ACP: The Medical Laboratory Evaluation Program

Running a Practice

MLE's Continuing Education Program

Promote Excellence in Healthcare While Advancing Your Career

Free or discounted online courses through "CEexpress" to MLE Participants and ACP Members!

Meet necessary certification and licensure requirements to help you improve the performance of your clinical lab, give patients better care, and advance your career at the same time.

LabUniversity News from our Continuing Education Partner, COLA!

The Practical Proficiency Testing on-line course, included in the Laboratory Director Program, has been replaced with a NEW and IMPROVED version!

About LabUniversity and CEexpress
ACP and MLE have partnered with COLA, the premier independent medical laboratory education, consultation, and accreditation organization, to provide continuing education via the Internet through LabUniversity, a distance learning program developed by COLA in response to the learning needs of physicians and laboratory staff. Lab University provides a convenient way to obtain laboratory training that will meet certification and licensing requirements as laboratory staff can use this service anytime, anywhere, via the Internet.

MLE’s link to CEexpress courses offer a fast and effective method for obtaining continuing education. Through CEexpress, laboratories will continue to have access to many pertinent and informational MLE laboratory articles.

Eligibility

MLE participants with Internet access can link to CEexpress courses.
The access is available to ACP members and MLE participants*.
(Indicate your ACP or MLE affiliation when you complete your Personal Information while creating your user profile).

Continuing Education Units
Whatever your educational needs, earn P.A.C.E. Continuing Education Units (CEU) through a simple process that you tailor to your schedule.

ATTENTION FLORIDA AND CALIFORNIA participants, P.A.C.E. credits comply with your state license requirements.

Meet continuing education requirements.
Enhance your laboratory knowledge.

* NOTE: The FREE resource only pertains to MLE’s CEexpress courses. ACP members and MLE participants are eligible to receive 15% discount on many LabUniversity courses.

ACCESS CEexpress HERE!

Go to CEexpress
Select a MLE CEexpress course of interest and complete the user profile
Follow the purchasing instructions

Remember to indicate your ACP or MLE affiliation when you complete your Personal Information while creating your user profile.

LabUniversity News from our Continuing Education Partner, COLA!

The Practical Proficiency Testing on-line course included in the Laboratory Director Program, has been replaced with a NEW and IMPROVED version!

This course explains Proficiency Testing (PT) in the laboratory and how it plays a key role in assuring the highest the quality of patient care while meeting the requirements of CLIA '88. Proficiency Testing is examined from a practical point of view-how to select a PT provider, how often it must be performed and for which tests, rules for performing PT, and how to analyze your scores. Documentation and record-keeping requirements are reviewed, along with tips and techniques for achieving long-term success in Proficiency Testing.

This course was revised and updated in 2006, and replaces Practical Proficiency Testing.

This course has been approved for CME and P.A.C.E.® credit. There are no prerequisites for this course.

Number of Credits	3.5
Author	Cynthia Cardelino, MLT ASCP, MT HEW
Outline	Module 1:	PT Basics
		Select a PT Provider
		Enroll in a Program
		Perform PT
		Submit Your Results
		Module 1 Quiz
	Module 2:	Review Your Scores
		Corrective Actions
		Odds and Ends
		Module 2 Quiz