Improving Training in Laboratory Medicine

Improving training in laboratory medicine.

Recent advances in medicine and technology, combined with an ever-growing workload, have increased the demand for skilled professionals in laboratory medicine. The specific need for trained physicians and scientists raises important questions about the content of training programs and about the ideal characteristics of the human products of the training programs. Excellent recent publications i...

Education & Training in Laboratory Medicine in the United States

Education and training in pathology and laboratory medicine.

In this issue of the Journal, we begin a series of articles that address a wide variety of issues in education and training in pathology and laboratory medicine. 1 The issues of education and training are complex and become increasingly so each year. Because of this, the editors believe that publishing this series in early 2014 will provide a reference point for future assessments of efforts to...

Ethical and Professional Issues Training for Students and Staff of Laboratory Medicine

Background : Medical Laboratory plays a critical role in maintaining and promoting health. Increasing wide applications of laboratory medicine in clinical practice have highlighted specific topics in the areas of social, professional and ethical issues in the laboratory. Despite the important role of clinical lab in health system, ethical issues have been rarely discussed for clinical labs. Con...

Traceability in laboratory medicine.

BACKGROUND In patient and population samples, generation of analytical results that are comparable and independent of the measurement system, time, and location is essential for the utility of laboratory information supplied in healthcare. Obtaining analytical measurement results with such characteristics is the aim of traceability in laboratory medicine. As awareness of the benefits of having ...