Education in Laboratory Medicine : An Issue of Clinics in Laboratory Medicine

The medical laboratory requires innovative technologies to provide timely information to increasingly busy physicians.

The laboratory may become the most frequently used - and the most important - source of diagnostic information in medicine.

At this juncture in laboratory medicine, it is vital to understand the direction of education for the various roles in the field.

Contents include: Teaching Medical Students the Discipline of Laboratory Medicine; The Medical Student MD/PhD Pathway to a Career in Laboratory Medicine; The Physician-Scientist Track in Laboratory Medicine; The Goals of Resident Training in Laboratory Medicine: An Overview; Innovative Didactic Methods in Laboratory Medicine Resident Teaching; Assessing Resident Competency in Laboratory Medicine; The RISE Examination: A Resident Teaching and Evaluation Tool; Education of the PhD Laboratorian; Training in Microbiology; Training in Hematopathology; Training in Laboratory Management, and the MD/MBA in Laboratory Medicine.