The LMI curriculum outlined below is designed to provide scientists with a more formative education. It is organized under the categories of leadership; management; health, safety and security; best practices; and integrity and compliance.
Leadership
- Vision
- Mission
- Goal setting
- Strategic planning
- Creativity and innovation
- Communication and marketing
Management
- People (conflict resolution, mentoring)
- Money (budget)
- Time
- Materials
- Facilities
- Project
- Quality
- Information
- Risk
- Diversity
- Waste
Health, Safety & Security
- Employees
- Laboratory animals
- Human subjects
- Environment
- Emergency preparedness
- Lab security
- Lab hygiene
Best Practices
- Documentation
- Laboratory notebooks
- Training records
- Equipment maintenance/use
- Standard operating procedures (SOPs)
- Quality assurance/control
- Good laboratory practices (GLPs)
- Environmentally sound (green) practices
- Calibration/validation/verification
Integrity & Compliance
- Authorship
- Research misconduct
- Academic freedom
- Ownership
- Policies and procedures
- Regulations
- Technology transfer
- Conflicts of commitment/time
- Conflicts of interest
- Intellectual property
- Patents/copyrights/trademarks
- Contractual requirements
- Societal responsibilities
- Controlling for bias
- Stewardship of resources
- Collaboration and collegiality
