Revised: February 19, 2008 12:53 PM
 
 
 

 
CMLTO Portfolio and Activity Logs
A Joint Venture of London Health Sciences Centre and St Josephs Health Care London
 
These documents require Microsoft Word to open and modify. If you do not have Microsoft Word on your computer, you must log on to the Citrix Desktop prior to opening any of the folowing documents.
   
1 ) Cover Page
Microbiology Portfolio
2) Current State Bacteriology Bench Technologist
3) Scope of Practice Immunology/Serology Bench Technologist
4) Self Assessment Mycology Bench Technologist
5) Safety Parasitology Bench Technologist
6) Technical Knowledge & Skills   
7) Test Performance  
8) Problem Solving & Decision Making (Judgement)  
9) Section 3 Option A  
10) Professional Activity Log  
   
Files and documents courtesy of Colin Henderson (Pathology)............ Instructions courtesy of Miriam Storey (Microbiology)

Instructions for Use of Professional Activity Log

CMLTO Portfolio Tips for Option A

Before you receive your notice

You must keep up to date records of all your continuing education activities. This includes activities such as reading journals, lectures , courses. To help you do this the CMLTO portfolio forms have been added to the London Lab Services Website. Using the Citrix Desktop, you can copy the Professional Activity Log to your P: drive and maintain your records on any computer in your work area.

To save the Activity Log on your P: drive.
Note: you must be using the Citrix Desktop

1) Open Internet Explorer or Netscape and find the London Lab Services Website
2) Under Staff Information click on CMLTO Portfolio

3) Open the Professional Activity Log. The file will open up in Microsoft Word.
4) Go up to the Task Bar and under [File] choose SAVE AS. This opens a Save As window.
5) At the top of this window there is another small window labelled [Save In] Use the [down arrow] on the right hand side of this window to open it up.
It will now display all the available ‘drives’.

6) Find your P (personal) drive (it should have your name attached to it) and double click on it. The Save As window reopens displaying all the items that you have currently saved in your P drive.
7) Click Save. The Activity Log is now saved on your P drive.

To Access the Activity Log saved on your P: drive.
N.B. Again, you must be on the Citrix Desktop

1) Double Click on the Microsoft Word Icon
2) Go to File on the task bar and click on Open.This will open up a window that is labelled [Look In]. It should open directly into your P drive. If not, click on the down arrow and find your P drive from the list.

3) Select your Portfolio from the display and double click to open
4) Enter the information you wish to add.
5) Click on save

After you receive your notice

1) First, take a deep breath.
2) Then, go the CMLTO.com web page and under Publications review the Portfolio Handbook. Make sure that the documents that you will be submitting are current. At the moment you are required to submit the following : a career summary (resume) Professional development (your Activity Log) for the previous two years plus the calendar year of your audit, Scope of practice Self Assessment. This should be done at the time of your audit.

Scope of Practice
(For Microbiology only)

1) For the Scope of Practice you will need to go to the London Lab Services Website/Microbiology.You will find a current Scope of Practice for Micorbiology maintained by the “Microbiology Continuing Education Team”
2) Follow the instructions listed above to save this to your P drive.
3) Review the Scope of practice and edit or delete sections as determined by your speciality areas.

Self Assessment (Safety and Problem Solving,Decesion Making)

1) Go to the London Lab Services Website
2) Under Staff Information click on CMLTO Portfolio
3) Choose the Safety and the Problem Solving, Decision Making Forms and print these out.
4) Fill them in at the time of the audit as they should reflect your state at the time of the audit.