Diplomate in Medical Laboratory Immunology Certification Examination: A New Chapter for Medical Laboratory Immunology.

Autor:	Khanolkar A; Department of Pathology, Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL.; Department of Pathology, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL., Spiczka A; American Society for Clinical Pathology, Chicago, IL., Bonfield TL; Department of Genomics and Genome Sciences & Pediatrics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH., Alexander TS; Incite Health, Inc., Doylestown, PA., Schmitz JL; Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC., Boras D; American Society for Clinical Pathology, Chicago, IL., Fong K; American Society for Clinical Pathology, Chicago, IL., Nandiwada SL; Department of Pediatrics, Section of Allergy & Immunology, Texas Children's Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX., Miller GC; *Pathology Laboratory Associates, Tulsa, OK., Tebo AE; Division of Clinical Biochemistry and Immunology, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	ImmunoHorizons [Immunohorizons] 2023 Aug 01; Vol. 7 (8), pp. 600-610.
DOI:	10.4049/immunohorizons.2300030
Abstrakt:	It is indeed a privilege to be an immunologist in what is arguably the golden age of immunology. From astounding advances in fundamental knowledge to groundbreaking immunotherapeutic offerings, immunology has carved out an enviable niche for itself in basic science and clinical medicine. The need and the vital importance of appropriate education, training, and certification in clinical immunology was recognized by the World Health Organization as far back as 1972. In the United States, Ph.D. scientists with board certification in medical laboratory immunology have served as directors of high-complexity Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments- and College of American Pathologists-certified clinical immunology laboratories since 1977. From 1977 to 2017, board certification for medical laboratory immunology was administered by the American Society for Microbiology through the American Board of Medical Laboratory Immunology examination. The American Board of Medical Laboratory Immunology examination was phased out in 2017, and in the fall of 2019, the American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP) Board of Certification (BOC) examination committee took on the responsibility of developing a new doctoral-level certification examination for medical laboratory immunology. This transition to the ASCP BOC represents a well-deserved and much-needed recognition of the rapid advances in and the highly specialized nature of medical laboratory immunology and its ever-increasing relevance to patient care. This new ASCP BOC certification is called the Diplomate in Medical Laboratory Immunology, and, as of April 1, 2023, it is now available to potential examinees. In this report, we describe the examination, eligibility routes, and potential career pathways for successful diplomates. (Copyright © 2023 The Authors.)
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