IFCC eNews: October 2018
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• In memory of Dr. Michael Metz
• Educational workshop on leadership and management in the PathCape 2018
• C-CLM survey results on laboratory leadership
• In memory of Prof. Ian Wootton
• Clinical Chemistry Trainee Council: Guide to Scientific Writing (WSG)
• Making the link: migrants, refugees and lab medicine
• NEWS FROM REGIONAL FEDERATIONS AND MEMBER SOCIETIES
  • News from the German Society for Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (DGKL)
  • News from the Confederación Unificada Bioquímica de la Republica Argentina (CUBRA)
  • News from the Mexican Association of Clinical Laboratory Sciences (CMCLabC)
  • South Africa: introducing SAACB Endocrine Grand Rounds
• IFCC's Calendar of Congresses, Conferences & Events

A graduate of the University of Nebraska College of Medicine, Michael trained in paediatrics at the University of Minnesota and in chemical pathology in Adelaide at the Women’s & Children’s Hospital (WCH) and the Institute of Medical and Veterinary Science. He practised chemical pathology in Adelaide at the WCH site of SA Pathology and at Clinpath Laboratories where he was director of clinical chemistry.

Michael was a foundation member of the AACB Paediatric Special Interest Group and Chair of the RCPA QAP sweat testing working party. He was also a member of the advisory board of the Atherosclerosis Australasia Familial Hypercholesterolaemia Registry and the sole consultant at the lipid clinic of the WCH. He was a clinical senior lecturer at the University of Adelaide School of Paediatrics and Reproductive Health. Mostly he liked looking after the kids.

As Chair of the International Federation of Clinical Chemistry Task Force on Pediatric Laboratory Medicine, Michael contributed to improving the diagnosis and management of patients from birth to adolescence. His dedication and warm friendly nature will be greatly missed.

IFCC eNews: September 2018
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• WG-Vit D: a new IFCC Working Group on Vitamin D Standardization Program
• IFCC welcomes two new Affiliate members from France and Kazakhstan
  • LABAC: new IFCC/EFLM affiliate member from France
  • FLM: new affiliate member from Kazakhstan
• eJIFCC archive fully available in the new format on the IFCC website
• IFCC TF-YS Survey: YS training & career
• HIV/AIDS epidemics: between successes and fears
• Meeting of the WG-IANT in Guatemala
• Clinical Chemistry Trainee Council: podcasts
• 27th International CPOCT Symposium
• NEWS FROM REGIONAL FEDERATIONS AND MEMBER SOCIETIES
  • South Africa: the Annual Meeting of SAACB
  • Pakistan: Workshop on Quality Control at NIBD hospital in Karachi
  • News from the Society of Medical Biochemists of Serbia
  • XVI Conference of the Scientific Committee of the SEQCML
  • Ibero-American Symposium of Clinical Chemistry and Expolab
  • XXXVI Nordic Congress in Clinical Chemistry
  • News from the “Société Tunisienne de Biologie Clinique” (STBC)
  • Palestine sets the tone at the joint “IPCLM-10-AFCB-15” Conference
  • The EFLM Professional Committee
  • Joint EFLM-COLABIOCLI Recommendation for venous blood sampling
• IFCC PROFESSIONAL SCIENTIFIC EXCHANGE PROGRAMME (PSEP) - My experience at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York
• IFCC - Roche Travel Scholarship reports
• IFCC's Calendar of Congresses, Conferences & Events

The electronic Journal of the IFCC (eJIFCC) is a platinum open-access journal; it is a member of the Committee on Publications Ethics - COPE, and indexed on PubMed Central® (PMC) since 2016.

eJIFCC publishes high-quality articles, debates, reviews, case studies and editorials relevant to clinical laboratorians to assist the development of the field of clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine worldwide. Manuscripts are fully peer reviewed and immediately free to access and download from http://www.ifcc.org/ifcc-communications-publications-division-cpd/ifcc-publications/ejifcc-journal/.

Reorganization of the eJIFCC archive is a valuable milestone for IFCC: it significantly improves access to eJIFCC articles and will help to promote IFCC as renowned source for Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine scientific articles and research. This important task has been achieved with thanks to the efforts of Insoft, IFCC publishing partner.

YS constitute a vast pool of global talents that have the energy to change geography of knowledge in fundamental ways. Thus, we are approaching you with the “YS training & career survey” which IFCC-TF YS wishes to carryout to know, communicate and share information about the diversity of YS world-wide.

This survey is being conducted to acquire preliminary information of young colleague’s education, training, career path, research interest, field of work and association with TFYS. This will enable us to share and focus our energies to find support for base programmes that are needed.

Kindly find here the link to complete the survey: IFCC TF-YS Survey: YS training & career

All the young colleagues are encouraged to participate in the activities of IFCC-TFYS!

The International Federation of Clinical Chemistry & Laboratory Medicine (IFCC) assembled the Task Force Young Scientists (TF-YS) in 2010. The aim of TF-YS is to ensure that young scientists make a significant and growing contribution to the activities of IFCC and other National programmes. For more information, visit: http://www.ifcc.org/task-force-young-scientists-web-pages/ 

Glucose monitoring in critically ill patients; what do we need to know?

An overview of the IFCC report: "How Should Glucose Meters be Evaluated for Critical Care?" – click here to access the full report.

Speakers:

- Cynthia Bowman, MD; Baystate Health, Springfield, MA – US;

- Sean Cunningham, PhD, EuSpLM; Dublin, Ireland.

The Role of Point-of-Care Testing in a Value-Based Healthcare Landscape Symposium will focus on the current and future role of point-of-care testing in a healthcare environment with an emphasis on value and quality of care.

Attendees will learn how point-of-care testing contributes to healthcare value through faster result turnaround time, lower testing costs, improved patient linkage to care and outcomes, and greater satisfaction for patients and healthcare providers.

Session topics will address public health and disease prevention, diagnosis and monitoring disease for the critically ill, at-home patient self-management, direct-to-consumer testing, and new/emerging technologies.

Click here to Register to the Symposium  

“The Role of Point-of-Care Testing in a Value-Based Healthcare Landscape”