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The newsletter of the Minnesota State Society of American
Medical Technologists
MINNESOTA NEWS07 | 01SPRING 2017
VOLUME ISSUE
President’s Letter A WARM SPRING GREETING to the
members of the Minnesota State Society of AMT!
Let me start out by introducing myself to anyone who may not
know who I am. My name is Clara Boykin, MT, and I am the State
President and Editor for the Min-nesota State Society of AMT. I
also want to inform everyone of the other officers of the State
Society: Nilam Patel, MT, Vice President; Chai Xiong, RMA,
Secretary;
and Mai Lee Yang, RMA, Treasurer. Thank you all for
volunteering, and also thanks to our Board Members.
We are looking forward to many upcoming events. Join us in
Duluth, Minnesota, May 3-6, 2017, for the Collaborative
Meeting with eight different health professional groups. The
meet-and-greet event will be Thursday, May 4. We would love to see
some of the Min-nesota AMT members in attendance.
Our National Meeting will be in Kansas City, Missouri, July
9-13, 2017,
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CLARA BOYKIN, PRESIDENT
IN THIS ISSUE ...President’s Letter ________ 1
Council lor’s Message _____ 2
MN AMT Leadership _____ 2
2017 Clinical Laboratory Collaborative ____________ 3
Upcoming Events ________ 3
79th Educational Program and National Meeting _____ 4
Photo taken by Bobak Ha’Eri
AM
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www.americanmedtech.org
Disclaimer: Opinions expressed in this newsletter are not
necessarily reflective of those held by American Medical
Tech-nologists (AMT).
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BEV CHRISTIANSEN, COUNCILLOR
Councillor’s MessageHELLO, ALLIED HEALTH PROFES-SIONALS and
members of the Great Lakes District of American Medical
Tech-nologists!
My name is Bev Chris-tiansen, RMA. I work full-time in a family
practice
clinic, and I have been president of the Iowa State Society of
Medical Technologists (ISSAMT). My husband, Dave, and I also
operate a family corn and soybean crop production farm. I am
honored to be appointed Great Lakes District Councillor, and I
would like to thank the members of the Iowa State Society for their
support and encouragement to apply for this position.
First and foremost, I would like to give a big shout out to
Clara Boykin, MT, for her years of dedication to American Medical
Technologists and the Great Lakes District! She has fulfilled her
nine-year term limit, but we will still see her as she is the new
president of the Min-nesota State Society. Thank you for your
service, Clara.
Please welcome Tammy Santee and Debbi Pitts, the new Iowa and
Indiana State Society presidents.
In this newsletter, you will find the email addresses of each
person involved at the state level for AMT. They can help you and
answer your questions about AMT. If you have a question, please
ask!
The latest news for American Medical Technolo-gists and Allied
health professionals is AMT centralized banking. I would like to
congratulate all the states who
have gotten on board so quickly. As of January 1, 2017, 36 of
the 38 states were either enrolled or in the process of becoming
enrolled with AMT centralized banking. The states report it has
been a smooth transition.
This spring, there are two weeks that honor AMT disciplines:
• Dental Assistants Week, March 5–March 11. If there isn’t a
Dental Assistant in your society, ask one to join!
• Medical Laboratory Professionals Week, April 23–April 29. Let
them know how much they are appreciated! The 79th AMT Educational
Program and National
Meeting will be held from July 9–13 at the Interconti-nental
Hotel in Kansas City, Missouri.
Please see the flyer at www.americanmedtech.org, and be sure to
take advantage of the early-bird registra-tion fee of $225.00
before May 1. Please call or email your AMT state officers and/or
your AMT state board members to learn how you can represent your
state at the AMT National Meeting and earn CEUs.
You may text or leave a voicemail for me at 641- 425-9809. I
will return your text or call as soon as I am able. You may also
email me at any time.
Bev Christiansen, RMA - AMT Great Lakes District Councillor
[email protected]
AMT is THE CHOICE for Allied health professional
certification!
PRESIDENT/LEGISLATIVE CHAIR & EDITORClara Boykin, MT1023
Dayton Ave.St. Paul, MN [email protected]
VICE PRESIDENTNilam Patel, [email protected]
SECRETARY Chai Xiong, RMA
TREASURERMai Lee Yang, RMA
JOB INFORMATION/ NLW & NMAWOpen
GREAT LAKES DISTRICT COUNCILLORBev Christ iansen,
RMA641-425-9809bevchrist [email protected]
BOARD MEMBERSHeather Herring, MT, RMALesa El l iot, RMA
2016-2017 MINNESOTA STATE SOCIETY LEADERSHIP
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UPCOMING EVENTS
Clinical Laboratory Collaborative - MAY 3–5, 2017 - Duluth,
Minnesota
AMT National Meeting - JULY 9–13, 2017 - Kansas City,
Missouri
Board and Business Meeting - SEPT. 25, 2017 - Location TBD
2017 Clinical Laboratory Collaborative
REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN for the 2017 Minnesota Clinical
Laboratory Collaborative Meeting in Duluth!
All registration is online; you are still able to pay by check
or use a PO number. The address for sending a check or PO is listed
at the end of the registration form.
Here’s a preview of some of the sessions:• Wednesday - Digital
Cell Morphology: Improving the Efficiency, Quality and Con-
nectivity of the Hematology Lab, Including Esoteric Case
Studies• Thursday - Behind the Scene in the Immunohematology
Reference Lab: A Case
Study Approach.• Friday - A Superior Microbiology Report: New
Efforts in Combating Antibiotic
Resistance and Interesting Micro Case StudiesThursday is student
day! It’s a great place for supervisors and managers to come
and
do some recruiting! On Friday, there are one-hour sessions as
well as half-day work-shops available in the morning and
afternoon.
Bring your friends and lab mates. The best part of the meeting
is networking and seeing old lab friends! See you in Duluth!
at the Intercontinental Hotel at the Plaza. Check out the AMT
website for all the information. We highly recommend early
registration because of the great discount; the deadline is May 1.
Our fall meeting will be the last Monday in Sep-tember. At this
meeting, we will review 2017 and plan for 2018.
Please consider getting involved in your state society. If you
have any questions, do not hesitate to contact me.
Clara Boykin, MT - State President,
[email protected]
President’s Letter from page 1
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