TY - JOUR
T1 - Clinical molecular testing
T2 - subspecialty, entry-level or specialist certification?
AU - Lennon, Alan
AU - Hu, Peter
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - Some clinical laboratories require workers who have basic knowledge in molecular techniques (such as fluorescent in situ hybridization and polymerase chain reaction). Exclusively molecular diagnostic laboratories need workers to be competent in a variety of cutting edge molecular technologies, such as DNA sequencing, array-based comparative genomic hybridization, quantitative polymerase chain reaction, and many other techniques. Having only one certification for molecular biology at the entry level, as newly prescribed by the Board of Certification, doesn't accurately define the two very differently trained types of people these differing types of laboratories require. Creating a second molecular certification, at the specialist level, would address this issue positively.
AB - Some clinical laboratories require workers who have basic knowledge in molecular techniques (such as fluorescent in situ hybridization and polymerase chain reaction). Exclusively molecular diagnostic laboratories need workers to be competent in a variety of cutting edge molecular technologies, such as DNA sequencing, array-based comparative genomic hybridization, quantitative polymerase chain reaction, and many other techniques. Having only one certification for molecular biology at the entry level, as newly prescribed by the Board of Certification, doesn't accurately define the two very differently trained types of people these differing types of laboratories require. Creating a second molecular certification, at the specialist level, would address this issue positively.
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U2 - 10.29074/ascls.24.4.208
DO - 10.29074/ascls.24.4.208
M3 - Article
C2 - 22288217
AN - SCOPUS:84857172193
SN - 0894-959X
VL - 24
SP - 208
EP - 211
JO - Clinical laboratory science : journal of the American Society for Medical Technology
JF - Clinical laboratory science : journal of the American Society for Medical Technology
IS - 4
ER -