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SCHEDULE of EvENTS (continued)

WEdnESday, July 3 (continued)
1:00 – 2:00 PM Williford B Room 2:30 – 3:30 PM Williford A Room
1932 The Act of “Pausation:” Overcoming and/or 1935 Building Registered Apprenticeships
Managing Perceived Barriers in Your Life in Healthcare
Presented by Eric Charlton, Presented by Linda Witte, RMA,
MHA, RT(r) MPA, CBSP
This presentation will highlight what If you are an educator, an employer pre-
‘Pausation’ is, and how our own mental ceptor, or just want to know more about
barriers can stagnate growth in different this innovation in healthcare training,
facets of our lives. this workshop is for you! The Program
Manager who put together the first reg-
Leadership & Professional istered apprenticeship in the nation for
Development Track CAAHEP-accredited Medical Assisting Programs and in Michi-
gan for Sterile Processing Technician training will share the
1:00 – 2:00 PM Williford C Room components of a registered apprenticeship, program design
1933 Perception, Biases, and Ethics? information, career one-stop center coordination, employer in-
How Do These Three Things Affect Your volvement strategies, and return on investment data. Come and
Professional Growth? learn a new training strategy to bring back to your community!
Presented by Marty Hinkel, Medical Assisting Track
MT(AMT), Sigma Alpha Pi (NSLS)
2:30 – 3:30 PM Williford B Room
Your subconscious mind is making deci- 1936 Documentation: One Word Can
sions that your conscious mind may not Make A Difference
even know about. This session will open
your eyes to how perception, biases and Presented by Sarah Chojnacki, B.S., CMA(AAMA)
ethics can be affecting your professional Did you know that as little as one incorrect letter in the spell-
growth and development. Join us as we ing of some medical terms can result in an entirely new medical
explore and discuss how our biases may sometimes affect how term? This session will highlight the importance of accurate
we deal with patients, colleagues and friends. medical documentation. One will identify what to do: if a mistake
Leadership & Professional Development Track is made when documenting in a patient chart, if it’s not easy to
read a provider’s order, or if there’s uncertainty of what needs to
2:00 – 2:30 PM Normandie Lounge be documented. Attendees will have the opportunity to test their
Attendee Refreshment Break knowledge about look- alike and sound-alike medical terms.
Please join us for this interactive educational session.
BREAKOUT SESSIONS Medical Assisting Track

2:30 – 3:30 PM Marquette Room 1937 2:30 – 3:30 PM Williford C Room
1934 Calibration and Calibration Verification: Government Affairs Round-Up
Who, What, Where, When, Why, How and
Did I Pass or Fail? Presented by Michael N. McCarty, JD;
Kimberly A. Cheuvront, Ph.D., MBA, MT(AMT, ASCP);
Presented by Becky Socha, MS, Robert Newberry, MT(AMT)
MLS(ASCP), BB(ASCP)
If you’ve ever wondered about the
difference between validations and veri-
fications, and why we do them, or when
we do them, this session is for you!
Calibrations and validations are not just
for the supervisors or clinical specialists
to perform, they are the responsibility of everyone in the lab.
Come find out what these are all about! This session will dis-
cuss validation, verification, linearity, calibration and calibration
verification in the clinical laboratory. An overview of the reasons This session of panelists will present an update on legal, legis-
for performing these as well as the functions of each will be pre- lative, and regulatory policy issues affecting AMT professionals
sented with examples used to demonstrate important concepts. at both the federal and state levels. The presentation will be fol-
During this session, the importance of performing calibration lowed by an interactive discussion with attendees on current
and calibration verification to identify problems before they can policy issues of interest to them.
impact patient results will be emphasized.
Leadership & Professional Development Track
Laboratory Track

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