PATH 565 Clinical Laboratory Management

An overview of laboratory management, focusing on management projects, to provide opportunities to apply management theories and principles. Incorporation of the ASCP Leadership Institute modules will provide students a recognized certificate upon completion.

Credits

3

Offered

Fall

Outcomes

1. 1. Apply basic management concepts, functions and styles.
2. 2. Identify the roles and skills associated with being a good manager.
3. 3. Discuss leadership communications and decision making in the laboratory setting.
4. 4. Discuss human resources management in the laboratory.
5. 5. Identify features of Laboratory Information Systems (LIS) and describe the selection process.
6. 6. Explain the management of financial resources.
7. 7. Apply management principles to regulations and laboratory safety.
8. 8. Explain the features of quality assurance and quality control systems and apply management principles.
9. 9. Explain critical pathways and clinical decision processes.