Pat Letendre, BSc, RT(CSMLS), MEd Pat specializes in Internet training, information retrieval and analysis, communication skills, and transfusion medicine education.
She has many years experience as an educator and clinical instructor. Pat began consulting part-time in 1996 and became a full-time consultant in May 2000. She retains an appointment as an assistant clinical professor in the Medical Laboratory Science program at the University of Alberta. Pat is the TraQ website coordinator and the webmaster for several professional organizations. See Pat's resume  She is also the founder and listowner of MEDLAB-L, the largest English-language mailing list for medical laboratory professionals with over 2400 members in 50 countries. Interview in "Listserv At Work" Communicating in the 21st Century (interview in Advance for Medical Laboratory Professionals)
Pat's U of A homepage has many resources for laboratory medicine professionals.
Selected Awards Tech Sample of the Year, American Society of Clinical Pathologists (2002) (see TraQ: Other Cases - Case O1) International Association of Medical Laboratory Technologists Dade Award for Outstanding Services to Medical Laboratory Technology (accepted in Oslo,1996) (now IFBLS) Honorary lifetime membership in the ASMLT (1996) Canadian Society for Transfusion Medicine Ortho Award (1995)
Selected Publications 2006 Chamber K, Letendre P, Whitman L. Blood Components. In: Clinical Guide to Transfusion, Clarke G, Blajchman M, eds. Ottawa: Canadian Blood Services, 2006. 2004 Letendre P. CSA Standards Z902-04:Implications and issues.  Blood Matters 2004 Jul;6(3):1-4.  2004 Letendre P. Sharing of quality resources.  Blood Matters 2004 Jan;6(1):2-3. 2003 Letendre P. Web-based resources for transfusion medicine. Blood Matters 2003 Apr;5(2):1-4. 2002 Letendre P. Web-based educational resources. An overview. Vox Sang 2002; 83 (Suppl 1):227-30. 2001 Letendre P. Search Engines - Finding What You Want. Lab Med 2001 Dec;12(32):758-61. 2000 Letendre P. Designing your own web site. AABB News 2000;22(4):9;22-3. 1999 Letendre P. Using the Internet as a research tool. AABB News; 1999 June. 1997 Letendre P. Writing a case report. Canad J Med Lab Sci 1997; 59: 142-3. 1994 Letendre P. Wakariyasui igakueigoronbun. Osaka: Iyaku Journal Company, 1994. (Japanese translation of the textbook: Letendre P. Fundamentals of Writing for the Biomedical Sciences. Division of Medical Laboratory Science, University of Alberta, 1991.) Selected Presentations 2007 The Internet: Invaluable educational tool or huge time waster? CSTM Conference, Calgary (3 May 2007) 2006 Gagliardi K, DiTomasso J, Letendre P, Urbanek A. "An analysis of the Canadian transfusion list" (Poster), CSTM Conjoint Conference , Montreal (May 2006) 2003 "The Sharing of Quality Tools," National Blood Symposium on Quality and Utilization Management, Vancouver (Nov. 26-27, 2003) 2002 "Web-based Educational Resources," ISBT World Congress, Vancouver (August 27, 2002) 2002 " Websites related to quality management and evidence-based medicine ," Quality Management in Laboratory Medicine Symposium, Michener Institute, Toronto (June 14, 2002) 2002 " Literature searches simplified ," Quality Management in Laboratory Medicine Symposium, Michener Institute, Toronto (June 15, 2002) 2002 "Competency-based Assessments Online - Where E-Learning Fits in a Quality System," CSMLS Congress, Calgary (May 22, 2002) 2000 "The Internet Advantage: Keeping Current in Research, Development, and Change," IAMLT World Congress, Vancouver 1998 "A Laboratorian's Approach to Reading Journal Articles," Clinical Laboratory Medicine Conference, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia <--Back