Professional code of conduct ,as a medical laboratory Scientist, the moral fibre, professional levels and registries.

1. Organisation for the
PROFESSIONALISM IN LABORATORY
MEDICINE / MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY
Sejojo Phaaroe M.T; C.T(I.A.C) ; M.I.B.M.S
thinktankentr@gmail.co.za
+266 63102600
-Medical Laboratory Regulatory Council Focal person
-Pr. Biomedical Scientist GT# 1337
-Cytologist of the International Academy of Cytology # 6467
Health Research & Laboratory Services

2. Outline
• What is a profession ?
• What is a Medical Laboratory
• Public expectations
• Why Regulate Biomedical Scientists
• Obligations of a Medical Technologist/ Professionalism
in Medical Technology
• Overview of Ethics in Medical Technology
• Qualities of a good Professional Medical
Technologist/Scientist
• Dos and don’t in Medical Technology
• Professional Registries / levels
• Areas of Competencies and assessment
• Continuous Professional Development and Benefits
• Conclusion

3. • Queen Elizabeth 11 – Central Laboratories- Irish Regime
• Kamazu Teaching Hospital Laboratories: Lilongoe-
Malawi- DANIDA – 1989
• South African Institute from Medical Research- SAIMR-
Capetwon- Somerset Hospital – Green Point
• Yvonne Parfait cancer Research Laboratories
• University of Cape Town and Grooteschuur Hospital :
under Professor Rose and Learmonth
• City Park Hospital – Pathcare lab
• Marmara University Hospital ,School of Medicine
• Oppenheim Hospital – Pathology Laboratories
• University Hospital Brussels- path-labs
• Victor Babes Medical University: Today, there are 4273
University, 1108 of them are foreigners
• SAIMR- Bloemfontein
• Lancet Laboratories – Namibia

4. What is a Profession anyway?
• it is an occupation based on a specialised body of
knowledge and skills, entry into which is restricted
to those who prove their competence, and which is
conducted in the interest of those it serves and of
the public generally, and is subject to self-imposed
rules of ethical conduct
• “Medical Technology” is not a replacement
Profession

5. What is a medical lab
• “The Medical Laboratory is a place where , under rather
difficult conditions , we create a protected island where
together with our younger collaborators , we use all our
mental power and energy , to be an active part of medical
development and to enjoy the thrill of new discoveries in
modern science to benefit mankind”. Sejojo Phaaroe 2007
Sheraton ZICC– Harare .
• A Med Lab is a FACT -FACTORY
• The rose by any language is still a rose
- Medical Technologist/ Biomedical Scientist/ Medical
Laboratory Scientist / Medical Laboratory Practitioner
- Technicians : Maintenance people
_Job Trained

6. Medical Technologists are Respectable members of
the community and International Development
Research conducted by Medical Scientists has resulted in
advanced treatments for many diseases to date.

7. Public expectations and Client tale
• Out patients
• Insurances
• Drs consulting
• Health programs( TB, HIV ETC )
• Food Handlers • Families
• Travellers • Government departments
• Job SEEKERS • Health Policies
• Marriage couples • Development partners
• New borne • Economic planners
• ANC, • Health planners
• FP, • Donor agencies
• PATIENTS
• Investment/ Bond contractor's
• Private Doctors
• Community • Public Health Outbreaks
• Criminal investigations • Global health
• Legal agencies • International health regulation

8. Obligations to the Profession
• MTs shall uphold their professional status by:
• Taking responsibility for their professional acts. Members are
responsible for practicing within the specialties authorized on
their certificates of registration.
• Recognizing the competence of others and seeking their
assistance as required.
• Maintaining and improving their knowledge and skills.
Members shall participate in continuing education programs .
• Promoting the image and status of the profession.
• Collaborating with other health professionals in the care of
patients and the functioning and improvement of health
services.
• Complying with all current National laws for the protection of
patients, health care providers, the general public and the
environment.
• Sharing knowledge with colleagues, students and other health
care practitioners

