School: Medical and Health Sciences

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Clinical Laboratory Management
  • Unit Code

    ART6004
  • Year

    2017
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    1
  • Credit Points

    20
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    A/Prof Peter ROBERTS

Description

This unit will focus on the quality management of an Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) clinical laboratory and will include the calibration and assessment of precision and accuracy of essential equipment; staff training and competency records; development and maintenance of records and controlled documents; and the traceability of gametes and embryos. Implementation of internal quality control in the laboratory and participation in external quality assurance programmes will also be undertaken. All aspects of critical criteria and good practice criteria required for Certification against the current Reproductive Technology Accreditation Committee (RTAC) Code of Practice (Australia/New Zealand and International Editions) will be examined.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Evaluate the fundamental principles of quality management and accreditation as applied to ART.
  2. Critically evaluate the various methods of calibrating and verifying essential equipment.
  3. Utilise quality management techniques that demonstrate staff competency through formalised training and assessment.
  4. Implement the methods used to ensure traceability of gametes during handling, processing and culture.
  5. Apply internal quality control and external quality assurance techniques to the assessment of gametes and embryos as necessary for running an IVF clinic.
  6. Identify and critique the criteria required for Certification against the current RTAC Codes of Practice.

Unit Content

  1. Quality assurance, management and accreditation.
  2. Equipment calibration and validation.
  3. Staff training and records.
  4. Traceability of gametes and embryos.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures and seminars. Students will also attend an accredited Assisted Reproduction/Fertility clinic to observe laboratory procedures.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
AssignmentReport30%
ReportCase Study30%
ExaminationFinal Examination40%

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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School: Medical and Health Sciences

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Clinical Laboratory Management
  • Unit Code

    ART6004
  • Year

    2017
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    1
  • Credit Points

    20
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    A/Prof Peter ROBERTS

Description

This unit will focus on the quality management of an Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) clinical laboratory and will include the calibration and assessment of precision and accuracy of essential equipment; staff training and competency records; development and maintenance of records and controlled documents; and the traceability of gametes and embryos. Implementation of internal quality control in the laboratory and participation in external quality assurance programmes will also be undertaken. All aspects of critical criteria and good practice criteria required for Certification against the current Reproductive Technology Accreditation Committee (RTAC) Code of Practice (Australia/New Zealand and International Editions) will be examined.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Evaluate the fundamental principles of quality management and accreditation as applied to ART.
  2. Critically evaluate the various methods of calibrating and verifying essential equipment.
  3. Utilise quality management techniques that demonstrate staff competency through formalised training and assessment.
  4. Implement the methods used to ensure traceability of gametes during handling, processing and culture.
  5. Apply internal quality control and external quality assurance techniques to the assessment of gametes and embryos as necessary for running an IVF clinic.
  6. Identify and critique the criteria required for Certification against the current RTAC Codes of Practice.

Unit Content

  1. Quality assurance, management and accreditation.
  2. Equipment calibration and validation.
  3. Staff training and records.
  4. Traceability of gametes and embryos.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures and seminars. Students will also attend an accredited Assisted Reproduction/Fertility clinic to observe laboratory procedures.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
Laboratory WorkReport20%
ReportWritten Report40%
ExaminationFinal Examination40%

Core Reading(s)

  • (2012). Textbook of assisted reproductive techniques:Volume 1: Laboratory perspectives. (4th ed.). Online: CRC Press.
  • (2012). Textbook of assisted reproductive techniques:Volume 2: Clinical perspectives. (4th ed.). Online: CRC Press.

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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