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TECHQAS 101
Preamble
TECHQAS is an online training and continuing education tool intended for use by biomedical scientists working in virology. Each TECHQAS scenario is a real-life clinical case submitted by one of the CVN’s specialist virology centres or units. Four distributions per year will be provided, each containing two scenarios.
Staff of CVN member laboratories are already eligible to take part in TECHQAS. If you are employed in one of these laboratories (see http://www.clinical-virology.org/pages/cvn/vir_spec/cvn-vr.html) and do not yet have a username and password for the Member’s Area, please contact the Scientific Co-ordinator (
Joy.Kean@ggc.scot.nhs.uk).
Alternatively, if you are not employed in a CVN member laboratory but would still like to participate in TECHQAS, you have the option of becoming a CVN Personal Member. Details can be found here.
Guide to TECHQAS
To use TECHQAS, first navigate to the Member’s Area login page. After logging in, select ‘TECHQAS’ from the four options provided. You will be presented with a screen similar to this:
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Screenshot 1. TECHQAS selection screen
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Click on ‘Current distribution’. You will then be asked to select which of the distribution’s two scenarios you wish to complete. After selecting one or the other, you will be taken to the scenario’s page, which will look something like this:
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Screenshot 2. TECHQAS scenario information.
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Type in your clinical interpretation of these data in the fields provided below the scenario information:
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Screenshot 3. TECHQAS response field.
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When finished, just click ‘Submit’. You have now completed a TECHQAS scenario! To confirm this, an email has been sent to you. It will look like the one below:
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Screenshot 4. TECHQAS acknowledgement email.
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This email can be used as evidence that you have completed the scenario for the IBMS’ CPD scheme. Each completed scenario is worth two points.
A demonstration TECHQAS scenario can be tried here (awaiting link).
CVN members, to go straight to a list of active TECHQAS scenarios, click here.
If you are not a CVN member, click here to find out more about the CVN’s Personal Membership scheme.
For other enquiries, please get in touch with the Scientific Co-ordinator (
Joy.Kean@ggc.scot.nhs.uk).
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Use the pop up menu below to access a laboratory in your area:
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