北米の教育
近 藤 弘*1 巽 典 之*2 坂 本 秀 生*3
Bernard FERNANDES*4 Gaman MODI*5 Anne RABY*6
Education of Medical Technologists in North America
Hiroshi KONDO, PhD*1, Noriyuki TATSUMI, MD, PhD*2, Hideo SAKAMOTO, PhD*3,
Bernard FERNANDES, MD*4, Gaman MODI, FCSMLS*5 and Anne RABY, ART*6
The increasing complexity of diseases and advancing medical technologies have recently raised the number of test items and their use. This has caused each department to ask for clinical support by medical technologists, including consultation services on clinical laboratory tests in Japan. Under these circumstances, we think it is necessary to consider a Japanese education system for medical technologists to foster people with advanced ability capable in providing adequate clinical support.
It is important that we study medical technologist systems and education systems superior to than ours. Therefore, to investigate the state of the Japanese education system for medical technologists, we conducted a comparison between the medical technologist systems and education systems in foreign countries and those of Japan. The social background in which medical technologists are positioned, their scope of work, and the education systems overseas are different from Japan on many points and we were given many suggestions for what a system in Japan should be like.
[Rinsho Byori 51 : 480〜484, 2003]
*1Department of Clinical Laboratory Science, Osaka Prefectural College of Health Sciences, Habikino 583-8555
【Key Words】medical technology(臨床検査)，education system(教育制度)，curriculum(カリキュラム)，medical technologist system(臨床検査技師制度)，North America(北米)
*1大阪府立看護大学医療技術短期大学部臨床検査学科(〒583-8555 羽曳野市はびきの3-7-30)
*2四天王寺国際仏教大学社会福祉学部(〒583-8501 羽曳野市学園前3-2-1)
*3藤田保健衛生大学医学部生化学(〒470-1192 豊明市沓掛町田楽ヶ窪1-98)
*4,5Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital, 600, University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario M5G 1X5, Canada
*6Quality Management Program-Laboratory Services, Ontario Medical Association, 1510-250, Bloor Street East, Toronto, Ontario M4W 1E6, Canada
E-mail :kondo@osaka-hsu.ac.jp