9. Biomedical Scientists must have a moral
compass and the spectacles of morality
• We should be guided by ‘personal conscience’ and
must exercise ‘sensitive professional and moral
judgment’.
• The pursuit of money is not the only thing that can
cause the loss of one’s moral compass
• True professionalism, implies ‘a pride in work, a
commitment to quality, a dedication to the interests
of the client, and a sincere desire to help.
• Biomedical Scientists should frequently perform
research, and publish their findings
• Research is variously defined as “scientific
investigation that is performed in order to discover
new information or to develop or improve products
and technology for economic growth ”

10. Professional skills of Medical
scientists-
•
Medical Technologists must understand
personalities, theories of human motivation,
and adult development theories (including
moral, intellectual, emotional, relational and
spiritual development and maturity).
• Biomedical Scientists must have the capacity
to evaluate different models of personal and
leadership styles.

11. High Technology Medical Equipment instrumentation
+ knowledge of Medical Sciences + Management of laboratory
Medicine + Regulatory aspects + Ethics in medical Research +
business + science communications
Victor Babes University

12. Competency
• Competency is determined by number of flights one
has taken
• Its determined by number of CPDs and how involved
in the Scientific community and developments you
are
• The age (or use) of airplanes is better seen by their
cycles -
-A cycle is a takeoff, cruise and landing -
-A 747 flies long sectors - 10-12 hrs average -
sometimes even more -
For these, 1 cycle per day is a good utilisation –
• A competent pilot is seen by number of flight taken in
a lifetime

13. Scientists Should not be involved in
Fabrication of Data
• Fabrication, in the context of scientific inquiry
and academic research, refers to the act of
intentionally falsifying research results, such
as reported in a journal article.
• Fabrication is considered a form of scientific
misconduct, and is regarded as highly
unethical.
• In some jurisdictions, fabrication may be
illegal.

14. How best can we trust this data?

17. Adults and children estimated to be living with HIV
2007
Western & Eastern Europe
Central Europe & Central Asia
North America 760 000 1.6 million
[600 000 – 1.1 million] [1.2 – 2.1 million]
1.3 million East Asia
[480 000 – 1.9 million] 800 000
Middle East & North Africa [620 000 – 960 000]
Caribbean 380 000
230 000 [270 000 – 500 000] South & South-East Asia
[210 000 – 270 000] 4.0 million
Sub-Saharan Africa [3.3 – 5.1 million]
Latin America 22.5 million Oceania
1.6 million [20.9 – 24.3 million]
75 000
[1.4 – 1.9 million]
[53 000 – 120 000]
Total: 33.2 (30.6 – 36.1) million

18. Med Laboratory Scientists should not be one of the
Following puzzle?
Corruption Any
Release of non unlawfull
reliable results
Practice un- Mull-
Take unlawfully
licensed practice Scandal
patient’s money
Ethnic / social
Discriminate Bioterrorism discrimination
Neglegence patients
Fraud
Misconduct Belief /
Religion

19. Consequences of fabrication of results
• Fabrication is generally considered the most serious form of
scientific misconduct that a scientist can engage in, and a
finding that a scientist engaged in fabrication will often mean
the end to his career as a researcher.
• Given the tight-knit nature of many academic communities,
and the high stakes involved, researchers who are found to
have committed fabrication are often effectively (and
permanently) blacklisted from the profession, with reputable
research organizations and universities refusing to hire them;
• Fabricators may also have previously earned academic
credentials and professional registries taken away.
• In 2004, Jan Hendrik Schön was stripped of his doctorate
degree by the University of Konstanz after a committee
formed by Bell Labs found him guilty of fabrication related to
research done during his employment there

20. Case 1
• It is Early January, Food handlers attend the
Public Health screening clinic before they could
receive the School feeding and Catering contract
and are sent to the Laboratory for Widal test,
VDRL and Stool culture .
• The Widal test of One of the handler test Positive
, so she bribes the Laboratory Technologist to
report it falsely as Negative as she desperately
needs to win a school feeding tender.
• An out break of Typhoid erupts in one of the
schools when the school open late January and
vertical investigations continue.
• What would be the ethical case scenario and
consequences of the case. ?

