Laboratory medicine education: challenges and opportunities

Laboratory medicine is experiencing rapid development and moving from the edge of medicine stage to the center of medicine. Laboratory medicine has become the component of evidence-based medicine, the pathway to translational medicine and the core of precision medicine.These recent advances have increased the challenges and opportunities for laboratory medicine education. It will be the most urgent task to us how to train innovative personnel, medical laboratory physician, genetic counselor, medical laboratory scientist and personnel needed for personalized medicine.(Chin J Lab Med, 2017, 40: 904-906) Key words: Laboratory medicine education; Innovative personnel; Laboratory physician; Counselor; Medical laboratory scientist