"Housekeeping"
Over the years, the practice of quality control has been corrupted (all those repeat runs, widening control limits, and even worse). It's time to get back to the basics. To that end, using all the technology of the late 20th and early 21st century, Dr. Westgard introduced a Basic QC Practices training course available online, on CD, and in one of those "old-fashioned" books. (If you ask nicely, he'll probably do it in person at your next conference, too.)
You may not know this (we hope you do), but Westgard QC offers several online courses for education and training. How do we do this? Here's a behind-the-scenes discussion of how we develop "just-in-time" courses for college courses, workshops, seminars, and continuing education courses for clinical chemists and clinical laboratory scientists.
A discussion of Westgard QC and its new offerings - more online courses, more downloads, more information, and the ability to order our products directly through the website. How do we balance our educational offerings with our commercial ones? Dr. Westgard talks about this delicate juggling act and invites your comments.
The Digital Age has revolutionized countless facets of our society. Dr. Westgard discusses how the Internet it has and will impact our industry: how we can now access education and training over the web at anytime, from anywhere in the world. (If you can read this, you're part of the revolution!). Read this essay to see how workshops, courses, seminars and more will be affected by electronic communication.