Quality Practice in a Medical Laboratory Training

Learning Outcomes

• Apply the principles of quality assurance and quality control in a medical laboratory.
• Implement standard operating procedures to ensure consistent and reliable laboratory results.
• Evaluate laboratory processes to identify areas for quality improvement.
• Demonstrate proficiency in documenting and reporting quality control data.
• Analyze non-conformances and implement corrective and preventive actions.
• Apply relevant regulatory and accreditation standards to laboratory quality practices.

Target Audience

This course is intended for medical laboratory technologists, technicians, and laboratory managers who are responsible for quality practices in a clinical laboratory environment.

Prerequisites

None — open enrollment

Course Outline

Practicals

Overview

Practical sessions are essential to apply theoretical quality concepts in a simulated laboratory environment. Learners will perform sample handling, QC analysis, equipment calibration, audit exercises, and corrective action implementation to develop hands-on competence.

Practical Activities

• Specimen Collection and Handling — Learners practice proper venepuncture, sample labelling, centrifugation, and storage procedures using simulated specimens. (6h)
• Internal Quality Control and Westgard Rules — Learners run IQC samples on a chemistry analyser, interpret QC charts using Westgard rules, and take corrective actions. (6h)
• Equipment Calibration and Maintenance — Learners calibrate a pipette, perform daily maintenance on a spectrophotometer, and record results. (4h)
• Internal Audit Exercise — Learners conduct a mock internal audit of a laboratory section using a checklist and write an audit report. (4h)
• Root Cause Analysis and CAPA — Learners analyse a given non-conformance scenario, perform root cause analysis, and develop a CAPA plan. (4h)

Summatives

Each delegate is assessed continuously throughout the course via daily exercises, scored practical assignments, and a final summative test at the end.

Practical Assignments — 30%

Practical assignments are observed and scored against a rubric during the practical sessions. Each delegate's practical mark is averaged into a single 100% score and contributes 30% to the final total.

Daily Exercises — 20%

Every training day ends with a multiple-choice exercise scored out of 100%. The scores from each daily exercise are averaged across the duration of the course to produce a Daily Average mark, which contributes 20% to the final total.

Final Test — 50%

On the last day a final summative test is written. It is a multiple-choice paper with multiple-answer questions: each question may have more than one correct option, and a single wrong selection on a question marks the entire question wrong — no partial credit. The final test is scored out of 100% and contributes 50% to the overall mark.

Final Total

Component	Out of	Weight
Practical Assignments (rubric-scored)	100%	30%
Daily Average (multiple choice)	100%	20%
Final Test (multi-answer multiple choice)	100%	50%
Final Total	—	100%

All marks are recorded on the AATICD LMS and visible to each learner under their account.

Certificate

How it works

• Certificates are auto-generated on the AATICD LMS as soon as the marks pass the 50% threshold.
• Each certificate is a branded PDF with the delegate's name, the course title, the unit standard ID, NQF level, credits, and the date of issue.
• You can download or print your certificate from your LMS dashboard at any time after issue — there's no reissue fee and no expiry date.
• If you scored under 50% you can sit the final test again at the next scheduled session at no extra cost.

Where to find it

Sign in to the LMS, open your dashboard, and your certificates appear under My Certificates. Each entry has a View / Download button and a print option.

Training Discounts

Group discounts apply automatically — the more delegates you enrol, the greater the saving. Discounts are calculated at 3% per 5 delegates, scaling up to 40% off for 100+ delegates.

Delegates	Discount
5	3% off
10	6% off
15	9% off
20	12% off
25	15% off
30	18% off
50	30% off
75	35% off
100	40% off

3% discount per 5 delegates, up to 40% off for 100+ delegates. Contact us for a custom group quote.