Education

This "Pathways" program provides a Clinical Pathology case that includes a history, potential answers, rationale, and relevant references. This case sub-specialty is Molecular Pathology.

By MCL Education • July 14, 2023

In this “Hot Topic,” Paul Jannetto, Ph.D., highlights Mayo Clinic’s targeted benzodiazepine assay and discusses the advantages and limitations of various urine-screening assays as well as quantitative confirmatory testing to determine compliance to benzodiazepine therapy.

By MCL Education • July 10, 2023

PACE / State of FL
This month’s “Virtual Lecture,” discusses how artificial intelligence can be utilized to classify kidney stones while demonstrating improvement in quality and patient safety.

By MCL Education • June 28, 2023

The spectrum of autoimmune movement disorders, diagnosis and treatment.

By MCL Education • June 21, 2023

PACE / State of FL

Phlebotomy and specimen collection services are on the forefront of patient diagnosis. However, more often than not, they are over shadowed by testing laboratories because they deliver the final test results. The focus of this webinar is to highlight key operational metrics that will help you run a successful phlebotomy laboratory service.

By MCL Education • June 14, 2023

In this month's "Hot Topic," Bobbi Pritt, M.D., describes the challenges to traditional microscopy for the detection of protozoa in stool specimens, lists potential uses of artificial intelligence in parasite detection, and discusses workflow modifications that may be needed when implementing digital slide scanning and AI-assisted interpretation.

By MCL Education • June 5, 2023

PACE / State of FL
In this month’s “Virtual Lecture” Mark Hyde continues to share what he has learned during his 28 years of workplace consulting experience and counseling with thousands of employees concerning work topics such as stress, fatigue, burnout, retention, and joy. Both personal and workplace resilience concepts and strategies will be highlighted to maintain a healthy sense of well-being and joy.

By MCL Education • May 24, 2023

In this month's "Hot Topic," David Murray, M.D., Ph.D., reviews the role of urine testing for monoclonal gammopathies and discusses Mayo Clinic’s use of MASSFIX to replace traditional immunofixation testing.

By MCL Education • May 22, 2023

This “Phlebotomy On-Demand” will discuss real-world examples of patient behavior deemed unsafe and/or disrespectful and best practices for resolution.

By MCL Education • May 17, 2023

In this episode of “Lab Medicine Rounds,” Justin Kreuter, M.D., sits down with Bobbi Pritt, M.D., professor and interim chair for the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, to discuss the modern parasitology laboratory.

By MCL Education • May 5, 2023

In this month's "Hot Topic," Eoin Flanagan, M.B., B.Ch., reviews the recent diagnostic criteria for Myelin Oligodendrocyte Glycoprotein Antibody-associated Disease (MOGAD).

By MCL Education • May 1, 2023

In this “Hot Topic,” Paul Jannetto, Ph.D., highlights Mayo Clinic Laboratories’ AI-augmented kidney stone test and discusses the proper procedures for collecting and processing kidney stones to provide accurate, cost-effective analysis of patients’ kidney stones in a timely manner.

By MCL Education • April 12, 2023

In this "Hot Topic," Melissa Snyder, Ph.D., provides a brief review of published guidelines for the diagnosis of celiac disease, with a specific focus on the role of laboratory testing.

By MCL Education • April 3, 2023