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Essential requirements for clinical laboratory science

G A Fritsma¹, B J Fiorella, M Murphy

¹Clinical Laboratory Science Division, University of Alabama at Birmingham 35294-1270, USA. CLSD002@UABDPO.DPO.UAB.EDU

Clinical Laboratory Science : Journal of the American Society for Medical Technology

|December 9, 1995

Abstract

Objective:

To present a sample list of essential requirements for clinical laboratory science (CLS) education that support the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The essential requirements provide a basis for student admission and academic progress measurement.

Data Sources:

Over 700 articles have appeared in various professional and trade journals on the impact of the ADA since it was signed in 1990.

Data Extraction:

Literature review.

Data Synthesis:

The ADA prohibits discrimination against academically qualified program applicants with disabilities, and requires a list of essential requirements, distinct from academic requirements and distinct from essential functions of jobs, for each academic program. Essential requirements, also called technical standards or functional expectations, are task and attribute-based criteria that define their educational program. Applicants and students must possess or be able to achieve the essential requirements directly or through reasonable accommodations.

Conclusion:

By July 1994, all educators must have been prepared with defensible essential and academic requirements that reflect the needs of their programs, and with appropriate processes for managing applications, academic progress, and program completion that promote equal educational opportunity for qualified individuals with disabilities.

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