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Entertainment Discounts
OSMT members receive great savings as well as the best seats to popular shows and exciting attractions including discounts on movie tickets, theatre productions, amusement parks, sporting events, museums, zoos and more.
Members can view the current specials from Perkopolis (formerly Concierge Connection) and receive their corporate password on the OSMT Members Only page.
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The OSMT is
supported by the laboratory technologists and
technicians of Ontario who wish to belong to an
organization whose exclusive mandate is to serve
the medical laboratory profession. The
Society offers a diversified collection of
programs and benefits to its membership. |
Advocacy
Professional Development
Certification of Medical Laboratory
Assistants/Technicians
Professional Liability Insurance Coverage
Publications
Conferences
Hotline
Leadership Opportunities
Affinity Programs
Many of the
Society's activities focus on the laboratory profession's
ability
to adapt to the changing requirements in the
provision of laboratory services.
WHAT'S NEW
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June 29, 2009 Allied Health Professional Development Fund Continues in 2009 - 2010 For the fourth consecutive year, the government of Ontario is providing financial support for health professionals through the AHPDF. Practicing members of nine allied health professions will be able to apply for as much as $1,500 for professional development courses and programs. The purpose of the fund is to develop skills and enhance knowledge and leadership capacity among allied health professionals. This year, the fund will continue to provide grants for professional development opportunities completed between April 1, 2009 and March 31, 2010. Up-to-date information is available through the fund's website www.ahpdf.ca. If you have any questions regarding HealthForceOntario's Allied Health Professional Development Fund please feel free to contact the fund Administrator at: lsawaya@ahpdf.ca or rstas@ahpdf.ca.
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June 2, 2009
Getting Your
Professional Licence in Ontario: The Office of the Fairness Commissioner (OFC) wants to hear from you. It is doing research to gather first-hand information - from the applicant's point of view - about registration and licensing in Ontario's regulated professions. You can help: Please complete our confidential survey at www.fairnesscommissioner.ca/survey. Whether you were educated here in Ontario, in another province or territory, or in another country, your input is valuable. The Office of the Fairness Commissioner is an arm's-length agency of the Ontario government. Its mandate is to ensure that certain regulated professions have registration practices that are transparent, objective, impartial and fair. |
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March 30, 2009 MLT Scope of Practice Review The Health
Professions Advisory Council (HPRAC) has completed its
recommendations on the scope of practice for medical
laboratory technology which are covered in Chapter 5 of
HPRAC’s
report Critical Link:
Transforming and Supporting Patient Care. The
report can be accessed by linking to: The Minster has invited responses to the Critical Links report from the stakeholders, the professions and the public. While the CMLTO, OSMT, and CSMLS were all disappointed that none of our proposed changes are being recommended by HPRAC, the OSMT has a taken a somewhat different perspective of the processes and the outcomes. An explanation has been provided in a separate letter that the OSMT has sent to Minister Caplan. |
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March 4, 2009
Report of the
Commission of Inquiry on Hormone Receptor Testing released
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October 1, 2008
HealthForceOntario provides support for an The Board of Directors is pleased to announce that the OSMT has been selected as a recipient of a HealthForceOntario grant to support a project called Improved laboratory testing and proficiency for better patient care by the health professions of Ontario – a pilot project in North East LHIN. The project will result in an interprofessional symposium in Sudbury in September 2009 to facilitate transfer of knowledge amongst healthcare providers who perform laboratory functions outside the laboratory. HealthForceOntario, a human resource initiative of the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care, will provide $146,540 toward the support of this innovative project under its “Optimizing Use of Health Providers’ Competencies Fund” program. We would like
to take this opportunity to thank HealthForceOntario for
recognizing that laboratory functions and the work of laboratory
professionals are critical to quality patient care. More
information about this will be posted on the OSMT website as the
project progresses. |
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