Lab Management University: Fundamentals

25 course on-demand certificate program covering key laboratory management concepts, ranging from essential knowledge to specialized and advanced topics.

Lab Management University (LMU) Fundamentals is a self-paced certificate program developed by an impressive lineup of medical leaders. LMU will teach you the practical, day-to-day skills needed to make your career and your lab a success.

Designed for laboratory professionals and administrators, pathologists, and residents, LMU is a flexible curriculum for people who wish to advance their management experience or are already in management and want to take it to the next level. Find out why LMU has expanded to more than 10,000 participants globally.

Product Highlights

  • Enroll anytime and finish at your own pace
  • Engaging online multimedia format
  • Learn from an impressive lineup of reputable experts in laboratory management
  • Earn 25 CME/CMLE credits
  • Receive your Laboratory Management Certificate of Completion and bolster your career standing
  • Residents: Courses correspond with many of the ACGME Milestones in Lab Management
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Upgrade to LMU Complete to receive LMU Fundamentals, LMU Advanced, and LMU Core Competencies, all for 20% off!

LMU Fundamentals

List Price

$599.00

Member Price

$499.00

LMU Complete

List Price

$949.00

Member Price

$799.00

Improve your abilities in five essential competencies and broaden your technical knowledge in critical areas:

Personnel Management

  • Identify training and certification requirements for medical laboratory sciences professionals
  • Diagnose performance problems and implement coaching best practices
  • Apply influence strategies to promote patient safety and improve patient outcomes

Operations

  • Learn about the CLSI Quality Management System (QMS) framework for the laboratory
  • Recognize the differences between implementing a commercially available and a laboratory-developed test
  • Understand competency assessment requirements for testing personnel from a regulatory and accreditation agency (e.g. CAP) perspective

Financial Management

  • Identify key strategies in pathology revenue cycle management
  • Discuss the importance of budget preparation in the context of operational planning
  • Prepare and justify a budget for a hospital or clinical laboratory

Informatics

  • Explore Digital Pathology
  • Review tips for working with inspectors
  • Understand how different LIS systems affect your laboratory

Compliance

  • List the basic elements of a model compliance plan
  • Learn the main OSHA regulations that direct a laboratory safety program
  • Understand how a Quality Management system contributes to patient safety
LMU Fundamentals