CONTINUING EDUCATION

Laboratory Technician

Continuing Education for Laboratory Professionals

Focus Diagnostics established the Focus Event Center to provide high quality Continuing Education programs for laboratory professionals. Focus is accredited through P.A.C.E. / ASCLS and the state of Florida as a certified provider of CE units for laboratory professionals. Our Web-based educational seminars are designed to present current, relevant information on a number of infectious disease and other related topics. Speakers are selected for their expertise in laboratory diagnostics and excellent presentation skills.

Web-seminars

Focus Diagnostics provides continuing education Web-seminars as a value added service worth more than $300 per presentation (1 hour CE Unit) at no additional charge to our clients.

Upcoming Presentations

For a listing of our upcoming seminars, please visit the Focus Event Center.

Past Presentations

Topic Panelist Date
HSV: Diagnosis and Management Issues for the Most Prevelant STD
Pete Leone, MD, Medical Director, HIV/STD Prevention & Care Branch, Professor of Medicine, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill School of Medicine
 08.23.11
Dengue Diagnostic Testing for Case Management and Surveillance
Harold Margolis, MD, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, San Juan, Puerto Rico
 04.26.11
Pertussis: Continuing Challenges for Clinicians and the Laboratory
Jay M. Lieberman, M.D., Medical Director, Focus Diagnostics
 03.23.11
Diagnostic Testing for Influenza: Expectations for the Upcoming Season
Daniel B. Jernigan, M.D., MPH, Deputy Director, Influenza Division, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
 11.06.10
Encephalitis and Lessons Learned from the California Encephalitis Project
Carol Glaser, DVM, MPVM, MD, Chief of Encephalitis and Special Investigations Section. Communicable Disease & Response Branch. California Department of Public Health
 06.30.10
Herpes Across the Ages
Dr. David Kimberlin
 05.06.10
Molecular Diagnostic Tests That Are Becoming New Gold Standards In Infectious Disease Testing
Maurice Exner, Ph.D., Vice President, Research and Development, Focus Diagnostics
 03.04.10
What a Clinician Needs to Diagnose Pediatric Infectious Diseases
Dr. John Bradley, Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, UCSD School of Medicine, Director, Division of Infectious Diseases, Rady Children's Hospital
 12.15.09
Meeting Challenges in Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing and Reporting
Janet Hindler, MCLS, MT(ASCP), F(AAM), Senior Specialist, Clinical Microbiology, UCLA Medical Center
 11.10.09
Pandemic Influenza 2009: What Does It Mean and Will You Be Ready?
Jay M. Lieberman, M.D., Medical Director, Focus Diagnostics
 08.27.09
Respiratory Virus Diagnostics
Frederick S. Nolte, Ph.D., D (ABMM), F (AAM), Professor, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine - Director, Division of Laboratory Medicine - Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina
 06.03.09
Ticked Off - A Hazard of Summer
Wayne R. Hogrefe, Ph.D., D (ABMLI), Vice President, Clinical Trials Program, Focus Diagnostics
 06.30.09
Clostridium Difficile: Changing Epidemiology and Diagnostic Challenges
Brandi Limbago, Ph.D., Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
 04.30.09
Vaccines & Vaccine-Preventable Diseases: An Update
Jay M. Lieberman, M.D., Medical Director, Infectious Diseases, Focus Diagnostics
 04.02.09
What's the Scoop on Poop? An Update on Gastrointestinal Infections
Jay M. Lieberman, M.D., Medical Director, Infectious Diseases, Focus Diagnostics
 11.13.08
Infectious Complications of Solid Organ Transplantation: Issues for the Diagnostic Laboratorian
Michael Green, M.D., M.P.H., Professor of Pediatrics and Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Division of INfectious Diseases, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
 08.06.08