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Module GLP-42 · Version 1.0

Competency Assessment and Assessment Alignment

Design workplace competency assessments that collect defensible evidence of the specific knowledge, skill, and problem-solving performance required for assigned laboratory work.

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Who this module is for

Medical laboratory scientists and laboratory educators who design, administer, or review competency assessment.

Learning objectives

  • Build an assessment blueprint that links every item or task to an objective and criticality.
  • Select direct observation, record review, challenge samples, and knowledge checks that match the capability being assessed.
  • Set and document targeted remediation and reassessment decisions when evidence is incomplete or performance is deficient.

How completion works

Mark every required section done and answer every knowledge check in those sections correctly. The final save completes the module automatically.

Sources

11 sources

  1. 1. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. CLIA Brochure: Assessing Personnel Competency, revised May 2025.

    Source note · federal guidance

  2. 2. 42 CFR 493.1451. Technical supervisor responsibilities.

    Source note · federal regulation

  3. 3. College of American Pathologists. Laboratory General Checklist, GEN.55500 Competency Assessment Elements - Nonwaived Testing (Phase II). CAP Accreditation Program, 12.09.2025 edition.

    Source note · accreditation standard

  4. 4. Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute. QMS03, Training and Competence Assessment, 4th edition.

    Source note · consensus standard

  5. 5. Kopalarek J, Morcini I, Kurpat F. Focusing on the Formative: Building an Assessment System Aimed at Student Growth and Development. Academic Medicine. 2016.

    Source note · peer-reviewed literature

  6. 6. Downing SM, Yudkowsky R, editors. Assessment in Health Professions Education. Routledge/Taylor & Francis; 2009.

    Source note · peer-reviewed literature

  7. 7. National Board of Medical Examiners. Constructing Written Test Questions for the Basic and Clinical Sciences, 6th edition. October 2024.

    Source note · professional society guidance

  8. 8. Comparison of Standard Setting Procedures to Establish Defensible Passing Standards for Clinical Skills Assessment. PMC12409087.

    Source note · peer-reviewed literature

  9. 9. U.S. Department of Justice. ADA Requirements: Testing Accommodations.

    Source note · federal guidance

  10. 10. U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Applying Performance and Conduct Standards to Employees with Disabilities.

    Source note · federal guidance

  11. 11. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Association of Public Health Laboratories. Competency Guidelines for Public Health Laboratory Professionals.

    Source note · federal guidance