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Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences

Clinical Laboratory Science

CLSC7199 - DCLS Clinical Practice Residency I

Course Description

The DCLS Clinical Practice Residency Core is a three-course series, taken consecutively from the first semester of the clinical residency year, providing an in-depth, mentored specialty clinical practice experience. Students complete a one year clinical residency at an affiliated institution. The supervised clinical residency provides opportunities for students to integrate knowledge and research findings in a practice setting, to develop skills in clinical and management areas, education, research applications, and to interface with other professionals in the healthcare environment. The clinical residency includes: daily grand rounds with the interprofessional healthcare team, participation in interprofessional patient-care conferences, interaction with pathologists, clinicians, patients, medical laboratory scientists, other healthcare professionals, and hospital administrators. Experiences also include clinical laboratory science services at community outreach sites as available, and clinical laboratory administrative functions. This structured clinical practice is enhanced with additional experiences individualized for the student and the clinical institution based on identified goals and needs. Through the three course series, the student will develop competence within the specified practice areas, achieving advanced practice skills.

CLSC 7199 DCLS Clinical Practice Residency I is the first course in the series, offered in summer term, which provides the foundation experiential learning experiences to begin applying advanced knowledge and skills in laboratory diagnosis consultation and interprofessional collaboration directed to quality, cost effective patient care.

Credits/Modes of Instruction

Credits: 4

Hours: 360 hours for 12 weeks: 6 hours a day. Clinical practice at an affiliated clinical site for an average of 15 hours onsite and 15 hours offsite per week.

Prerequisites

Matriculation in the Doctorate in Clinical Laboratory Science Program (DCLS).
Completion of all DCLS pre-residency required courses.
Approval for enrollment by the DCLS program director.
Fulfilment of residency requirements as outlined in “Section 18 Clinical Residency Requirements” in the DCLS Policy Manual.

Additional Requirements: Interaction with lab administrators, pathologist, clinicians and other healthcare professionals to explore select discussion question and assignment topics may be required.

Course Goals and Outcomes:

Goals

DCLS Clinical Practice Residency I, II, and III (CLSC 7199, 7299, 7399), provide opportunities for DCLS students to draw from concepts introduced in pre-residency courses to construct interventions and testing algorithms constructed to address issues of quality, value, and patient safety relevant to their clinical sites and experiences.

Outcomes

Upon completion of the course, the student will be able to:

Provide patient-centered, customized consultation services on appropriate test selection and interpretation for the purpose of clinical decision-making among the interprofessional healthcare team and for the patient.

Identify information during clinical rounding on types of consultation opportunities appropriate for DCLS interventions and provide consultative responses

Participate in rounds in major areas: ED, ICU, CCU, Oncology, pediatrics, and others as identified by the clinical site coordinator and course faculty.

Monitor laboratory data, test utilization, and diagnostic testing processes for individual patients and populations using informatics and analytics to reduce diagnostic errors, improve efficiency, and reduce costs.
Expand consultation skills through interaction with healthcare providers and participation in inter-professional patient-care conferences

Conduct research and apply evidence to demonstrate clinical utility of laboratory tests and algorithms and to improve the quality, efficiency, and safety of the overall diagnostic testing process2.

Provide consultation related to clinical laboratory services, test selection and interpretation.

Educate health care providers, patients, their families, and the general public on the indications, best evidence, patient preparation, and interpretation of clinical laboratory testing, including home self-testing.

Develop education materials related to laboratory testing, interpretation, and compliance geared to various consumers i.e. patient, clinician, other healthcare providers

Direct laboratory operations to comply with all state and federal laws and regulations, as well as guidelines determined by professional boards of licensure, and certification/accreditation agencies.

Formulate and implement algorithms and plans related to clinical laboratory testing and services based upon current scientific rationale, evidence-based practice guidelines and standards of practice/care.

Participate in public and private health policy decision making at all organization and government levels using best evidence.

Participate in grand rounds in various areas: general medicine, clinical pathology, oncology, pediatrics, and others as identified by the clinical site coordinator and course faculty.