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About Amber Tuten

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Amber Tuten
Blackshear, GA 31516
229-226-1621 ext. 1007 (P)
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Amber Tuten, CLS Program Director

Departments

Faculty
Math & Science

Summary

  • Vocational Education Master's Degree with 11 years education and administrative experience
  • Bachelor's Degree - Armstrong State University with 19 years (on the bench) laboratory experience
  • 21 graduate hours in chemistry
  • Experience includes:

             -- Teaching CLT and CLS students in a clinical and classroom setting

             -- Teaching non-majors General Chemistry, Survey of Organic and

                 Organic Chemistry students in classroom and laboratory settings

             -- Program director for CLT program (10 years) including curriculum

                 design and development, budgets, accreditation.

             -- NAACLS accreditation paper reviewer and site visitor since 2003

             -- Development and management of online courses

             -- Supervision of 6 allied health programs and 4 certificate programs

Licensure and Certification

  • Medical Technologist by ASCP - 1992
  • Medical Laboratory Technician by ASCP - 1984
  • Clinical Laboratory Director by NCA - 2003

Experience

  • 2007 to present     Assistant Professor - Thomas University
  • 2003 to 2006         Director of Allied Health - Okefenokee Technical College
  • 1998 to 2006         Program Director MLT Program/Chemistry instructor - Okefenokee Technical College
  • 1994 to 1998         Assistant Lab Manager/LIS Coordinator - Satilla Regional Medical Center
  • 1987 to 1994         Medical Technologist - Satilla Regional Medical Center
  • 1983 to 1987         Medical Laboratory Technician - various hospitals and clinics

Presentations

"Clinical Chemistry in Review" (2009) Georgia State Society of American Society of Clinical Laboratory Science Conference.