PMTP - Lesson 9&10

• Professional Organization - are assemblages of professionals within a particular specialization or professional field that come together for the purpose of collaboration, networking, and professional development for advancement.
• Professional Organizations:

  • Officers and members serve to promote the particular professional field that they are a part of
  • Provides opportunities for professional growth and continuing education
  • Interested individuals must pay membership fees and month or yearly dues to avail or access the benefits and services.
• APO (Accredited Professional Organization) or AIPO ( Accredited Intergrated Professional Organization) - is a requirement for hiring, retention, and sometimes for the renewal of professional licenses. It is a professional society duly PRC and PRB.
• September 20, 1964 - the first convention along with the election of officers was at Far Eastern University wherein Charlemagne Tamondong was elected as the first president of the organization.
• June 21, 1969 - the Philippine Medical Technology Act (RA 5527) was enacted into law.
• 3rd week of September - a celebration of the Medical Technology profession as declared by President Ferdinand Marcos.
• June 22, 1973 - PD 223 was approved creating the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) and PAMET was officially recognized as the only Accredited Organization (APO) of registered Medical Technologists in the Philippines.
• PAMET (Philippine Association of Medical Technologists) - the accredited professional organizations and the leading national organization for registered medical technologists in the country.
• PASMETH (Philippine Association of Schools of Medical Technology and Public Health) - the only professional organization of schools for Medical Technology/Medical Laboratory Science.
• Membership of PASMETH is also open to:

  • Deans
  • Teachers
  • Clinical instructors in CHED-accredited educational institutions offering BSMT/MLS
• • Circle - represents the continuity of learning and never-ending quest for excellence in the academic field
  • Diamond - each corner represents the objectives of the association
  • Microscope - represents the field of Medical Technology and public health

  
• 1970 - the founding year of PASMETH
• 1964 - was the first year of the first PAMET election
• Mr. Crisanto Gomez Almario - a Pharmacy graduate of the Manila College Pharmacy (Manila Central University) but worked as a laboratory technician at the San Lazaro Hospital and other laboratories and hospitals after he passed the National Board Examinations for Pharmacists.
• • Circle - symbolizes the continuous involvement where practice and education must always be integrated
  • Triangle - the trilogy of love, respect and integrity
  • Microscope and snake - symbolizes the science of the medical technology profession

  
• PAMET Letters - are green to represent the color of health
• PAMET Presidents and their significant contributions to the organization:

  A) Charlemagne Tamandog

  B) 1963-1967

  C) 1967-1970

  D) Professional recognition

  E) Felix Asprer

  F) Legislative agenda

  G) Bernardo Tabaosares

  H) 1971-1973

  I) Celebration of the practice

  J) Angelina Jose

  K) Career advocacy

  L) 1977-1981

  M) Educational Enhancement

  N) Carmencita Acedera

  O) 1982-1991

  P) Proactivism

  Q) 1997-2000

  R) International leadership

  S) Organizational dynamism

  T) Agnes Meddenilla

  U) Shirley Cruzada

  V) 2007-2012

  W) Romeo Joseph Ignacio

  X) Ronaldo Puno

  
• Benefits of Membership in Professional Organizations:

  • Professionalism
  • Education
  • Perks
  • Networking
  • Profile
  • Recognition
• Professionalism - must adhere to the set of rules or code of ethics prescribed by the professional society.
• Education - professional organizations organize Continuing Professional Development (CPD) activities for their members through conventions, seminars, fora, workshops, and other activities of similar nature.
• Perks - usually come in the form of monetary discounts on registration fees for professional development activities of the organizations.
• Types of Professional Organizations:

  • Accrediting Organizations
  • Credentialing/Certifying Organizations
  • Professional Societies
• Accrediting Organizations - accredit curricular programs in educational institutions.
• Examples of Local Accrediting Organizations for Medical Technology Schools:

  • PAASCU - Philippine Accrediting Association of Schools, Colleges, and Universities
  • PACUCOA - Philippine Association of Colleges and Universities Commission on Accreditation
• Credentialing/Certifying Organizations - provide examinations for professionals.
• Examples of International Credentialing/Certifying Agencies for Medical Technologists:

  • AMT - American Medical Technologists
  • ASCP - American Society of Clinical Pathology
  • ISCLT - International Society for Clinical Laboratory Technology
  • NCA - National Certifying Agency for Medical Laboratory Personnel
• Professional Societies - are organizations that contribute to the continued development of a specific group of professionals.
• BRAP - BioRisk Association of the Philippines
• PBCC - Philippine Blood Coordinating Council
• PCQACL - Philippine Council for Quality Assurance in Clinical Laboratories
• PSM - Philippine Society of Microbiologists
• PhBBA - Philippine Biosafety and Biosecurity Association
• AACLS - ASEAN Association for Clinical Laboratory Sciences
• AAMLS - Asia Association of Medical Laboratory Scientists
• ASCLS - American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science
• IAMLT - International Association of Medical Laboratory Technologists
• IFBLS - International Federation of Biomedical Laboratory Science
• ISCLT - International Society for Clinical Laboratory Technologists
• Professional Journals - are publications containing scholarly studies on specific professional fields.
• Charlamagne Tamondong - became the first president of PAMET