TRAINING AND EDUCATION IN CLINICAL BIOCHEMISTRY IN THE UNITED-KINGDOM

In the United Kingdom, clinical biochemistry is practised by medical a nd non-medical graduates. Their training is postgraduate, led by the p rofession and has a strong vocational orientation. Although there is c onsiderable overlap between the training of medical and nonmedical gra duates, each group has a different career structure and different trai ning requirements. The training of non-medical biochemists has recentl y been restructured. Their new training programme is described in deta il; for comparison, the training of medical graduates is outlined.