About Education and Training Committee

Members
The terms of reference

Members

Name Contact
Chair
Elizabeta Topic
second term 2011-2013
Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry
University of Zagreb
Chair of the HDMBLM Committee for Congresses and International Collaboration
Boskovicena 18
10000 Zagreb – Croatia
Tel.: +385-1-2325921
Tel.: +385-1-4828133
Fax: +385-1-4828133
Mobile: +385-91-3445001
E-Mail: elizabeta.topic@gmail.com
Member
Damien Gruson
second term 2013-2014
Laboratory Medicine
Cliniques Universitaires Saint Luc
Avenue Hippocrate 10
1200 Bruxelles – Belgium
Tel.: +32-27646747
Fax: +32-27646930
Mobile: +32-473261081
E-Mail: damien.gruson@uclouvain.be
Member
Grazyna Sypniewska
First term: 2013-2014
Collegium Medicum
Nicolaus Copernicus University
Sklodowskiej-Curie 9
85-094 Bydgoszcz
Poland
Tel.: +48 52 585 40 46
Fax: +48 52 585 36 03
Mobile: +48-603-993906
E-Mail: odes@cm.umk.pl
E-Mail: grazynaodes@interia.pl

Terms of reference

The Education and Training Committee will provide EFLM members with improvement, science and education within the field of clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine. To follow general goals of EFLM, E&T will work towards to improve patient outcomes, patient care quality and safety through the highest standards of laboratory medicine by covering topics such as educational principles and methods, quality management, utilization and cost-effectiveness of laboratory measurements and observations.
The work of the Committee will encompass involvement in and promotion of educational activities directed towards the customers of laboratory medicine services, both clinicians and patients by organizing educational programmes, workshops, courses and exchange programmes. Through these activities E&T will:

  • assist in transfer of knowledge in all areas of the profession
  • help implement new diagnostic strategies
  • strengthen consultation and collaboration among different groups of healthcare providers
  • strengthen consultation role and guide laboratory professionals to function optimally
  • produce and ensure the quality of EFLM educational documents
  • respond to the needs of EFLM members in education and management skills
  • identify current problems in education and management practices and provide solutions and guidelines on how to overcome them

The Education and Training Committee is responsible for coordinating the activities of the E&T working groups and ensure the working groups communicates and interfaces with EB and committee chairs.

Downloads

Education & Training – Report.pdf