MEMBERSHIP LIAISON COMMITTEE MLC

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MEMBERSHIP LIAISON COMMITTEE (MLC)
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• New committee
• NOT the new name for the JLC
• Represents the whole membership

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CURRENT MLC MEMBERS
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ROLE OF MLC

• Communication
• Information
• Promotion
• Support

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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

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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)

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CAREERS INFORMATION

• Job profile for University Careers departments in
  the UK
• A separate job profile has been written for the
  government Department for Children, Schools and
  Families (DCSF) Connexions 'jobs4u' website
• Careers Fairs

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SUPPORT

• Training
• Continuing Professional Development (CPD)
• Registration

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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

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CPD

• Designed a portfolio format for maintaining CPD
  records
• This can be found at www.cytogenetics.org.uk/mlc/c
  pd.htm

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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

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Contacting MLC

• MLC stand
• mlc_at_cytogenetics.org.uk
• Through the MLC contact in your laboratory