title: [Role of Medical Technologists' Training in the Future].
abstract: Tokyo University of Technology established a Faculty of Health Sciences, consisting of Departments of Nursing, Clinical Engineering, Physical Therapy, and Occupational Therapy in 2000, and established the Department of Medical Technology in 2014. Now, more than half a century after medical technologists' education started in 1959, medical technologists' training schools exist in 80 facilities, with universities making up 52 schools. On this occasion, we consider the role of medical technologists' training in the future. The role of the clinical laboratory is to provide quick, timely, and useful medical information for the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of diseases. Advances in medical technology in recent years have been marked. Today, the appropriateness of clinical laboratory services and systems is evaluated, focusing on the fulfillment of social and technical requirements, and this necessitates medical institutions to disclose their purposes and goal achievement levels. For the advancement of clinical laboratories, the process of assessing their achievements is important, which will maintain and improve reliability and promote development of the organization. Self-assessment is ongoing, and the improvement is required in clinical laboratories. Medical technologists in the future must be able to adapt flexibly to these situations. The nature of medical technologists' training is also similar, as they must acquire practical skills on-site, realize their self-growth potential, and understand that human power is important.
authors.forename: Shigemi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hosogaya
mesh_terms: D019411:Clinical Laboratory Techniques / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D017056:Medical Laboratory Personnel / Q000193:education* / Q000639:trends*