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CLIA General Laboratory Competency Assessment

Patrick Barnes MA MT(ASCP)

CLIA General Laboratory touches on many subjects that are important to clinical laboratory professionals including fire safety, chemical safety, laboratory instrumentation, and test utilization. A review module allows you to learn with interactive questions and detailed feedback, and when you're ready, the competency assessment will document your proficiency and award CE credit. CLIA General Laboratory is also ideal for facilities needing to document CLIA competency for their employees.

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Continuing Education Credits

Objectives

  • To establish CLIA competency by interrogative review of general laboratory miscellaneous concepts.

Course Outline

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This course consists of two components - an ungraded review mode, which includes 150 questions and answers that will help you to quiz yourself on the included topics, and a graded competency assessment mode, which includes 40 questions selected at random from the questions included in review mode. The competency assessment component carries CE credit, but the review component does not. You'll need to complete the graded competency assessment component in order to receive the listed continuing education credit. The review component can be accessed as many times as you like, and the competency assessment component can be repeated until you reach a passing score.

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Additional Information

Level of Instruction: Intermediate

Intended Audience: Clinical laboratory science students, and medical technologists and technicians seeking review, cross training, or continuing education opportunities. It is also appropriate for medical students and pathology residents.

Course Description: This course establishes CLIA competency using an interrogatory format. An accompanying non-credit, ungraded review module prepares students for the P.A.C.E. accredited, graded course.

Author Credentials: Patrick Barnes MA MT(ASCP) is head of the hematology laboratory at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis. He has broad experience teaching medical technologists and is an expert in hematology automation.

CLIA General Laboratory Competency Assessment Keywords

These are the most common topics and keywords covered in CLIA General Laboratory Competency Assessment:

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