title: The doctorate in clinical laboratory science: an executive summary.
abstract: This article describes, in informational bullets, the concept of the doctorate in clinical laboratory science. The intent of the article is to support the marketing of these new practitioners and to provide the conceptual frame and links to data for proposals required to implement educational programs for them.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biomedical and Radiological Technologies, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA 30912-0500, USA. ekenimer@mcg.edu
authors.forename: Elizabeth Kenimer
authors.initials: EK
authors.lastname: Leibach
mesh_terms: D019411:Clinical Laboratory Techniques / Q000592:standards; D003479:Curriculum; D004500:Education, Graduate; D006801:Humans; D017056:Medical Laboratory Personnel / Q000193:education* / Q000592:standards / Q000639:trends; D013677:Medical Laboratory Science / Q000193:education* / Q000592:standards / Q000639:trends