title: The new Italian course of post-graduate education in laboratory medicine.
abstract: Clinical biochemistry has undergone a dramatic transformation in the last decade, with the introduction of new technologies, instrumentation and methodologies. The educational program of the postgraduate training should allow the students to achieve knowledge and skills to work and supervise a laboratory department in a hospital or health service institution. Here we describe the proposed revision of the postgraduate training in the Italian system, focusing on educational goals as well as mandatory professional activities.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, University of Rome Tor Vergata, via Oxford 81, Roma, Italy. giorgio.federici@uniroma2.it
authors.forename: Giorgio
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Federici
authors.forename: Sergio
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bernardini
mesh_terms: D001671:Biochemistry / Q000193:education*; D002624:Chemistry, Clinical / Q000193:education*; D019411:Clinical Laboratory Techniques; D004503:Education, Medical, Graduate; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D017056:Medical Laboratory Personnel / Q000193:education*