The CLM program provides its students with those skills that can be applied to managing health care problems. Students are prepared to comprehend issues in finance, operations, personnel and marketing. In addition to preparing its graduates in four management areas, the CLM program requires its graduates to apply their learning through completion of a clinical management project under the direction of a mentor. 

Graduates of this M.S. degree program have been challenged to making management decisions throughout their coursework that can be directly applied to their management role in the clinical laboratory. This degree is intended to impact on their decision-making ability and its use within health care facilities. 

In the area of financial management, students are exposed to topics that address budgets, cost analysis, purchasing, accounting, reimbursements, inventory control, capital equipment acquisitions, billing and collection, cash flow analysis and/or contract negotiation. 

Operations management addresses topics such as quality assurancequality improvement principles, licensure, accreditation, medico-legal issues, intra- and inter-departmental relations, data processing, safety, flow charting and management of the operating facility.

In all clinical laboratories personnel management is the key to a successful laboratory. This area of study addresses issues such as: motivation, staffing/scheduling, performance standards and evaluations, counseling or disciplinary action, education, training/continuing education, the job description, wage and salary administration and negotiation.

If the laboratory hopes to perform a significant service for the community at-large, it must also explain its productivity, capacity, turn-around-time and its relationship with other local laboratories. These issues are addressed in market management. 

The CLM graduate is a person who has both the scientific and technical knowledge combined with administrative capability which is necessary for a successful management role within the laboratory setting. 

CLM Program Courses 

This 36 credit M.S. degree in Laboratory Management has three component parts: core courses (21 cr.) specialty courses in management (6 cr.) and medical biology courses (9 cr.).
That apply to the Clinical Laboratory setting in which Management is sought.

Core courses address the topics listed below. Each course is 3 graduate credits: 

1. Biomedical Statistics - HSMB 540
2. Computer Applications - HSMB 541
3. Fundamentals of Management Information Systems - GBA 517
4. Resources Management - HSMB 549
5. Quality Management for Clinical Laboratory - HSMB 647
6. Research Methodology - HSMB 703
7. Clinical Management Project - HSMB 709

Specialty courses are 3 credits each. Select 2 out of 3

1. Work, People and Productivity - MPA 708/MGT 725
2. Foundations of Budgeting & Finance in Health Administration  - HAD 603
3. Planning & Marketing in Health Care - HAD 714

Medical Biology specialty courses include 9 credits in one specialization of the laboratory-- Hematology, Immunology, Medical Chemistry, or Medical Microbiology. 

Students are expected to complete Three course at least two advanced courses at 600 or 700 level in one specialty area are required.