The office laboratory in family practice residency programs.
A survey of family practice residency programs explored several aspects of the educational and clinical work of the office laboratories in residency centers. Many residency laboratories were found to have limited equipment and undertook only a few of the common procedures. Only 56 percent of residency programs had identified a specific educator for laboratory teaching. Only 15 percent or programs had established a formal curriculum in laboratory medicine. Curricula were poorly developed in the areas of quality control, equipment purchase, laboratory design, and the training of laboratory personnel. Recommendations are made for improving residency laboratories resident education in laboratory medicine.
D005194:Family Practice / Q000193:education*; D007396:Internship and Residency; D007753:Laboratories; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires