| FertAid
Pty Ltd operates an international Internet site dedicated to the provision
of quality assurance and training in the Reproductive Sciences and related
medical disciplines. The site encourages all scientists in each subscribing
laboratory to participate in monthly quality assurance tasks as part of
the laboratories Internal and External Quality Activities. The site has
been operational since 2003 and has experienced steady and continual growth.
Subscribing companies include both IVF clinical laboratories and pathology
medical scientists. |
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The
site provides for you to create and manage an Internal QC group comprising
all your laboratory staff with your or any nominated staff member as QAP
supervisor. Once your QAP group has enrolled in one or more QA schemes,
all your staff are able to participate. The advantages of this approach
is that you are able to
- Manage
an Internal QC on critical sample identification
- Manage
your staff performance in an external environment
- Manage
your staff over multiple laboratories
- Develop
information to calculate Uncertainty of Measurements
- Develop
Staff Competency in the areas of the QA scheme.
- Allow
staff to monitor their own performance as they participate providing
both assessment and education capabilities
- Allow
staff to develop a set of performance reports for their own CV.
- Allow
staff to participate either at a professional level for QA assessments
or at a student or training level for training and initial review roles.
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| The
site provides QA schemes in Andrology, Embryology and Ultrasound at present
plus several other free schemes that may assist in education and training.
These schemes use the same format as the QA schemes and are participant
driven. |
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| In
2006, there are a number of professional development schemes available.
These include a Journal club using Human reproduction, Case Scenario and
Risk Assessment, Terminology modules and Monthly crosswords for a bit of
fun. These use the same tools as QAPonline and are available as part of
your professional development process for accreditation. |
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| One staff member is nominated as the Group supervisor. The supervisor mau join new staff members, enroll staff in schemes, review adn generate reports online for the groups activities and for each laboraory within the group. There are structured reproting modules for accreditation and other free form interrogation modules to drill down the groups or each staff members activities and performance. All reporting is dynamic and current. |
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| Once
you have registered, initial housekeeping includes a request to save your
logon code and password (these have also been mailed separately) for your
return visits. If you forgot them you can also select lost password and
your codes will be sent to your last e-mail address. The second housekeeping
suggestion is that there is a detailed
online tutorial that you should read before proceeding. Thirdly, QAPonline
is always under review and there is a constant number of minor improvements
to the site. |
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| You
have registered as part of a QAP Group. The quality assurance schemes that
your company has subscribed to are displayed when you select Company
from the upper menu. You will need to enroll in each scheme one at a time
indicating both your level of professional expertise and a professional
society that you support. These schemes are then available at all times
from the Schemes icon |
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| Currently
you have not joined a QAP group. If you are part of a subscribing group
and need to join it, you should select Add My Name to a QAP Group
and use the unique clinic code obtained from your QAP Supervisor. |
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you wish to create a new QAP group with you as the QAP Supervisor the select
Create a New QAP Group |
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are a number of free scheme, either early versions of current schemes or
draft versions of future or miscellaneous schemes. You may join any you
wish by selecting JOIN and then Free schemes. |
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| All
QA schemes operate in the same manner so that once you have mastered one
scheme, all the other schemes are similar. The site has been engineered
such that after each unit of question, you may review your performance.
As such, the site achieves one if its primary aims - that of quality assessment
and self improvement and education. So enroll in a scheme, select the scheme
and then a monthly task and see how you get on. |
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| If
you require further information or assistance, please contact Dr James Stanger
on office@fertaid.com |
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| Dr
James Stanger PhD |
| Director |
| FertAid
Pty Ltd |
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