Guyana will in two weeks be the host of the Caribbean Association of Medical Technologist (CASMET) for Laboratory Professionals Affiliate of American Medical Technologist (AMT) Biennial General Meeting and Scientific Symposium under the theme “Championing Quality Health Care behind the Scenes in the 21st Century”.
The October 23-27 Meeting and Symposium will provide an avenue to address ways to further improve the Caribbean’s accessibility and training; improvements in diagnostic and therapeutic laboratory testing techniques; regional professional collaboration and other regulatory issues.
The Meeting which is slated for the Guyana Marriot in Kingston. Georgetown will provide an opportunity for medical laboratory professionals including medical technologists, phlebotomists and laboratory assistants to collaborate on issues of concern in their respective countries and bring council members together to develop regional planning on how they can work with the government and other institutions to identify ways in which they can develop medical laboratory science. Medical laboratory professionals will also have the opportunity to engage in Continued Medical Education (CME) sessions over a three days period which can allow them to gain as much as 25 credits. CME’s, create an avenue for participants to maintain competence and learn about new and developing areas in their discipline.