21. Proactive to Prevent
Paparazzi after a Medical Lab Scandal ?
Social media has become a primary form of communication for the
millennial generation. The Professionals should understand the
potential benefits and harms of using social media in medical
Technology

22. Medical Technologists should avoid conducts of
Biological Warfare
What are bioterrorism agents?
• Bioterrorism agents are materials, such as bacteria, viruses,
fungi, or toxins, that are deliberately used to sicken and kill.
• They may be used by terrorists partially because of their
psychological impact on the public and partially because they
can be deadly, are easy to distribute, and are difficult to
detect.
• Bioterrorism agents have been used in acts of warfare for
thousands of years.
• This has included dipping arrows into toxins, poisoning food
and water supplies, and deliberately spreading deadly
infections. Bioterrorism agents could be carried in food
products, dispersed into the air or drinking water, or
introduced into crops and livestock, or even sent through the
mail

23. Category Disease Agent Agent Type
A Anthrax Bacillus anthracis Bacterium
Clostridium
A Botulism Bacterial toxin
botulinum toxin
A Plague, Pneumonic Yersinia pestis Bacterium
A Smallpox Variola major Virus
Francisella
A Tularemia Bacterium
tularensis
Arenaviruses
(Lassa, Machupo)
Bunyaviruses
Viral Hemorrhagic
A (Congo-Crimean, Viruses
Fevers
Rift Valley)
Filoviruses (Ebola,
Marburg)
B Brucellosis Brucella species Bacteria
B Q-Fever Coxiella burnetii Bacterium
B Psittacosis Chlamydia psittaci Bacterium
Rickettsia
B Typhus Bacterium
prowazekii
Salmonella

24. Organisation for the
Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons
(OPCW)
• It Advocates for Industry outreach: Promoting
Chemical Safety Management
• peaceful applications of chemistry in Medical
Laboratories ,
• the OPCW continues to support small-scale
research projects and regulate them .
• They focus on the development and promotion of
scientific and technical knowledge in the field of
chemistry for industrial, agricultural, research,
medical, pharmaceutical or other peaceful
purposes.

25. Case 1
• Tetryl, (2,4,6-Trinitrophenylmethylnitramine,
C7H5N5O8) is a sensitive explosive compound used
to make detonators and explosive booster charges.
• Tetryl is produced by slowly mixing dimethylaniline
with concentrated nitric acid in the presence of
sulfuric acid and due to its simple synthesis it is
prone for attempted synthesis by terrorists.
• Tetryl is a thermally labile explosives that is known
to be difficult to analyze due to its degradation.
• As a result careful chemical control and regulation
of professionals is paramount

26. MOTIVATE YOUNG SCIENTISTS AND OTHERS
• BONUSES
• TRAVEL INCENTIVES
• DISCOUNTS
• INDEMNITY INSURANCE
• CREDIT CARDS
• LAURETE AWARDS

27. PROFESSIONALISM
Its more than a state of mind: it’s a state of productivity and
high performance and trust shown by a specialist practitioner
It explores Seven elements
1; contribution:-. the effort you make and your perfection of it
2: conviction- the motivation you have whatever your
circumstances rich or poor
3: culture_. the sense of how- FIT_ you feel at performing
role, function, exploration or profession
4. Commitment:- the Magnitude/ extend to which you are
engaged with your tasks
5. Confidence:- the believe you have in yourself and the Job
6. Safety and protection :- commitment for Public protection , you
and others co-workers
7. Instil trust and portray How Much you Hundreds, A Million or A Billion ?
worth –

28. Overview of Medical Laboratory
Ethical Principles
• There are four widely recognized principles in
bioethics that apply to both clinical
Laboratories and research ethics:
• 1. respect for persons,
• 2. beneficence,
• 3. justice.
• 4. Biosafety , bioterrorism, and Biosecurity
• (Biosafety: prevention of large-scale loss of biological integrity,
focusing both on ecology and human health
• Biosecurity: prevention of the use of dangerous chemicals,
pathogens and toxins for malevolent use

29. Ethical principles
• Respect for persons entails respecting the decisions of
autonomous persons and protecting persons who lack
decision making capacity and therefore are not
autonomous. ( You won’t Misuse your Power)
• It also imposes an obligation to treat persons with
respect by maintaining confidences and keeping
promises.
• Beneficence imposes a positive obligation to act in the
best interests of patients or research participants.
• the risks of research be minimized and that the risks be
acceptable in light of the potential benefits of research.
• Finally, justice requires that people be treated fairly.

