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• The committee has added new members including an entry-level practitioner and SMEs are
needed for the RMA resource panel
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• The RMA committees were scheduled to meet in Rosemont on May 2 , 2020 but due to the
COVID-19 concerns, the meeting has been postponed indefinitely.

Registered Phlebotomy Technician (RPT)

• Last year the RPT committee reviewed and revised the test blueprint that was completed in in
2018.
• The AMT Testing Department continues to work toward implementation of the pre-equating
methodology being incorporated into the exam form development; in line with the process
currently used for MT/MLT and RMA.
• I participated as an SRP in review of some test items. Thank you to the committee for letting me
participate with you.
• In February, AMT celebrated the first ever Phlebotomists Recognition Week!
• The RPT committee was also scheduled to meet in Rosemont on May 2, 2020 but due to the
COVID-19 concerns, the meeting has been postponed indefinitely.

Other items:

Dr. Fidler has prepared a draft application and cover letter to submit MLT examination materials to the
State of California. He has thoroughly addressed the California Code of Regulations and Conditions for
Approval of a Certifying Organization to Administer a Certifying Examination for Licensure Purposes in a
nearly 700-page document. In communication with representatives of the California Laboratory Field
Services department, AMT was informed that the application was received and has been placed into a
queue for review. AMT will be contacted when the application has been reviewed.

Congratulations to Dr. Fidler and Dr. Risk on the publication of their research: A comparison of two
alternate scaling approaches employed for task analyses in credentialing examination development.
Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, Vol. 38, Issue 1, Spring 2019, pp. 78-86

Thank you to the Testing Department for continuing the publication of the Testing Department Updates
newsletter and to Dr. Fidler for sharing his update to the Board of Directors—both of which I have
referenced for compilation of this report.

Under the direction of our exceptional AMT Testing Department, Dr. Fidler, Dr. Risk, Gina Neuhalfen,
and Molly Coe, the EQS Oversight Committee and the EQS Committees continue to do outstanding
work! Thank you all for everything you do to uphold the high standards of AMT.

Thank you to the AMT Board of Directors to allow me to serve as Chair of The EQS Oversight Committee.
It is my privilege to serve the members of AMT in this capacity.

Respectfully submitted,

Roxann Clifton, MT(AMT), MEd
EQS Oversight Committee Chair

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