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Proficiency Testing
Course Price: $349
Target Learner:
Laboratory Managers
Course Description:
Proficiency Testing introduces the principles, objectives, and practical application of proficiency testing within testing and calibration laboratories. Rather than presenting proficiency testing as simply an accreditation requirement, this course explains how interlaboratory comparisons strengthen confidence in measurement quality and provide objective evidence of laboratory competence.
Participants learn how proficiency testing programs are designed, how assigned values and performance statistics are established, how results are interpreted, and how laboratories investigate unexpected outcomes. The course explores z-scores, En values, performance evaluation, corrective action, root cause investigation, statistical interpretation, and the relationship between proficiency testing, measurement uncertainty, and continual improvement.
Learners also discover how proficiency testing complements internal quality control activities by providing an external perspective on laboratory performance and measurement capability.
Key Topics
- Standards and Documents Associated with Proficiency Testing
- Related Basic Statistics
- Proficiency Testing Schemes (with examples)
- Data Interpretation
Hours to Complete: 10
LEUs Awarded: 1
Prerequisites: None
Equipment - Materials: This e-learning course requires internet access to complete. Proficiency testing calculator tool is provided with course materials.
