MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS COMPETENCY IN CLINICAL LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS: A BASIS FOR OPTIMIZATION OF DIALOGUE BETWEEN THE CLINICAL SPECIALIST AND SPECIALIST IN LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS
Effective dialogue between the laboratory and clinical practitioners should be based on the adequate training program in laboratory medicine. This program should include obligatory laboratory medicine course at the level of undergraduate education and further postgraduate training. The postgraduate programs should be obligatory for all the clinical specialists but the content should depend on the basic specialization of the physician.