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Volume:
Biochimica Clinica 2018; 42(3) 247-262
Pubblicato on-line:
July 26, 2018
DOI:
10.19186/BC_2018.044
Il Syllabus EFLM per la formazione post-laurea per specialisti in Medicina di Laboratorio: versione n 5 (2018)
AUTORI
1Blood Sciences, Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust, Harrogate, UK
2Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Royal London Hospital, London, UK
3Department of Haematological Diagnostics, Medical University of Bialystok, Bialystok, Poland
4Clinical Biochemistry Department. Hospital de la Santa Creui Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain
5Aretaieio University Hospital, Athens, Greece
6Institute for Clinical Chemistry, Medical University Hannover, Hannover, Germany
7Institute for Laboratory Medicine, RegionaleKliniken Holding RKH GmbH, Ludwigsburg, Germany
8Laboratorio Analisi, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milano, Italy
9Clinical Biochemistry Department, Cork University Hospital, Wilton Cork, Ireland
10Department of Laboratory Diagnostics, University Medical Centre Maribor, Maribor, Slovenia
11Biomedical lab, Nicosia, Cyprus
12Department of Clinical Chemistry, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden
13Department of Laboratory diagnostics, University Hospital Centre Zagreb, Croatia
14Department of Physiology, Biochemistry, Microbiology and Laboratory Medicine, Vilnius University, Faculty of Medicine, Vilnius, Lithuania
15Institute of Laboratory Medicine, Slovak Medical School, Bratislava, Slovakia
16Clinical Laboratory, St. Anna Hospital, Geldrop, the Netherlands
17Department of Clinical Biochemistry and Haematology, University Hospital, Pilsen, Czech Republic
18Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Biology, Research Institute of the University of Bucharest, Romania, CALILAB Romania
19Laboratory Medicine, Bolton NHS Foundation Trust, Bolton, UK
ABSTRACT
The European Federation of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine syllabus for postgraduate education and training for Specialists in Laboratory Medicine: version 5 – 2018. Although laboratory medicine practise varies across the European Union’s (EU) member states, the extent of overlap in scope is such that a common syllabus describing the education and training associated with high-quality, specialist practise can be identified. In turn, such a syllabus can help define the common set of skills, knowledge and competence in a Common Training Framework (CTF) for non-medical Specialists in Laboratory Medicine under EU Directive 2013/55/ EU (The recognition of Professional Qualifications). In meeting the requirements of the directive’s CTF patient safety is particularly enhanced when specialists seek to capitalise on opportunities for free professional migration across EU borders. In updating the fourth syllabus, the fifth expands on individual discipline requirements, new analytical techniques and use of statistics. An outline structure for a training programme is proposed together with expected responsibilities of trainees and trainers; reference is provided to a trainee’s log book. In updating the syllabus, it continues to support national programmes and the aims of EU Directive 2013/55/EU in providing safeguards to professional mobility across European borders at a time when the demand for highly qualified professionals is increasing in the face of a disparity in their distribution across Europe. In support of achieving a CTF, the syllabus represents EFLM’s position statement for the education and training that underpins the framework.