title: Education and training in clinical biochemistry.
abstract: The knowledge and the experience necessary for a clinical biochemist are expounded by a review of the many considerations and steps necessary to select the proper method for an analytical task in a given hospital laboratory. Evaluation of the type of medical need; selection of the best component to illustrate the pathophysiological disorder; choice between existing methods and their modifications; importance of specificity, sensitivity, accuracy, reproducibility, speed, economy; problems of staff, reagents, equipment. Some conclusions are drawn regarding content and form of education and training.
mesh_terms: D001671:Biochemistry / Q000193:education*; D002624:Chemistry, Clinical / Q000193:education*; D019411:Clinical Laboratory Techniques; D004503:Education, Medical, Graduate; D006801:Humans