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Laboratory Medicine Best Practices (LMBP)
Module 2: Application of Laboratory Medicine Best Practices Initiative (LMBP™)
A-6 Methods for Laboratory Practitioners
Activity #WB1802
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Faculty/Credentials:
Sherese Bleechington, DrPH, MPH, CHES, Evidence-based Laboratory Medicine Fellow,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Jim Derzon, PhD, Research Leader, Senior Evaluation Specialist, Battelle Center for
Analytics and Public Health
Elizabeth K. Leibach, EdD, MS,MLS(ASCP) , SBB , Expert Consultant
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Diana Mass, MA, BS, MT (ASCP),
President Associated Laboratory Consultants
Anne B. Ranne, PhD, BS, MS, MT(ASCP),
Evidence-based Laboratory Medicine Fellow
LSPPPO
Colleen Shaw, MPH, BA, Health Scientist
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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2. Location:
URL: https://wwwn.cdc.gov/futurelabmedicine/tutorials/ (../tutorials/default.aspx)
Hardware/Software:
Computer-Internet
Materials:
None
Format:
Internet enduring – web-based
Target Audience:
Administrators, CHES certified health educators, MDs, DOs, Laboratorians, Medical students, Program
Managers, Research scientists, Industry scientists, Clinical laboratory science program educators, Health
researchers, Clinical Scientists, Others interested in laboratory quality improvement
Prerequisites:
The recommended prerequisite for module 2 is completion of module 1 - The A-6 Cycle: Review and
Evaluation Methods for Quality Improvement
Program Description:
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3. The module is designed to increase laboratory professionals and other stakeholders’ awareness of, and
competence in, the application of evidence-based principles to quality improvement (QI) projects or studies.
Objectives:
At the conclusion of the session, the participant will be able to accomplish the following:
1. Apply evidence-based principles to the design of a quality improvement project
2. Implement the Population, Intervention, Comparator, and Outcome (PICO) approach to define quality gaps
and formulate answerable questions
3. Identify opportunities to participate in the Laboratory Medicine Best Practices (LMBP™) Initiative
Contact Information:
Office of Surveillance, Epidemiology, and Laboratory Services, (404) 498-2280
Accreditation Statements:
CME: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is accredited by the Accreditation Council for
Continuing Medical Education (ACCME ) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention designates this enduring for a maximum of (1) AMA PRA
Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their
participation in the activity.
CEU: The CDC has been approved as an Authorized Provider by the International Association for
Continuing Education and Training (IACET), 1760 Old Meadow Road, Suite 500, McLean, VA 22102. The
CDC is authorized by IACET to offer (0.1) ANSI/IACET CEU's for this program.
CECH: Sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a designated provider of continuing
education contact hours (CECH) in health education by the National Commission for Health Education
Credentialing, Inc. This program is designed for Certified Health Education Specialists (CHES) and/or Master
Certified Health Education Specialists (MCHES) to receive up to <1> total Category I continuing education
contact hours. Maximum advanced level continuing education contact hours available are <0>. CDC
provider number GA0082.
Origination Date: June 12, 2013
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4. Expiration Date: June 12, 2015
Disclosure:
In compliance with continuing education requirements, all presenters must disclose any financial or other
associations with the manufacturers of commercial products, suppliers of commercial services, or
commercial supporters as well as any use of unlabeled product(s) or product(s) under investigational use.
CDC, our planners, and our content experts wish to disclose they have no financial interests or other
relationships with the manufacturers of commercial products, suppliers of commercial services, or
commercial supporters. Planners have reviewed content to ensure there is no bias.
Content will not include any discussion of the unlabeled use of a product or a product under investigational
use.
CDC does not accept commercial support.
Support/Funding:
Internally funded
Fees:
No fees are charged for CDC’s CE activities.
Method of Participation:
You may participate in the educational activity by viewing the program information above.
To evaluate this educational activity, receive a certificate/statement of credit, and/or to print-out an on-
going transcript of all your TCEOnline CE activities for credits/contact hours, please go to:
www.cdc.gov/TCEOnline (http://www.cdc.gov/TCEOnline).
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Page last reviewed: March 16, 2015
Page last updated: March 16, 2015
Content source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (http://www.cdc.gov/), CDC OPHSS CSELS DLS
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