Competency-Based Learning Strategy for Laboratory Quality Management

Abstract

This study arises from the analysis of the lack of knowledge among second-semester clinical laboratory students regarding competency-based learning. It included the development of a competency-based learning strategy for Clinical Laboratory Quality Management. Work was focused on three specific objectives: identifying processes and procedures, developing a pedagogical and didactic strategy, and establishing efficacy indicators for quality management learning in the clinical laboratory. Criteria from various authors on the subject were considered. The methodology was explanatory-descriptive research with a cross-sectional approach. The study involved 20 second-semester students from the clinical laboratory program. The results allowed for the creation of a clinical laboratory process diagram for the pre-analytical, analytical, and post-analytical phases. Furthermore, general and specific competencies regarding quality in the clinical laboratory were identified. With these results, a proposal for didactic strategies with a competency-based approach for quality management learning was developed. In conclusion, the design of this pedagogical strategy was established, based on ICT, with video conferencing as a didactic resource that enables effective communication. The general competence was to perform analytical studies of biological samples, and the specific ones were obtaining biological samples, ensuring the quality of the analytical process, conditioning the sample for analysis, and validating the results.