MLT3160 LABORATORY OPERATIONS/MANAGEMENT/EDUCATION
This course provides an overview of daily operations in a medical laboratory. Topics include organizational hierarchy, leadership styles, staffing and budgeting concerns, employee competency and performance improvement, hiring and training new employees, writing and implementing new procedures, and cost analysis and validation studies for new procedures or equipment. Education techniques and terminology, team building strategies, compliance to safety and regulatory issues, research design, dynamics of healthcare delivery systems, career development, ethics, and professionalism are also examined.