Description: In March, 2020, due to isolation protocols, the laboratory at Stratford General Hospital was suddenly without half of its staff. In order to maintain services, staff had to pivot rapidly and take on more tasks and unfamiliar work. Chaos took over. After everything had settled, management decided to use the crisis as a learning opportunity, and introduced the concept of "generalists" - staff who were oriented and competent in multiple disciplines, able to shift to another department or task as needed. There were endless challenges, but progress made and flexibility gained. Lessons learned and success stories will be shared.

Start date: Upon registration

Completion: Up to 52 weeks

At the end of this webinar you will be able to:

• Understand some creative ways some laboratories are attempting to address acute staffing shortages and maintain service
• Better apply some strategies to your own scheduling, learning from lessons provided in this presentation
• Understand some of the unique challenges smaller rural hospitals face on a regular basis and how they maintain services (or don't).

Speaker: Camerra Yuill Robar, BHSc MLT

Camerra grew up in Huron County, Ontario. She graduated from the University of Ontario, Institute of Technology (now Ontario Tech) with an honors degree in Health Science, Medical Laboratory Science. She worked for 10 years on the bench in a small rural hospital alliance before becoming the Technical Manager for the Laboratory program at Huron Perth Healthcare Alliance. Camerra lives with her husband and 2 kids in Perth County, Ontario. She loves hockey, the outdoors and spending time with her family and their 2 shelties.

Recorded: June 23, 2024

PEP hours: 1.0

CPS credits: 0

*Note: PEP hours and/or CPS credits will only be awarded upon successful completion of the quiz.