LMU Fundamentals
Lab Management University (LMU) is a self-paced certificate program that improves competency in laboratory management, with customizable options for all skill levels.The customizable LMU Fundamentals program lets you choose 25 out of 40+ on-demand courses covering all key management concepts. Topics range from essential knowledge to more specialized and advanced topics.
Upon completion, you will earn your certificate in laboratory management and be fully qualified to move on to LMU Advanced.
Course Area Highlights
Hone your skills covering five core competencies and expand your technical understanding in key areas.
- Personnel Management
- Identify training and certification needed for medical laboratory sciences professionals
- Diagnose performance problems and implement coaching best practices
- Understand delegation and effective communication skills
- Apply modern elements of management theory
- Learn essential elements for strategic planning
- 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
Pricing
LMU Fundamentals
List Price: $599
ASCP & APF Members: $499
LMU Complete
List Price: $949
ASCP & APF Members: $799
How to Enroll in LMU
- Click “Add to Cart” on the LMU product page.
- Log into your ASCP account or create a new account.
- Confirm the correct member or non-member price.
- Click “Checkout.”
- Enter your payment information to complete your purchase.
How to Access LMU Online
- Log into your ASCP account.
- On My ASCP home page, click the Education icon and view LMU.
- Browse the available LMU courses.
- Select the items you wish to access.
LMU Advanced
The LMU Advanced program offers 10 courses on advanced laboratory management topics, plus an innovative 15-credit Portfolio Development course. You'll be guided through the creation, setup and deployment of your own web-based professional portfolio.
Upon completion, you will also earn your advanced certificate in laboratory management.
Course Area Highlights
Hone your skills covering five core competencies and expand your technical understanding in key areas.
- Personnel Management
- Develop effective mentoring skills for all technical and administrative levels within your organization
- Operations
- Apply workflow analysis methods to improve lab processes
- Financial Management
- Review the use of the strategic planning process in budget preparation
- Informatics
- Understand how to design, validate, and implement auto-verification rules using CLSI guidelines
- Compliance
- Learn to develop an individualized quality control plan
Pricing
LMU Advanced
List Price: $599
ASCP & APF Members: $499
LMU Complete
List Price: $949
ASCP & APF Members: $799
How to Enroll in LMU
- Click “Add to Cart” on the LMU product page.
- Log into your ASCP account or create a new account.
- Confirm the correct member or non-member price.
- Click “Checkout.”
- Enter your payment information to complete your purchase.
How to Access LMU Online
- Log into your ASCP account.
- On My ASCP home page, click the Education icon and view LMU.
- Browse the available LMU courses.
- Select the items you wish to access.
Overview
ASCP is proud to collaborate with the American Pathology Foundation (APF) to develop and deliver a variety of courses to further your skills and knowledge in laboratory management. Through these comprehensive education resources you can achieve your career goals and improve the performance of your lab.Courses
Created for pathologists, residents and laboratory professionals, LMU is a customizable program for individuals planning on moving into management positions, or who are in the management realm and want to bolster their experience. Discover why LMU has already grown to over 12,000 participants worldwide.
The Core Competencies of LMU
The Lab Management University (LMU) Program is a certificate program focusing on the five competencies of lab management:
- Personnel Management
- Financial Management
- Operations
- Informatics
- Compliance
LMU Core Competencies Package
Are you looking for discipline specific training in just one or two core areas and not the full Lab Management University offering? Or do you want to try a taste of LMU before you buy the complete Fundamentals package? Then the LMU Core Competencies Sample Pack is the ideal offer for you.
Flexible and customizable, LMU was created for everyone, including those who are either currently in or aspiring to be in leadership positions in the lab. Available course options covering varying skill sets and experience levels teach Lab Professionals, Pathologists, and Pathology Residents alike the practical skills needed to elevate their careers.
Course Area Highlights
The LMU Core Competencies Sample Pack for ASCP Members only and allows you to sample the incredible content available in LMU by creating a customized package. Pick from any of the five core areas:
- Personnel Management
- Operations
- Financial Management
- Informatics
- Compliance
Pricing
2018 LMU Core Competencies Package
ASCP Members: $50
How to Enroll in LMU
- Click “Add to Cart” on the LMU product page.
- Log into your ASCP account or create a new account.
- Confirm the correct member or non-member price.
- Click “Checkout.”
- Enter your payment information to complete your purchase.
How to Access LMU Online
- Log into your ASCP account.
- On My ASCP home page, click the Education icon and view LMU.
- Browse the available LMU courses.
- Select the items you wish to access.
LMU Focus
Looking to advance your skills in a particular area? LMU FOCUS is a great new way for non-supervisory Laboratory Professionals and other lab staff to concentrate on discipline specific training courses contained in the individual modules of Lab Management University.
Pick a complete distinct module from any of four LMU Fundamentals competency areas that contains all the courses, ranging from essential knowledge to more specialized and advanced topics, in a specific discipline.
Earn upto 1.5 CME/CMLE Credits per course.
Course Area Highlights
Personnel Management
• Identify training and certification needed for medical laboratory sciences professionals
• Diagnose performance problems and implement coaching best practices
• Understand delegation and effective communication skills
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
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
Pricing
All purchasers of LMU FOCUS have the option to receive a full credit toward the purchase of LMU Fundamentals should you decide to upgrade. You can exercise this option at any time within one year of purchase.
LMU Focus
Price is based on the number of courses in each module.
List price per course: $27 | Member price per course: $23
Personnel Management
7 courses
List Price: $189 I Member Price: $161
Financial Management
5 courses
List Price: $135 I Member Price: $115
Compliance Management
5 courses
List Price: $135 I Member Price: $115