30. Professionalism –is complete calling of
a practice of Medical Laboratory with
Ethical Principles to benefit man kind
• ethics defines what is good for the individual and for
society and
• establishes the nature of duties that people owe
themselves and one another.
• In Nature we are all Humanitarians as humans have a
feel for good.
• The first and second Geneva Conventions provide for
the humane care of sick and wounded combatants on
land and sea without discrimination.
• Immunity is to be granted to hospitals, medical
personnel to include Laboratory Technologists and
army chaplains and also to hospital ships.
• Provision was made for recognition of the Red Cross
emblem

31. • promote, support and further advance the
character, status and interests of medical
science and the members of the Institute;
• Promote Best Practices for Managing
Conflicts of Interest
• promote, advance and develop scientific
knowledge by means of lectures,
demonstrations, discussions and debates in all
branches of medical science;
• communicate with other scientific and
research societies throughout the world.

32. • Professional Medical Technologists should Promote
Education and practice standards
• Bench mark the profession
• Market and promote the profession
• Regional, National cooperation –AMLSCSA, ASLM
Membership, IBMS, IAC.
• Networking , with institutions, Line departments
• Best Practices - Medical Device Procurement
• therapeutics (P&T) committees are an effective tool for Laboratories
to ensure the practice of quality, cost effective and evidence-based
Medical Technology.
• Conflict of interest issues arise when individuals who have a direct
role in decisions related to medical equipment procurement also
have financial relationships with manufacturers, including any receipt
of gifts, grants, contracts or an otherwise compensated relationship

33. Instil trust to the community
• Cultivate your personal core competencies
• Act professionally
• Explore new information and latest technologies
• Publish and establish new novel technologies to
nourish Science
• Avoid Ghost Writing_ where a scientists attach
their name to articles they did not produce
originally
• Tell the people who you are , and they will start
calling you by your name

34. Be A Communicator of Medical Science , and
An Effective Team Member in all walks of life
• Scientific work should be communicated by
Scientists
• Medical Scientists should Communicate
constructively
• Teams need medical scientists/technologists who
speak up and express their thoughts and ideas
clearly, directly, honestly, and with respect for
others and for the work of the team. That’s what it
means to communicate constructively.
• Medical Scientist does not shy away from making
a point but makes it in the best way possible- in a
positive, confident, and respectful manner.

35. COMMUNICATE: Medical Technology developments
YES WE CAN!!!!!

36. Become a volunteer as a Medical
Scientist
• Any number of community
organisations would benefit from our
services.
• Pick a place to volunteer that is of
interest.
• Perhaps it is a church.
• Or a school board.
• Or an arts group.
• Or an animal shelter.
• Or a poverty centre.

37. To avoid these we Regulate the profession by
Licensing/Professional registration
What is Professional Registration?
• Professional registration is an important career
milestone for Medical scientists.
• It shows that you’re a medical technology
professional and have the technical competence
which is valued by medical fraternity ,
scientific community, academia and research
industry.
• Professional registration identifies you as a highly
skilled professional with technical knowledge
and competence

38. 4.2 Develop and manage a Professional MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
INPUTS PROBLEM SOLVING
4.1 Organisation 4.8 Complaints
4.3 Document Control 4.9 Control of Non-conformities
4.4 Review of Requests, Tenders & Contracts 4.11 Corrective Action
4.6 Purchasing Services and Supplies 4.12 Preventive Action
5.1 General
5.3 Accommodation & Environmental
conditions
COMPETENCE
5.4, 5.6, 5.7 4.5 Subcontracting
5.2 Person 5.5 Test/Calibration of tests and
nel Equipment Methods, Measurement calibrations
Traceability; Sampling
5.9 Assuring the quality of test/calibration results
MONITORING & IMPROVEMENT OUTPUTS
4.10 Continual Improvement
4.7 Service to the Customer
4.14 Internal Audits
4.13 Control of Records
4.15 Management Review
5.10 Reporting the Results

