Best Practices for Equitable Training in Flow Cytometry Shared Resource Laboratories

The writing of best practices for equitable training practices in a shared resource laboratory (SRL) stems from the lack of available resources on the topic within current literature. Although SRLs have burgeoned over the past few years, and the breadth and scope of instrumentation and techniques within SRLs have expanded considerably, training within an SRL still tends to fall within equal, rather than equitable bounds. Equality of training is where students are provided with the same resources and training regardless of their background and ability, which can have detrimental effects on the learning of students that require different types of support to achieve understanding of the concepts of flow cytometry. Best practices in equitable training aim to rectify this with implementable guidelines for SRL staff.