RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Medical Laboratory Science Graduate Management Curriculum Development Using Managerial Survey Responses
JF American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science
JO Clin Lab Sci
FD American Society of Chemistry and Laboratory Science
SP 130
OP 139
DO 10.29074/ascls.2018000257
VO 31
IS 3
A1 Susanne Bishop
A1 Karen Honeycutt
YR 2018
UL http://hwmaint.clsjournal.ascls.org/content/31/3/130.abstract
AB A Midwestern medical laboratory science program conducted an online survey to assess current perception of supervisors/leads and managers/directors of their educational preparedness to perform 30 managerial tasks. The purpose of the survey is to collect data that will be used as one of the resources in developing the Master of Medical Laboratory Science (MMLS) curriculum. Results from the survey indicated that one-third or more felt at least well-prepared to perform training and monitor quality while greater than one-third felt at least not very well-prepared to perform other managerial tasks. These tasks included negotiating contracts, other finance tasks, and human resources (HR) tasks such as interviewing applicants, hiring employees, writing job descriptions, and evaluating employee performance. Other tasks that respondents felt not well-prepared to perform were preparation for laboratory inspection/assessment as part of regulatory compliance tasks, equipment performance, monitoring, method validation, interdisciplinary team participation, and managing projects. Investigators also surveyed managers/directors regarding their perceived and expected preparedness of newly hired/recently promoted managers to perform the same tasks. For all 30 tasks, expectations were higher than perceived performance.