Form 0920-0974 Learner Feedback Survey

Introduction to Laboratory Informatics: Life of a Specimen and Life of a Result
CDC eLearning Courses Learner Feedback Survey

Introduction

Thank you for taking this voluntary survey to help us understand how well the Introduction to
Laboratory Informatics: Life of a Specimen and Introduction to Laboratory Informatics: Life of a
Result eLearning courses produced by the Division of Laboratory Systems, Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention have been serving the needs of our learners. The feedback you provide will
also inform updates to these courses and future course development.
Survey questions will take approximately 5 minutes to complete. Your responses will be
anonymous and no unique identifying information will be sought or kept. The feedback we receive
will be used by our programs in aggregate only.
Instructions
The survey contains the following two questions for each course.
1. To what extent did you apply the course knowledge and/or skills to your personal or facility's
work practices? Please respond by clicking on the button beside the option that best reflects
your opinion.
2. Please share examples, challenges or comments related to how you may have applied the
course information to your personal or facility's work practices.
Please click "next" to begin the survey.
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Learning Objectives

Learning objectives for each course are provided for your reference.
Please click "next" at the bottom of the page to proceed to the survey questions.
Introduction to Laboratory Informatics: Life of a Specimen
Recognize what laboratory informatics is and how it directly supports patient care and public health goal
Identify who plays a role in laboratory informatics and explain the purpose of each role
Identify the sequence of data and information flow within the laboratory from specimen collection/receipt to specimen storage/disposal
Recognize the importance of data quality and the factors that impact data quality
Identify the different types of data standards and the importance of using those standards
Define what a LIMS and LIS are, their capabilities, and how they differ from other systems used in the laboratory

Introduction to Laboratory Informatics: Life of a Result
Identify where and how data and results are stored inside the laboratory
Recognize how data and results are transmitted inside and outside the laboratory to stakeholders
Identify two paths that data and results can follow to impact the health of individual patients and the public
Recognize how the proper recording, coding, storage, and transmission of data and results can impact patient care and public health
Identify what data standards are used, their purpose, and components involved
Explain what Electronic Test Orders and Results (ETOR), Electronic Laboratory Reporting (ELR) and Electronic Health Record (EHR)
are and how they differ

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Life of a Specimen and Life of a Result

* 1. To what extent have you applied the knowledge and/or skills presented in the course to your personal or
your facility's work practices?
Please select the option that best describes how you have applied the course information.
If you did not complete the course, please select "I did not complete this course."

Recommended or
Reviewed my
initiated changes to personal or facility's
my personal or
work
my facility's work practices to determine
practices
if they are up to date

Improved my
awareness or
understanding of
this topic

This course did not
improve
my understanding
or provide
information relevant
to my work

I did not complete
this course

Life of a Specimen
Life of a Result

2. Please share examples, challenges or comments related to how you may have applied the course
information to your personal or facility's work practices:
Life of a Specimen
Life of a Result

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Thank You

We appreciate your feedback - thank you for your time.
When you click "done" you will exit the survey.

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