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Undergraduate education in Laboratory Medicine.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  18424266     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
The graduation of medicine is a title necessary but not sufficient to practice the medical profession. In Italy, as in other countries, Laboratory Medicine teaching is an educational area integrated with relevant pre-clinical disciplines, supporting the main medical processes of patient diagnosis, prognosis, treatment monitoring, evolution following-up, risk screening and hidden/latent condition finding. In the modern concept of core curriculum of medical students, some cardinal aspects of Laboratory Medicine should be included and precisely: test ordering, preanalytical and analytical issues, test interpreting. Such learning objectives would ultimately contribute, by a procedural/methodological approach, to the process of either correctly diagnosing or proper decision making, at the patient's benefit. The present article provides an overview of Laboratory Medicine teaching in the core curriculum of medical students in Italy, and highlights specific tasks of laboratory competencies and skills required to optimize the learning abilities of the students.
Authors:
Gian Cesare Guidi; Giuseppe Lippi
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article     Date:  2008-03-27
Journal Detail:
Title:  Clinica chimica acta; international journal of clinical chemistry     Volume:  393     ISSN:  0009-8981     ISO Abbreviation:  Clin. Chim. Acta     Publication Date:  2008 Jul 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2008-06-16     Completed Date:  2008-09-09     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  1302422     Medline TA:  Clin Chim Acta     Country:  Netherlands    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  9-12     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Sezione di Chimica Clinica, Dipartimento di Scienze Morfologico-Biomediche, Università degli Studi di Verona, Ospedale Policlinico G.B. Rossi, Piazzale Scuro 10, 37134 Verona, Italy. giancesare.guidi@univr.it
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Chemistry, Clinical / education*
Clinical Laboratory Techniques*
Curriculum
Education, Medical, Undergraduate*
Humans
Laboratory Personnel / education*
Pathology, Clinical / education*

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