Actual Answers.
What types of volunteer opportunities are available to you through the CMLTA and the CSMLS? - Answer
-exam panels, President of International, Board of directors, councils/ councilor, lab con organization
What is the international organization for medical laboratory scientists and how do you become a
member? - Answer International Federation of Biomedical Laboratory Science
-be a member of CSMLS to be apart of international federation
What are some of the benefits of being a CSMLS member? - Answer -exam discount
-continuing education
-scholarships/awards
-liability insurance
-discounts for other companies
Explain the 2 ways to become eligible to write the MLT CSMLS exam. - Answer -graduate from
accredited program
-international training
What are the main roles of the CSMLS? - Answer -provide education, volunteer opportunities and
professional development
-advocate on your behalf to government and other health care groups
-offer networking and learning opportunities
What type of questions are on the CSMLS exam? Briefly describe the technique used to determine the
CSMLS pass mark? - Answer -multiple choice
-recall, application, critical thinking
-competency
-no case studies, only 4 choices
, What are 5 criteria used to determine if a job is a profession? - Answer -formal qualification (exam)
-Body of knowledge
-Ethical guidelines
-Professional organization with published papers
-Regulatory body with power to admit and discipline members
-6th: some monopoly rights
What are 5 ethical principles? - Answer Justice
Autonomy
Fidelity
Veracity
Beneficence
Who is required to be a member of the CMSLS? - Answer medical laboratory technologists and medical
laboratory assistants, and the national professional society for Canada's medical laboratory professionals
State the full name of the CMLTA. - Answer College of Medical Laboratory technologist of Alberta
Is the CMLTA the certifying or regulatory body? - Answer Regulatory body
Discuss the roles of the CMLTA? - Answer CMLTA protects and serves the public, patients, and our
Regulated Members by setting entrance to practice requirements, creating and enforcing a Continuing
Competence Program, and instituting a formal process for the adjudication of complaints of
unprofessional conduct.
What Alberta legislation sets out rules for professions, such as the right of MLTs to govern themselves? -
Answer Health Professions Act (HPA)
What is unprofessional conduct according to the Health Professions Act? What is the employers
responsibility regarding reporting unprofessional conduct? (Look under Complaints and Discipline tab.) -