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Continuing Education

COLA Lab and MLE CEexpress

Meet continuing education requirements.
Enhance your laboratory knowledge.
Let Your Mind Soar.

LabUniversity®: COLA’s Laboratory Director Program

The qualifications you need to become a lab director may surprise you. There is much more than having MD, DO, or another degree after your name. A physician needs to meet specific education and experience requirements before directing a moderate complexity laboratory. That's where COLA's Lab Director Program is an invaluable resource. The COLA Lab program covers all of the topics required by Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).

MLE CEexpress

An exclusive benefit for MLE participants and ACP members that can be used by everyone in your lab. MLE CEexpress is a quick and easy way to get the continuing education you need, at your convenience, 1 hour at a time.

MLE CEexpress Course List

MLE CEexpress 1: Blood Cell Identification
MLE CEexpress 2: Teaching Patients to Check Blood Sugar
MLE CEexpress 3: Urine Sediment Refresher
MLE CEexpress 4: Waived Testing—Doing it Right
MLE CEexpress 5: Urine Culture Basics
MLE CEexpress 6: Evaluating Red Blood Cells
MLE CEexpress 7: Personnel Training and Competency Assessment
MLE CEexpress 8: Introduction to Bloodborne Pathogens
MLE CEexpress 9: Bloodborne Pathogen Safety in the Lab
MLE CEexpress 10: Clinical Microscopy
MLE CEexpress 11: Dipstick Urinalysis

To Access CEexpress Anytime, Anywhere, Via the Internet: Contact MLE for instructions.

About LabUniversity® and CEexpress

MLE and ACP 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. LabUniversity® 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. COLA is approved as a provider of continuing education programs in the clinical laboratory sciences by the ASCLS P.A.C.E. Program. FLORIDA and CALIFORNIA P.A.C.E. credits comply with your state license requirements. MLE participants are also eligible to receive 15% discount on many other LabUniversity® courses.

Questions About COLA Lab or CEexpress?

Call MLE at 1-800-338-2746, option 5
or e-mail us at mle@acponline.org

Page updated: 11-14-11

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