Build Skills to Advocate for the Needs of Your Laboratory at ASCP 2023 Annual Meeting!

Recently, ASCP launched the Negotiation and Advocacy Toolbox, a vital and innovative asset in enabling laboratory directors to demonstrate the value(s) of their laboratories to appropriate decision makers. Through the toolbox, ASCP offers capital, guidance, and best practices to ensure an efficient uniformed laboratory workforce development in service of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) OneLab Initiative. To date, the Society has released two key pillars in its toolbox focusing on laboratory advocacy: 1. Promoting laboratory visibility, and 2. Nurturing a culture of patient-focused laboratory advocates. To support the roll-out and application of this toolbox to members, ASCP is offering two targeted sessions at the upcoming ASCP 2023 Annual Meeting.

The first will be a CME-eligible education session highlighting key strategies to demonstrate the value of the laboratory via the Toolbox’s existing content.

Roll-out and Application of ASCP’s Negotiation & Advocacy Toolbox: A Data-Driven Approach to Advocate for your Laboratory’s Needs

Co-Facilitator: Christina Nickel, MHA, MLS(ASCP)^CM, CPHQ
Co-Facilitator: Aaron Odegard, MS, MLS(ASCP)^CMSM^CM

Time: Wednesday, October 18, 1:30 pm–2:30 pm PDT, Room 104B

The second session will be a practical roundtable with case-based scenarios faced by laboratory leadership with a facilitated brainstorming session on ways to address these challenges using Toolbox techniques and strategies.

Roundtable Discussion: ASCP’s Negotiation & Advocacy Toolbox: A Data-Driven Approach to Advocate for your Laboratory’s Needs

Co-Facilitator: Christina Nickel, MHA, MLS(ASCP)^CM, CPHQ
Co-Facilitator: Ihab Abumuhor, MSHCA, MSCS, MLS(ASCP)SBB
Co-Facilitator: Aaron Odegard, MS, MLS(ASCP)^CMSM^CM

Time: Friday, October 20, 9:15 am–10:15 am PDT. Room 204

Both live sessions will be facilitated by clinical laboratory leaders that developed the toolbox materials; All members are encouraged to attend to strengthen their skills to advocates for their laboratories needs! The toolbox and other resources developed as part of ASCP’s cooperative agreement with the CDC to strengthen the nation’s clinical laboratory workforce are available here. 

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