title: The Greek way to the Register: the establishment and operation of the Register for Clinical Chemists-Clinical Biochemists in Greece.
abstract: In Greece, there is no officially organized training in clinical chemistry for scientists. The Greek Society of Clinical Chemistry-Clinical Biochemistry (GSCC-CB), following the encouragement of the EC4/RC decided to organize a voluntary Register for specialists in clinical chemistry. The following criteria for registration were defined: 1) University degree in Chemistry, Biochemistry, Biology, Medicine, Pharmacy or other relevant subject. 2) A total of 9 years of university studies and postgraduate specialization in clinical chemistry-clinical biochemistry. 3) A minimum of 4 years of postgraduate specialization in clinical chemistry-clinical biochemistry on the job. 4) The candidate must be practicing clinical chemistry-clinical biochemistry in a laboratory in a medical environment in Greece. The postgraduate specialization in clinical chemistry-clinical biochemistry includes the laboratory training and the theoretical education. The laboratory training is organized by the GSCC-CB according to the Professional Training Dossier. The theoretical education was organized in a series of 18 "Seminars" which was the content of the "Educational program" of the GSCC-CB. Successful completion of the Educational program leads to a Certificate of Competence. The Greek Register has gained equivalence with the EC4 Register and it has 218 members, more than 80 of whom are European clinical chemists.
authors.affiliation: Hormone Laboratory, Aretaieion Hospital, Athens, Greece. drizos@aretaieio.uoa.gr
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mesh_terms: D001671:Biochemistry / Q000193:education; D002624:Chemistry, Clinical / Q000193:education; D006115:Greece; D006801:Humans; D059232:Laboratory Personnel / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D012042:Registries; D012952:Societies; D000078329:Workforce