Moon Jung Kim, M.D., Sunhyun Ahn, M.D., Seong-hyun Jeong, M.D., Ja-Hyun Jang, M.D., Jae Ho Han, M.D., Jong Rak Choi, M.D., and Sung Ran Cho, M.D. Department of Laboratory Medicine, Seonam University College of Medicine, Goyang; Departments of Laboratory Medicine and Hematology-Oncology, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon; SQ Laboratory, Yongin; Green Cross Laboratories, Yongin; Departmen...

This report gives a brief introduction to the Virtual Simulation Teaching Centre of Fujian Medical University School of Stomatology (VSFMUSS), China. As one of the best dental simulation laboratories in China, the VSFMUSS aims to train dental students and clinicians to be professionals who are able to provide optimal oral health care by giving them the best virtual patient care experience possi...

Minje Han, M.D., Sun-Hee Jun, M.T., Sang Hoon Song, M.D., Hyung-Doo Park, M.D., Kyoung Un Park, M.D., and Junghan Song, M.D. Department of Laboratory Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul; Department of Laboratory Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul; Department of Laboratory Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam; Department of La...

Laboratory medicine and clinical medicine are co-dependent components of medicine. Laboratory medicine functions most effectively when focused through a clinical lens. Me dical practice as a whole undergoes change. New drugs, treatments and changes in management strategies are introduced. New techniques, new technologies and new tests are developed. These changes may be either clinically or lab...

Duck Jin Hong, M.D., Keon-Han Kim, M.T., Jung Ok Kim, B.S., Jun Sung Hong, B.S., Seok Hoon Jeong, M.D., and Kyungwon Lee, M.D. Department of Laboratory Medicine, Eone Reference Laboratory, Incheon; Department of Laboratory Medicine and Research Institute of Bacterial Resistance, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul; Department of Laboratory Medicine, Gangnam Severance Hospital, Yonsei U...

Developments in "-omics" are creating a paradigm shift in laboratory medicine leading to personalized medicine. This allows the increase in diagnostics and therapeutics focused on individuals rather than populations. In order to investigate whether laboratory medicine is ready to play a key role in the integration of personalized medicine in routine health care and set the state-of-the-art know...

Jung Yoon, M.D., Hee-Jeong Youk, M.D., Jung Hee Chang, M.T., Mi-Ae Jang, M.D., Ji Ho Choi, M.D., Myung-Hyun Nam, M.D., Ji Seon Choi, M.D., and Chae Seung Lim, M.D. Department of Laboratory Medicine, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul; Department of Laboratory Medicine, Korea University Ansan Hospital, Ansan; Department of Laboratory Medicine and Genetics, Soonchunhyang University Buche...