Professional Issues II

Catalog description

This course comprises units of study on research design and management. The units are taught throughout the entire length of the program. The unit on research design emphasizes the fundamentals of research terminology, sampling, and measurement as well as the comparison of research design and analysis practices. The unit on management includes the preparation of managerial principles, budget considerations, laboratory safety practices, and quality assurance, quality improvement and total quality management as applied to the pre-analytical, analytical, and post- analytical components of the laboratory environment.