39. Personnel
Performing specific Medical Laboratory tasks
Qualified Professional
+
Demonstrated
CBE Training
Education Experience Skills + Passed
Professional
Different Board Exams
MLS Regulatory Board License + Professional Qualifications/ Credentials

40. Specific personnel to perform:
Sampling
Tests / calibrations
Keep records
Include dates Issue test reports/calibrations certificates
Readily available
Give opinions/interpretations
Authorisations
Competence Operate particular equipment
Training
Skills
Experience
Educational & professional qualifications
Checklist of Minimum Standards : Areas of personnel assessment for competency

41. Professional Medical Technologist
• Medical Laboratory Scientists
• - Degree in Medical Laboratory Sciences
• -National Diploma in Medical Laboratory Sciences + 3 years
Specialist professional training /Registry/ in a recognised
institution
• - Board Examination
• -Board Certified in the Category
• General subject covered : chemistry , physics, anatomy and
physiology, Instrumentation, cell biology, biochemistry, genetics,
molecular biology, immunology, Pathophysiology,
communication sciences , Quality Management Essentials ,
Research Methology
• specialist subjects Professional Qualifications
Medical Microbiology, Histopathology, Clinical Biochemistry,
Clinical Immunology, Clinical Haematology, Blood Transfusion
Sciences, Molecular Pathology , Cytopathology and cytogenetics.

42. PROFESSIONAL LEVELS & ROUTES
FELLOWSHIP-FIMLS/FIBMS Ph.D. /DSc/DLM.
/FIAC/FAIMS/CFIAC/FAMLS PROFESSIONAL
DOCTORATES LEVEL 4
Advanced Specialist Registry M Med Sc./ M.Phil./MSc Med .
Diplomas . M.A.M.L.S ;M.I.B.M.S
Specialist
B Med Sci.
Registry
(Hon.)
Diplomas
/GIBiol MEDICAL MEDICAL MEDICAL LEVEL 3
SCIENTISTS SCIENTISTS SCIENTISTS
B Med Sci.
Certificate
Diploma
/Licentiate of MEDICAL MEDICAL Dip. MLS
MLS Practice LEVEL 2 TECHNOLOGIST TECHNOLOGIST LEVEL 2
MEDICAL Cert MLS
Assistants LEVEL 1 LEVEL 1
TECHNICIANS

43. The CPD programme shall present
opportunity for the professional to;
• continuously update their scientific theory and
professional practice
• acquire new skills and knowledge
• demonstrate continuous competence
• develop individually in personal and professional
terms
• take necessary steps to adapt to new job roles
• contribute to the knowledge base of the
profession

44. Documentation of continuing education is
mandatory to retain the Professional License ( FIBMS,
MIBMS, CT(IAC) ,FIMLS, CLS(ASCP), CFIAC, MRCPath )
• note that credits can only be given for educational
activities that have taken place within each year prior to
renewal : Continuing Education Categories:
• Category 1: Employment in cytology
Maximum number of credits 100
• Category 2: Educational activities
Maximum number of credits 180
• Category 3: Cytotechnology teaching
Maximum number of credits 60
• Category 4: Papers and publications
Maximum number of credits 80
• Category 5: Research in cytology
Maximum number of credits 40

45. What are the benefits of Professional
registration?
• Indicating that your competence and commitment to
professionalism have been assessed by other natural and
Medical science professionals.
• Recognition that you have received education and training
that meets standards for knowledge and experience and
breasted with latest information and TECHNOLOGY .
• Acknowledgement of professional standing by peers and
colleagues.
• Identifying you as having competences that employers
value.
• Higher earnings, How Much you worth , better
employment prospects and career mobility.
• Access to a network of qualified professionals in your area
of expertise, so you keep abreast of the latest
developments.

