MCE5200 · Laboratory quality management

Overview

This unit provides you with a detailed understanding of how to establish and equip an IVF laboratory and the quality control and quality assurance practises required to run an effective IVF service. New insights into the quality management framework for an embryology laboratory will allow you to understand and develop techniques for continuous quality improvement in their future workplaces, and to achieve ambitious goals. Knowledge gained in this unit is readily transferable into other areas of laboratory and research activities. You will have the opportunity to visit IVF laboratories during a designated 'work experience' week and observe how they operate, what techniques are used and which services are offered. A report and an informal presentation (not assessed) on their site visit will enable you to share their experiences and compare the differences in techniques and practices between clinics.

Offerings

Assessment

The Handbook does not list a final examination among the assessment items. That is not a guarantee there is none.

Assessment details may change. Please refer to the assessment information in Moodle closer to the start of the teaching period.

Requisites

The Handbook lists no prerequisite, corequisite or prohibition for this unit.

Learning outcomes

1. Apply key concepts of total quality management in an ART laboratory setting
2. Justify the selection and validation of equipment for an ART laboratory
3. Design an ART laboratory considering personnel, equipment and layout
4. Propose solutions when laboratory troubleshooting is initiated
5. Describe how sample and patient witnessing is integrated into the IVF laboratory
6. Evaluate national and international guidelines and regulation for ART practice

Workload

Six hours of teacher directed study per week, including ~three hours of lecture content and ~three hours of tutorials. Twelve hours of self-directed study per week = 18 hours per week over a 6-week period

Student experience, not official rules. Nothing here changes what the Handbook says.