLS towards the cost of translating the medical laboratory assistant competency profile and examination into French.

The CSMLS certification process provides a set of national standards to guide the professional practice of medical laboratory assistants, and lays the foundation for a professional culture that promotes pride, excellence and recognition. Successful completion of the certification examination demonstrates competence to practice within a set of national standards.

The certification examination is offered three times a year (February, June and October) and is based on a national competency profile. Examination questions are developed by the Medical Laboratory Assistant Examination Panel under the auspices of the Council on National Certification. The panel is composed of medical laboratory technologists and medical laboratory assistants from across Canada.

Eligibility to the examination is open to medical laboratory assistants who have graduated from an educational institution or hospital-based program, as well as to current practitioners with documented experience.

The application deadline for the French examination on June 17 is April 30. The application deadline for the English examination is March 31. Application forms and a detailed examination handbook are available on the CSMLS website at www.csmls.org, click on Certification, then on Medical Laboratory Assistants.

Indigenous Land Acknowledgement : We respectfully acknowledge the CSMLS office, located in Hamilton, Ontario, is situated upon the traditional territories of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, the Mississauga Nation, Anishinaabe Peoples, and the Neutral Peoples. This land is covered by the Dish With One Spoon wampum, which is a treaty between the Haudenosaunee and Anishinaabe to share and care for the resources around the Great Lakes. We further acknowledge that this land is covered by the Between the Lakes Treaty No. 3, 1792, between the Crown and the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation.

 

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