AACC Workshop: Method Evaluation

Posted by Sten Westgard, MS

I had the pleasure to take part in the longest-running workshop/short course in AACC history today:

Concepts and Practices in the Evaluation of Laboratory Methods

Pictured, left to right: Dave Koch, myself, R. Neill Carey and Daniel Hoefner.

The Method Evaluation Workshop has been around for about 34 years. "The" Westgard was one of the original speakers, as well as Carl Garber. This year the registration was supposed to be only 50 people, but due to high demand, it topped out at 75, every seat filled.

Testament to the fact that methods still need to be evaluated, errors still need to be assessed and goals still need to be set.

My thanks to Dave, Neill, and Dan for accepting a new guy into the ranks.