title: The holistic approach to teach laboratory medicine.
abstract: Laboratory diagnostics has undergone relevant changes in organization and complexity, providing new opportunities and risks. The skill and expertise required for laboratory professionals to fulfil the need of a continuously evolving scenario in diagnostics embrace now a variety of scientific, managerial and organizational issues. Translating into clinical practice new insights from basic science, particularly regarding omics, requires construction of a new and complex core curriculum for laboratory professionals. In addition, the integration of different areas of diagnostics within the same laboratory service is expected to improve efficiency and effectiveness.
authors.affiliation: Sezione di Chimica Clinica, Dipartimento di Scienze Morfologico-Biomediche, Università degli Studi di Verona, Italy. giancesare.guidi@univr.it
authors.forename: Gian Cesare
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Guidi
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lippi
authors.forename: Mario
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Plebani
mesh_terms: D002624:Chemistry, Clinical / Q000193:education*; D019411:Clinical Laboratory Techniques; D006694:Holistic Health; D006801:Humans; D017056:Medical Laboratory Personnel / Q000193:education*