title: Apheresis Medicine education in the United States of America: State of the discipline.
abstract: Apheresis Medicine is a medical discipline that involves a variety of procedures (based on the targeted component to be removed or collected), indications (therapeutic vs. donation), and personnel (operators, management, and medical oversight). Apheresis services are accredited and/or regulated by a number of agencies and organizations. Given the complexity and the heterogeneity of apheresis services, it has been particularly challenging to formulate educational goals and define curriculums that easily cover all aspects of Apheresis Medicine. This review summarizes the current state of the discipline in the United States of America, and some of the challenges, strategies, and resources that Apheresis Medicine educators have used to ensure that Apheresis Medicine educational programs meet the health care needs of the relevant population within regulatory and accrediting entity frameworks.
authors.affiliation: Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, United States. Electronic address: monibea@uw.edu.
authors.forename: Monica B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Pagano
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, United States.
authors.forename: Gay
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Wehrli
authors.affiliation: Transfusion and Apheresis Medicine Services, Department of Pathology, Baystate Medical Center, Baystate Health, Springfield, MA, United States.
authors.forename: Darlene
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Cloutier
authors.affiliation: Transfusion and Apheresis Medicine Services, Department of Pathology, Baystate Medical Center, Baystate Health, Springfield, MA, United States.
authors.forename: Eileen
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Galvin Karr
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI, United States.
authors.forename: Ileana
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Lopez-Plaza
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, Columbia University, New York, NY, United States.
authors.forename: Joseph
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Schwartz
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, University of Massachusetts Medical School-Baystate, Springfield, MA, United States.
authors.forename: Chester
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Andrzejewski
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, United States.
authors.forename: Jeffrey L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Winters
authors.affiliation: Departments of Pediatrics and Pathology, George Washington School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC, United States; Department of Coagulation, Quest Diagnostics Nichols Institute, Chantilly, VA, United States.
authors.forename: Edward C C
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Wong
authors.affiliation: Bloodworks Northwest, Seattle, WA, United States.
authors.forename: Yanyun
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.affiliation: Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States.
authors.forename: Nicole D
authors.initials: ND
authors.lastname: Zantek
mesh_terms: D001781:Blood Component Removal / Q000379:methods*; D004501:Education, Medical; D006801:Humans; D014481:United States
keywords: Apheresis medical education; Curriculum; Milestones; Training programs