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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jun 22.
Published in final edited form as: Acad Med. 2016 Jan;91(1):107–112. doi: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000000817

Table 2.

Overview of U.S. Medical School’s Laboratory Medicine Curricula and Competency Assessments, 2013–2014

Survey item No. (% of 98) respondents
Yes No
Does your school periodically have a formal review of the overall laboratory medicine curriculum by laboratory medicine/pathology physicians? 41 (42) 57 (58)
Does your school periodically have a formal review of the overall laboratory medicine curriculum by a committee whose task is to evaluate the adequacy of the curriculum in this area? 26 (27) 72 (73)
Is competency in clinical laboratory medicine formally evaluated as a distinct curriculum component? 8 (8) 90 (92)
Are you aware of nationally published curricula in laboratory medicine, such as that proposed by the Academy of Clinical Laboratory Physicians and Scientists (ACLPS)? 50 (51) 48 (49)
Do you utilize nationally published curricular guidelines in the formulation of your school’s medical student curriculum? 46 (47) 52 (53)