ASCP MLT CE Requirements: How Much CE?
Are you going to cope with your ASCP MLT renewal program?
What did the ASCP Board of Certification fix the ASCP MLT CE requirements to fulfill?
Here you will get information
- ASCP MLT CE requirements
- Ways to get the CE (continuing education) credits
ASCP MLT CE Requirements: Detailed Information
The American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP) Board of Certification (BOC) allocates 36 CE credits for the ASCP medical laboratory technician license.
Meeting these 36 points is vital within your working years.
The following is the distribution of these CE credits.
You need to earn 36 points in your area of specialty. For the MLT (ASCP), you must be an expert in the blood bank, hematology, chemistry, & microbiology. 2 credits in each. Hence, the total continuing education credits are 8.
Make sure to earn one point in patient/lab safety.
Medical ethics (compliance, DEI (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion), confidentiality, IBR, sexual harassment, HIPAA, etc.) require only 1 point to earn.
Molecular diagnostics, lab specialty, immunology, education, management, or other lab areas of interest demand 26 points.
ASCP MLT CE Requirements: Where to Earn?
The ASCP BOC launches many programs that meet your ASCP MLT CE requirements.
These programs include:
The Ultimate Online CE Packages
The ASCP ultimate online CE packages are the best solution to satisfy your ASCP MLT CE requirements.
These packages are effective & affordable.
These include almost 400 online, on-demand courses that ace your institutional, licensure, and certification maintenance CE requirements.
Both ASCP member and non-member candidates can get these packages, but the member gets a substantial discount.
One-Year Unlimited Online CE Package
- List price (non-member): $190
- Pathologist (member): $109
- Lab Professionals (member): $39
Multi-Credit Online CE Package
- List cost: $8
- Member cost: $7
LabQ: Case-Based Learning
The LabQ is an online, self-paced study tool comprising 18 real-life case studies.
These case-based learning tools help lab professionals get education regarding practicing.
Here, you will receive
- 36 hrs of CMIL credits (2 points per exercise)
- 6 hrs of entire credits presented in each area, including clinical chemistry, hematology, clinical immunology, microbiology, molecular diagnostics, and transfusion medicine.
- 2 credits hr delivered for lab and patient safety (best for ASCP MLT CE requirements)
LabQ Clinical Lab 2023
- List price: $109
- Member price: $99
Patient Safety
From patient safety courses, you will earn CE credits for medical ethics and patient/lab safety.
The patient safety modules
- Epidemiology of Error
- Systems Thinking and Its Effect on Patient Safety
- Humans Factors
- Safety-Enhancing Technology
- Communication
- Culture of Safety
- Methods and Tools for Evaluation of Safety Events
- Fundamentals of Quality Improvement
Each modules provide you 1 continuing education credits that you can utilize for your CMP ASCP MLT CE requirements.
Modules 1,3, 5, and 6 present points for medical ethics.
Patient Safety 8 Modules Packages
- List price: $250
- Member cost: $175
Patient Safety Single Module Package
- List cost: $35
- Member cost: $25
Lab Podcast
The lab podcast focuses on current everyday topics regarding laboratory medicine and pathology.
- Member outlay: Free
- Non-member cost: $10
Fulfill ASCP MLT CE Requirements: Some Other Activities
- You must get the ASCP membership; it offers you 6 credits
- Make sure to serve the ASCP committee, product committee, or board
- Write articles for Lab Medicine
- Attend ASCP live events, an annual meeting, webinars, workshops, etc.
Abdelhalim Elshawadfy is an ASCP certified Medical Laboratory Scientist (MLS ASCP), Specialist in Microbiology (SM ASCP), and Molecular Biology Technologist (MB ASCP) with a distinguished career marked by expertise, continuous learning, and a commitment to elevating the standards of clinical laboratory science. As an ASCP Certification Expert and American Board Certification Expert, Abdelhalim Elshawadfy continues to make invaluable contributions to the field, leaving a lasting impact on the medical community.
