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Association for Clinical Cytogenetics. MEMBERSHIP LIAISON COMMITTEE (MLC). New committee NOT the new name for the JLC Represents the whole membership. Simon McCullough (Belfast) Represents: Birmingham, Cambridge, Dublin, Leicester, Newcastle, Nottingham , Cardiff. Mandeep Bahra (Oxford)
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Association for Clinical Cytogenetics MEMBERSHIP LIAISON COMMITTEE (MLC)
New committee • NOT the new name for the JLC • Represents the whole membership
Simon McCullough (Belfast) Represents: Birmingham, Cambridge, Dublin, Leicester, Newcastle, Nottingham , Cardiff Mandeep Bahra (Oxford) Represents: Cambridge (Haem), Bristol, Cardiff, Kings, Salisbury, TDL Genetics Stephen Mountford (N.W.Thames) Represents: Barts, George's, GOS, GOS (Haem), Hammersmith, Royal Marsden Suzanne McPhee (Glasgow) Represents: Aberdeen, Christie (Manchester), Dundee, Edinburgh, Inverness, LRF Philippa May (Guy’s) Represents: Leeds, Liverpool, St Mary's (Manchester), Norwich, Sheffield CURRENT MLC MEMBERS
ROLE OF MLC • Communication • Information • Promotion • Support
Communication and Information • The MLC maintains a network of contacts – one member in each UK laboratory • This network is used to disseminate professional information agreed by Council • Also used to gather information/opinions from the membership for Council • Maintain a current list of ACC members • MLC stand at Spring Conference
Promotion PROMOTE ACC MEMBERSHIP TO NON-MEMBERS • MLC and GT stands at conferences • ACC/MLC flyer (to be distributed through the MLC network of contacts)
CAREERS INFORMATION • Job profile for University Careers departments in the UK • A separate job profile has been written forthe government Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) Connexions 'jobs4u' website • Careers Fairs
SUPPORT • Training • Continuing Professional Development (CPD) • Registration
TRAINING • Organise session at the annual ACC training course to introduce new trainees to ACC and MLC • Organise sessions at conferences to assist with clarification of training and professional issues
CPD • Designed a portfolio format for maintaining CPD records • This can be found at www.cytogenetics.org.uk/mlc/cpd.htm
REGISTRATION • MLC have uploaded a sample registration portfolio to the ACC website • This can be accessed by going to the ACC website (www.cytogenetics.org.uk) • Click on “Membership Liaison Committee” then click on “Sample Registration Portfolio” • Aiming to get the sample portfolio on the Association for Clinical Scientists (ACS) website
Contacting MLC • MLC stand • mlc@cytogenetics.org.uk • Through the MLC contact in your laboratory