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EC4 European Syllabus for Post-Graduate Training in Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine: version 3 – 2005

  • Simone Zerah , Janet McMurray , Bernard Bousquet , Hannsjorg Baum , Graham H. Beastall , Vic Blaton , Marie-Josèphe Cals , Danielle Duchassaing , Marie-Françoise Gaudeau-Toussaint , Aimo Harmoinen , Hans Hoffmann , Rob T. Jansen , Desmond Kenny , Klaus P. Kohse , Ursula Köller , Jean-Gérard Gobert , Christine Linget , Erik Lund , Giuseppe Nubile , Matthias Opp , Mario Pazzagli , Georges Pinon , José M. Queralto , Henrique Reguengo , Demetrios Rizos , Thomas Szekeres , Michel Vidaud , Hans Wallinder and European Communities of Clinical Chemistry, EC4 Register Commission
Published/Copyright: September 21, 2011
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Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (CCLM)
From the journal Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (CCLM) Volume 44 Issue 1

Abstract

The EC4 Syllabus for Postgraduate Training is the basis for the European Register of Specialists in Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine.

The syllabus:

  • Indicates the level of requirements in postgraduate training to harmonise the postgraduate education in the European Union (EU);

  • Indicates the level of content of national training programmes to obtain adequate knowledge and experience;

  • Is approved by all EU societies for clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine.

The syllabus is not primarily meant to be a training guide, but on the basis of the overview given (common minimal programme), national societies should formulate programmes that indicate where knowledge and experience is needed.

The main points of this programme are:

  • Indicates the level of requirements in postgraduate training to harmonise the postgraduate education in the European Union (EU);

  • Indicates the level of content of national training programmes to obtain adequate knowledge and experience;

  • Is approved by all EU societies for clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine.

  • Knowledge in biochemistry, haematology, immunology, etc.;

  • Pre-analytical conditions;

  • Evaluation of results;

  • Interpretations (post-analytical phase);

  • Laboratory management; and

  • Quality insurance management.

The aim of this version of the syllabus is to be in accordance with the Directive of Professional Qualifications published on 30 September 2005.

To prepare the common platforms planned in this directive, the disciplines are divided into four categories:

  • Indicates the level of requirements in postgraduate training to harmonise the postgraduate education in the European Union (EU);

  • Indicates the level of content of national training programmes to obtain adequate knowledge and experience;

  • Is approved by all EU societies for clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine.

  • Knowledge in biochemistry, haematology, immunology, etc.;

  • Pre-analytical conditions;

  • Evaluation of results;

  • Interpretations (post-analytical phase);

  • Laboratory management; and

  • Quality insurance management.

  • General chemistry, encompassing biochemistry, endocrinology, chemical (humoral), immunology, toxicology, and therapeutic drug monitoring;

  • Haematology, covering cells, transfusion serology, coagulation, and cellular immunology;

  • Microbiology, involving bacteriology, virology, parasitology, and mycology;

  • Genetics and IVF.

Keywords: clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine; postgraduate education; professional qualifications; quality
Corresponding author: Dr. Simone Zerah, Laboratoire d'analyses de biologie médicale, 7 rue Raymond Lefebvre, 93170 Bagnolet, France, SFBC, EC4 Register Committee, Bagnolet, France
Published Online: 2011-9-21
Published in Print: 2006-1-1

©2006 by Walter de Gruyter Berlin New York

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https://doi.org/10.1515/CCLM.2006.021
Keywords for this article
clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine; postgraduate education; professional qualifications; quality

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