Georgia CTSA offers Phlebotomy Training through the Georgia CTSA Clinical Research Centers (GCRCs)
Phlebotomy 101 is an introductory training to venipuncture. The two-day classroom and clinical, hands-on training teaches venipuncture. The course is offered to research coordinators quarterly.
The Phlebotomy 101 training was last held on December 13-14, 2018 led by GCRCs nurses Vani Manoharan, RN, DeBorah Rowser, RN, and Rebecca Thomas, RN. The course, now offered to Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM) and University of Georgia (UGA) faculty/staff/students, was attended by three MSM students: Sterling Brown, Shabria Amos, and Olusola Gbinigie. When asked about the training, Brown stated, “It was an amazing and informative experience.”
The next phlebotomy training will be held on March 21-22, 2019.
Georgia CTSA’s multi-site Georgia CTSA Clinical Research Centers (GCRCs) is a multilayered, flexible, and geographically distributed network created to meet the needs of translational and clinical investigators from Emory University, MSM, UGA, Georgia Tech, and Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta (Children’s). The GCRCs offers dedicated space and a variety of resources ranging from core laboratory services to a bionutrition unit to support the research process at a subsidized cost. Clinical sites, including nursing services, are located at Emory University Hospital, Grady Memorial Hospital, UGA, MSM, Children’s, and Emory University Midtown.
The Georgia CTSA is a statewide partnership between Emory, MSM, Georgia Tech, and UGA and is one of over 50 in a national consortium striving to improve the way biomedical research is conducted across the country. The consortium, funded through the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) and the National Institutes of Health’s Clinical and Translational Science Awards, shares a common vision to translate laboratory discoveries into treatments for patients, engage communities in clinical research efforts, and train the next generation of clinical investigators.