Pacific Paramedical Training Centre
Training Courses 2008

The Pacific Paramedical Training Centre is pleased to be able to provide you with the schedule of courses which are going to be held here at the PPTC in Wellington during 2008.

As you will be aware the PPTC has been operating for over 25 years and is one of the few Centres in this region providing short-term training courses for Health Laboratory Technicians from the Pacific, South-East Asia and other areas within the WHO Western Pacific Region. In addition to these formal courses, the PPTC can also arrange placements in appropriate laboratories for specialized or refresher training programme in any Medical Laboratory Science discipline.

Hematology and Blood Cell Morphology
April 2008
This course will provide trainees with guidelines for the objective microscopic evaluation of white cells, red cells and platelets in both health and disease. Trainees will learn to correlate the blood film findings with results obtained from manual and / or automated methods for red and white cell parameters.
The origin of all blood cells will be discussed from the common stem cell through all stages of development. The course is designed to give trainees confidence in the examinations of blood films and to be able to recognize the abnormal findings in common blood cell disorders.

Blood Bank Technology
September 2008
This course will include units of study covering the theoretical and practical aspects of the following topics; routine blood grouping, blood group antigens, cross-match techniques, antibody detection, transfusion reactions, haemolytic disease of the newborn, screening blood for infectious agents, blood donor selection, organization of the blood bank and the appropriate use of blood components in transfusion medicine.

Online Distance Learning Courses
Early in 2008 a Laboratory Management and Quality Systems course will be available to senior laboratory staff through the Pacific Open Learning Health Net (POLHN) - http://courses.polhm.org. Throughout the year other courses will also be offered utilizing this website.
It is anticipated that we will repeat the five (5) modules leading to the Certificate in Medical Laboratory Technology and in addition other courses are being planned for offering through the POLHN website. Check with your POLHN coordinators and the POLHN website to keep up to date with these courses.

For further information contact:
PPTC, P O Box 7013 Wellington, New Zealand
Telephone: 64 4 389 6294
Fax: 64 4 389 6295
Email: pptc@pptc.org.nz
Website: www.pptc.org.nz