KMLTTB study plan
KMLTTB · Give each week a clear focus.
8 weeks · About 6 hours per week
Medical Laboratory Sciences Practice and Professional Regulation
Map the Domain 1 blueprint into a one-page topic inventory covering pre-analytical, analytical and post-analytical laboratory practice
Define and contrast the KMLTTB registration categories and the scope of practice attached to each
List the statutory instruments, acts and regulatory bodies that govern medical laboratory practice in Kenya and note the function of each
Build a personal glossary of 40 regulatory and practice terms with a one-line definition each
Your checkpoint
A one-page Domain 1 topic inventory plus a 40-term glossary, self-scored against the blueprint
Medical Laboratory Sciences Practice and Professional Regulation
Explain the laboratory's role in national disease surveillance and outbreak response and describe two reporting pathways
Outline biosafety levels and the waste segregation and disposal rules that apply to a clinical laboratory
Describe the specimen collection, transport, rejection and turnaround-time standards for at least six common test types
Solve 30 Domain 1 practice items and log every error with its root cause
Your checkpoint
An error log of 30 attempted items with a corrected rationale written for each wrong answer
Laboratory Ethics, Professionalism and Compliance
Distinguish the four core ethical principles and apply each to a laboratory scenario
Identify the consent, confidentiality and data-protection obligations that attach to patient results and records
Describe how to recognize and escalate a conflict of interest, a competence concern or an impaired colleague
Draft a defensible response to two ethics vignettes of the kind used in case-based items
Your checkpoint
Two written vignette responses of 250 words each, checked against an ethical decision-making framework
Laboratory Ethics, Professionalism and Compliance
Summarize the professional misconduct categories and the disciplinary process that follows a complaint
Explain whistleblowing protections and the duty to report unsafe practice
Apply a structured decision model to three compliance scenarios involving gifts, referral incentives and result alteration
Your checkpoint
A one-page misconduct and discipline flowchart plus three completed scenario analyses
Laboratory Quality Management, Validation of Reagents and Equipment
Sequence the twelve quality system essentials and state the evidence each one generates
Write a control-chart interpretation rule set covering shift, trend and random error patterns
Distinguish internal quality control from external quality assessment and state the corrective action path for each failure type
Describe the components of a document control system, including versioning and obsolescence
Your checkpoint
A control-chart rule card plus a corrective action decision tree for failed QC and failed EQA
Laboratory Quality Management, Validation of Reagents and Equipment
Plan a method verification study for a new assay, selecting the parameters and acceptance criteria appropriate to its intended use
Design a calibration and equipment maintenance schedule for four instrument classes
Explain verification versus validation and justify which applies to a modified commercial reagent
Outline an audit trail and record-retention scheme that would survive an accreditation inspection
Your checkpoint
A method verification protocol for one assay, including acceptance criteria and a sample data table
Laboratory Education, Training and Continuous Professional Development
Build a competency assessment plan that covers all four phases of the training cycle
Write three measurable learning objectives at the application and analysis level
Compare supervision and mentoring models and select one appropriate to a new laboratory technologist
Design a short teaching session with an assessment method matched to each objective
Your checkpoint
A competency assessment matrix for one bench role with at least six competencies and their evidence sources
Medical Laboratory Sciences Practice and Professional Regulation & Laboratory Ethics, Professionalism and Compliance & Laboratory Quality Management, Validation of Reagents and Equipment & Laboratory Education, Training and Continuous Professional Development
Complete a full timed mock examination under exam conditions and record the score by domain
Re-teach the two weakest domains using condensed summaries you write yourself
Review every item missed across weeks 1 to 7 and confirm each error is now explainable
Assemble a final one-page formula and definitions sheet for last-minute revision
Your checkpoint
A mock exam score report by domain with a remediation note for each weak area
Milestones
Week 2: Can state the scope of practice for each registration category and name the governing statutes without notes
Week 4: Can resolve an ethics or compliance vignette in under three minutes and justify the chosen action against a named principle
Week 6: Can write a verification protocol and a QC failure corrective action path from memory on a blank sheet
Week 7: Can explain how a competency is assessed, evidenced and re-assessed for a named bench role
Week 8: Mock exam score at or above 65 percent overall with no domain below 55 percent