46. Other professional qualifications
• Membership of The Royal College of Pathologists- MRCPath
• Fellow of Faculty of Pathology- FFPath ( Pathology Faculty)
• Chartered Textile Technologist: CText, ATI (Textile Institute)
• Chartered Town Planner: MRTPI (Royal Town Planning Institute)
• Chartered Valuation Surveyor: MRICS & FRICS (Royal Institution of Chartered
Surveyors)
• Chartered Waste Manager: MCIWM (Chartered Institute of Wastes Management)
• Choir Master: (CHM) (Royal College of Organists)
• Fellow of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers: FIMechE (Institution of
Mechanical Engineers)
• Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers: FICE (Institution of Civil Engineers)
• Fellow of the British Computer Society: FBCS(British Computer Society)
• Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators: FCIArb (Chartered Institute of
Arbitrators)
• Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Bankers: FCIB (Chartered Institute of Bankers)
• Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Housing: FCIH (Chartered Institute of Housing)
• Fellow of the Chartered Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors: FCInstICES
(Chartered Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors)
• Fellow of the Geological Society of London: FGS (Geological Society)

47. Legislation within the workplace
LAW RIGHT
Employment Equity a) Right not to be unfairly
Act (EEA) discriminated against on the
basis of your HIV status
b) Right not to be tested for HIV
unless your employer ahs applied
to the Labour Court for
authorisation
c) Do not have to disclose HIV
status
Occupational Right to a safe working environment
Health and Safety
Act

48. PAY YOUR PROFESSIONAL DUES FOR -
INDEMNITY INSURANCE
• Professional liability insurance , called
professional indemnity insurance
• more commonly known as errors & omissions
(E&O) is a form of liability insurance
• helps , protect, professional advice- and service-
providing individuals and companies from
bearing the full cost of defending against a
negligence claim made by a client, and damages
awarded in such a civil lawsuit.
• The coverage focuses on alleged failure to
perform on the part of, financial loss caused by,
and error or omission in the service by the
policyholder

49. From research to business
• Medical Scientist should strengthen their
Entrepreneurial mind-set. And under take
valorisation process for ther novel inventions
• Knowledge technology Transfer
Business Economic
RESEARCH Aspects -
IPR Planning
LICENSES
Fundamentals of licensing, owner
of patents, agreement to exploit it
with Royalty minima,
Exclusive,
Upfront
Geography

50. Knowledge of Business and Bio Ethics
• Medical Technologists should Apply for patent
for their Inventions /research results
Public domain velorization process from beginning
18 months Sixty months
A patent
expires after
20 years/ 25
years in other
Countries

51. Biopsy and Gleason Score

52. G3 G2 G1 (genomic)
-Mammostrat test
-Testostrat test
RED MIX BLUE/GREEN

54. In summary
Brand yourself as a Professional
• You are your own product or service and so
you need to ensure that your product/service
remains consistent and true to who you are.
• Brand positioning differentiates you from
others.
• Visibility is not enough. You need to be seen in
a positive light.
• If you always stick to deadlines and achieve
outcomes, you will develop a reputation for
this.

55. A consecrate of a Medical Laboratory
Technologist/Medical Scientist
• Medical scientists/Technologists solemnly pledge
to consecrate their life to the service of humanity
by generating Quality information and services
to the best of my ability
• They preserve the Safety, dignity and privacy of
patients’ and others
• They Pledge to lead their life and practice the
profession in uprightness and honor
• Pledge to exercise profession solely for the
benefit of humanity and perform no act for a
criminal purpose

56. Cont
• Have to be loyal to the profession of medical
laboratory science
• Should maintain and promote standards of
excellence in performing and advancing the art
and science of medical laboratory technology
• Should seek to establish cooperative and
respectful working relationships with other
health professionals
• They should make these promises solemnly,
freely, and upon their honor.

