Lab Medicine Rounds

In this episode of Lab Medicine Rounds, Joseph Yao, M.D., Associate Professor of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology and Medicine, and Assistant Professor of Microbiology at Mayo Clinic, discusses lessons learned from navigating the current COVID-19 pandemic.

Show Notes

Timestamps:

00:00 Intro

01:22 Why is it important for labs to learn from their COVID-19 experiences?

05:34 Did you have any other lessons learned from this experience?

8:31 How are these meetings focused on maintaining a high quality? How did you manage the rest of your workload (developing new tests, etc.)?

12:51 Have some of those lessons from the experience of how those meetings were run, is there anything that you’re taking forward that you hadn’t been doing before COVID?

14:43 What do you think about those relationships between the laboratory and physicians, what have you heard from your clinical colleagues about what they’ve come to appreciate or something that they’ve learned about the laboratory that they are now taking forward in their practice?

18:25 Through this pandemic, what’s been your joy, how have you kept your heart full so that you can continue to work as hard as you have through this pandemic?

20:47 Outro

What is Lab Medicine Rounds?

A Mayo Clinic podcast for laboratory professionals, physicians, and students, hosted by Justin Kreuter, M.D., assistant professor of laboratory medicine and pathology at Mayo Clinic, featuring educational topics and insightful takeaways to apply in your practice.