@article {Bishopascls.120.002238, author = {Susanne Bishop and Karen Honeycutt}, title = {Medical Laboratory Science Undergraduate Management Curriculum Development Using Practitioner Reported Job Tasks}, elocation-id = {ascls.120.002238}, year = {2020}, doi = {10.29074/ascls.120.002238}, publisher = {American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science}, abstract = {A Midwestern medical laboratory science program (MLS) conducted an online survey, as part of a larger national study, to assess what specific management skills staff-level MLS practitioners were performing as part of their job. The survey provided data that helped guide management-related curriculum development. Participants self-reported how often (i.e., often, sometimes, never) they had been asked, as part of their staff-level job, to perform a list of 30 managerial tasks. Frequently performed tasks (i.e., percentages represent both the often and sometimes responses) included train laboratory staff (88\%); perform or participate in equipment/method validation (82\%); prepare for/participate in laboratory inspection/assessment (82\%); ensure compliance of regulations/standards (76\%); monitor quality via quality indicators (64\%); investigate standard operating procedure (SOP)/policy deviations (65\%); analyze/review inventory data (65\%); plan, measure, and evaluate process improvement projects (61\%); develop competency assessment materials (61\%), revise or write policies and procedures (61\%); and participate in interdisciplinary teams (61\%). Least performed tasks identified included: hire new employees (2\%), prepare a laboratory/department budget (3\%), perform a SWOT analysis (5\%), negotiate vendor contracts (8\%), write job descriptions (8\%), determine productivity (11\%), and perform a cost analysis (14\%). The reported descriptive statistics helped distinguish between frequently and infrequently performed tasks, and develop managerial curriculum for an undergraduate and graduate MLS program. The staff-level practitioner rarely performed financial and human resource (HR) so these tasks became the focus of the graduate-level management curriculum.}, issn = {0894-959X}, URL = {https://clsjournal.ascls.org/content/early/2020/01/20/ascls.120.002238}, eprint = {https://clsjournal.ascls.org/content/early/2020/01/20/ascls.120.002238.full.pdf}, journal = {American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science} }