Continuous Quality Improvement in Clinical Laboratory (5cr)

Objectives (course unit)

Student is able to evaluate and develop clinical laboratory work by using national and international quality guidelines, standards and evidence based knowledge.

Content (course unit)

• National and interntational quality quidelines and standards of clinical laboratory work, and evidence based knowledge.
• Requirements of quality management system and models of quality management
• Medical laboatories. Requirements for quality and competence
• Methods of quality control in clinical laboratory work
• Audit and accreditation
• Quality development of activity and processes

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1-2) (course unit)

Satisfactory 1-2
The student is able to use standards and evidence based knowledge and understand their significance in the evaluation and development of operations.

Assessment criteria, good (3-4) (course unit)

Good 3-4
The student is able to apply national and international quality guidelines and standards for clinical laboratory work as well as evidence based knowledge in the evaluation and development of operations.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5) (course unit)

Excellent 5
The student evaluates and develops clinical laboratory work by utilizing national and international guidelines, standards, and evidence based knowledge.

Location and time

Online education

Exam schedules

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Assessment methods and criteria

Clarity and justification of the purpose and aims of the development task
Knowledge base
Conclusions and discussion
Relevance to working life and usability of results
Quality of references, use of references and application to the development task
Structure, form, and layout of the development task

Assessment scale

0-5

Teaching methods

Lectures as well as various independent and group assignments.

Learning materials

Look at Metropolia Moodle

Student workload

135 hours

Content scheduling

Pre-test
Self-directed work with publications
Submission date for topic of your development task
Summary of the course literature
Self-directed work with development task
Lectures
Tutoring
Submission date for development task
Presentation of the development tasks and peer-review

Completion alternatives

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Practical training and working life cooperation

The development task is carried out in connection with working life.

International connections

The study module includes international literature as learning material, and some of the students are international.

Further information

FOR BIOMEDICAL LABORATORY SCIENTISTS ONLY