Quality Management in Medical Biology Laboratory
Ref. 175001
Une formation innovante pour tous, partout et à votre rythme.
- Duration: 8 weeks
- Effort: 32 hours
- Pace: ~4 hours/week
- Languages: English and french
What you will learn
At the end of this course, you will be able to:
1- Be a part of the quality approach with the “Knowledge” path
- Understand the challenges of quality and the mechanisms of a quality management system
- Learn the requirements of the ISO 15189 standard on the different processes in a laboratory
- Acquire a “process approach” including proof and traceability
- Develop and apply a procedure
2- Be responsible for the quality approach with the “Skills” path
In addition to the training objectives of the Knowledge path:
- Implement and manage a quality management system
- Lead a quality approach
- Define quality indicators and an action plan
- Conduct internal audit
Key concepts: Quality approach – Continuous improvement – ISO 15189 standard – Quality Management System – Process approach – Document management – Risk assessment – Quality indicators – Internal audit
Description
Quality is defined as an laboratory's ability to provide accurate, reliable, timely, cost-effective test results so that clinicians can determine the appropriate treatment for patients. In order to achieve this objective, the laboratory needs to establish detailed processes and procedures. A Quality Management System is a set of processes organized to achieve customer satisfaction and meet specific requirements.
By completing this MOOC on “Quality Management in Medical Laboratory”, you’ll:
- Understand why quality management is imperative for a laboratory, no matter what your role is.
- Gain insights into the mechanisms of the ISO 15189 standard.
- Understand what methods and tools are needed to set up a quality management system.
In this course, you will find instructional materials covering the fundamentals of quality and explore how a quality management system impacts all of a laboratory’s processes.
Format
A MOOC is a course open to all, i.e. open to all expectations. The pedagogical team has thought about two courses in order to offer you the best flexibility in relation to your objectives: the knowledge path and the skills path.
For the time being, only the knowledge path is available in English.
The course will open on October 11. In the meantime, we are active on twitter #MOOCQualité @MerieuxFdn and on LinkedIn # InitiativeQualité. Please join us!
Are you a professional?
Any professions involved in a medical biology laboratory can benefit from an overview of quality management. Quality is a real operational and strategic asset through the sharing of skills and common practice. The implementation of a quality management system is indeed a team approach, so all the team members should share the same vision. The Quality Manager and his Quality Team have a critical role in a medical biology laboratory. This MOOC has been developed to give them the tools to manage the quality management system in their own laboratory.
Are you a student?
You intend to work in a medical biology laboratory. Follow this MOOC, it is right one for you! Extend your knowledge and demonstrate your competences to work in an accredited laboratory according to ISO 15189.
Prerequisites
Have knowledge on medical biology.
Assessment and certification
The Knowledge is oriented towards the validation of MOOC's theoretical knowledge. At the end of this course, you will be able to obtain a certificate of participation called "certificate of knowledge". To obtain this certificate, you must contact the Mérieux Foundation to access the english version of the MCQ evaluations. More details about this procedure will be available in the MOOC.
Course plan
This MOOC is divided into five sessions, each covering a specific theme:
- Session 1: Quality Basics
- Session 2: ISO 15189 standard and Quality Management System
- Session 3: Quality of laboratory processes
- Session 4: Quality of support processes
- Session 5: Managing Quality
Each session contains video resources, quizzes and other activities to help you embed your new quality management knowledge and skills.
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License
License for the course content
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You are free to:
- Share — copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format
Under the following terms:
- Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.
- NonCommercial — You may not use the material for commercial purposes.
- NoDerivatives — If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you may not distribute the modified material.
License for the content created by course participants
Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives
You are free to:
- Share — copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format
Under the following terms:
- Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.
- NonCommercial — You may not use the material for commercial purposes.
- NoDerivatives — If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you may not distribute the modified material.