From the Department of Pathology, University of Utah School of Medicine and ARUP Laboratories, Salt Lake City;
Immunology Laboratory, Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD;
Am J Clin Pathol. 2014 Oct;142(4):437-44. doi: 10.1309/AJCPX25MFWNEYRIG.
Clinical laboratory immunology affects practically every aspect of medicine. Accordingly, appropriately trained, board-certified clinical laboratory immunologists are key contributors to the diagnosis and management of patients with various immune-mediated conditions. This review highlights the availability of postdoctoral level training programs for clinical laboratory immunology and identifies possible career tracks.
Fundamental elements for doctoral level clinical laboratory immunologists are identified and the critical components of diagnostic immunology training as well as career opportunities in and out of academia are described.
Relative to other disciplines in laboratory medicine, little emphasis has been given to clinical laboratory immunology in medical, graduate, and postgraduate training. Formal postgraduate fellowship programs and board certification examinations are available, yet there remains a significant lack of awareness in the medical education community about the value and necessity of training in this field.
It is anticipated that sharing this knowledge will increase awareness of the discipline of clinical laboratory immunology at the postdoctoral level with implications for the practice of laboratory medicine.
临床实验室免疫学几乎影响到医学的各个方面。因此，经过适当培训并获得委员会认证的临床实验室免疫学家是诊断和治疗各种免疫介导疾病患者的重要贡献者。本综述强调了临床实验室免疫学博士后水平培训计划的可用性，并确定了可能的职业发展轨迹。
确定了博士级临床实验室免疫学家的基本要素，并描述了诊断免疫学培训的关键组成部分以及学术界内外的职业机会。
相对于实验室医学的其他学科，临床实验室免疫学在医学、研究生和研究生培训中重视程度较低。虽然有正式的研究生研究金计划和委员会认证考试，但医学教育界对该领域培训的价值和必要性的认识仍然严重不足。
预计分享这些知识将提高对临床实验室免疫学博士后水平的认识，对实验室医学的实践产生影响。