57. Respect Human subject rights
• Voluntary, informed consent
• Respect for persons: treated as autonomous
agents
• The right to end participation in research at
any time[3]
• Right to safeguard integrity[3]
• Benefits should outweigh cost
• Protection from physical, mental and
emotional harm
• Access to information regarding research[3]
• Protection of privacy and well-being [4]

58. Respect the Helsinki Declaration
• The Declaration of Helsinki was established in
1964 as a means of governing international
research.
• Established by the World Medical Association,
the declaration recommended guidelines for
medical Scientists conducting biomedical
research that involves human subjects.
• Some of these guidelines included the principles
that “research protocols should be reviewed by
an independent committee prior to initiation"
and that “research with humans should be based
on results from laboratory animals and
experimentation”.

59. Non selfish Professional
• So much of our culture is inward focused. People
are conditioned to think, “What’s in it for me?”
• the most rewarding way to live as a professional
medical technologist is not with the attitude,
Questions like how can I benefit,
• that’s living with a shallow, temporary mentality.
• “Instead of looking out only for your good, turn it
around and say, “How can I be a blessing to
others?
• Who can I inspire to rise higher? What seeds of
greatness can I call forth out of someone?”
• Supervise as many students as you practice the
profession

60. Good character
• Good character is prized among Biomedical
Scientists.
• We value honesty and integrity and want them
to be our reputation.
• We expect to be trusted, and to be able to trust
our peers.
• We want our word to be our bond.
• Admission in to Chartered Scientist category
includes an assessment of character, which has
been defined as a synthesis of the virtues –
honesty, dependability, courage, loyalty –
working together as an integrated whole.

61. Excellence
• Excellence is, for most of us, a lifelong goal.
• The ranks of Medical Scientists are filled with
overachievers and perfectionists.
• ‘Good enough’ is not heard from a good
Medical Technologist .
• Professional Code:
Be clean , personal hygiene and neat.
Talk and walk Professionally

62. Personal development
• At the level of the individual, personal development includes the
following activities:
• improving self-awareness as a Medical Scientist
• improving self-knowledge
• building or renewing identity as a Medical Scientist
• developing strengths or talents
• improving wealth
• spiritual development of Medical Science
• identifying or improving potential
• building employability or human capital
• enhancing lifestyle or the quality of life
• improving health
• fulfilling aspirations in Scientific discoveries
• initiating a life enterprise or personal autonomy
• defining and executing personal development plans
• improving social abilities

63. A Professional Obtains CPD point
regularly
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64. • Professional Medical Technologists/ scientists are
skilled at assuming multiple roles, stepping up to
do whatever it takes to get the job done on time,
on budget-without breaking the rules.
• They are autonomous and self-sufficient.
• They keep management in the know.
• They do not require a supervisor to constantly
hover over them or play the role of referee,
parent or firefighter”.
• They are self-managed.

65. Management and Managing aspects
• Most Managers, although quite capable of
“talking the talk”, are often failing to “walk
the talk”.
• Laboratory Managers in Laboratory Medicine
should always walk the talk

66. Organise information sharing / scientific sessions as a
Medical Scientist

67. Converting Research and Science into
Business Acumen
• Good Medical Technologists/Scientists are familiar
with basic business concepts and practices, basic
financial concepts, and business functions and their
interdependencies.
• Medical laboratory Professionals are be able to link
strategic planning with team and individual goal
setting, goal-directed feedback and follow-up.
• Medical Scientists understand the business context,
including legal,
-Human resource,
- IT,
-sales,
-marketing , and rules and regulations regarding claims
-and other functional areas of Laboratory Medicine .

68. Coaching Knowledge
• A good Medical Scientists understands:
systems perspective, results orientation,
business focus, partnership mindset,
competence, integrity and judgement.
• We should be able to accurately measure
coaching outcomes and processes.
• We should differentiate between the various
roles – trainer, mentor, advisor, coach,
counsellor, consultant, therapist and
professional – that a manager must play
• Medical Scientists should be multi-tasked and
pluro-potential

69. Be International
in Professional practice
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70. • Thank you for listening
• thinktankentr@yahoo.com
• +266 63102600