Other opportunities
Advanced Course on Diagnostics (ACDx) - Roots for Life
September 2-7, 2012
Organized by Fondation Mérieux and The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
The objectives of the course are to:
- Inform on the value of diagnosis in patient management and disease control, and the importance of building capacity in diagnostics to improve global health.
- Review and discuss diagnostic tools used in the laboratory and in disease control, elimination.
- Provide an overview of the process of diagnostic research and development and new trends in target discovery, technology and diagnostic product development.
- Address the concepts and the methods that are used while building quality assurance programmes in order to maximize the impact of diagnostics at a local, national and international level.
- Provide opportunities to forge partnerships in capacity building, product development or Introduction.
For more information and registration, please visit http://www.fondation-merieux.org/advanced-course-on-diagnostics-acdx
Implementing Quality Management in Diagnostic Laboratories: A course for laboratory managers
October 1-12, 2012
This interactive course prepares laboratory managers for the implementation of a quality management system for their diagnostic laboratories. The course will be held in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
The course is open to diagnostic laboratory managers who would like to introduce a quality management system and improve the organization and management of their laboratories.
Proficiency in English is required.
No prior exposure to quality management is needed to follow this course.
For further information and registration, please visit http://www.kit.nl/QMLabCourse
