Training as a clinical chemist
Although laboratory tests of patient samples are usually required to be provided personally by a medical laboratory, the entire provision process involves further professions such as medical-technical assistants. Natural scientists, e.g. clinical chemists trained in laboratory diagnostics, are also frequently involved at the management level alongside medical practitioners. Due to modern laboratory automation and computer technology, the current work environment of an academic laboratory specialist is highly technological. Specialist knowledge of pre-analytics to post-analytics processes, including - according to RiliBÄK - modern quality management knowledge, is absolutely necessary. In addition to the various analysis options for early disease detection, diagnosis and therapy management, findings have to be interpreted and differential diagnostic references established.
The Continuing Education Commission of the DGKL, whose members are appointed by the DGKL executive committee, has defined examination guidelines and compiled these into a catalogue of topics for clinical chemists. This catalogue is based on the European EFLM Syllabus, the most recent version of which was published in 2018. Recognition as a clinical chemist takes place through an oral examination before the DGKL Examination Commission. Details can be found in the Guidelines and in the Rules of Procedure of the Commission for Continuing Education in Clinical Chemistry.
The five-year training course to become a clinical chemist requires a university degree either in medicine (approbation) or in a scientific course of studies (diploma or M.Sc. in chemistry, biochemistry, biology or a comparable subject). If possible, the comparability of a degree should have been confirmed by the Continuing Education Commission at the beginning of the continuing education period with the completed registration. At least four years in total must be completed at a clinical chemistry laboratory recognised as a training centre under the direction of a laboratory head authorised for further training. A further year of further training can also take place at another diagnostic or scientifically active laboratory and may be recognised accordingly by the Continuing Education Commission.
The DGKL offers an annual one-week revision course in Hannover to support examination preparations.
| Dr. med. Michaela Adam | MVZ Labor München GmbH |
| Prof. Dr. med. Parviz Ahmad-Nejad | Helios Universitätsklinikum Wuppertal |
| Dr. med. Borros Arneth | Uniklinikum Gießen-Marburg, Standort Gießen |
| Dr. rer. nat. Manuela Bastian | Universitätsklinikum Rostock |
| Prof. Dr. med. Matthias Bauer | Klinikum Ludwigshafen |
| Dipl. Chem. Ekkehart Bauer | Medizinisches Labor Dresden/ Elsterwerda |
| Prof. Dr. med. Hannsjörg Baum | RHK Regionale Kliniken Holding Ludwigsburg |
| Prof. Dr. med. Thomas Bertsch | Klinikum Nürnberg |
| Dr. med. Lutz Binder | Universitätsklinikum Göttingen |
| Dr. med. Katrin Borucki | Universitätsklinikum Magdeburg |
| Prof. Dr. med. Korbinian Brand | Medizinische Hochschule Hannover |
| Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Burkhardt Brandt | Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein (Kiel) |
| Dr. rer. nat. Jessica Brehm | MVZ Labor Dessau GmbH |
| Dr. rer. nat. Thomas Brinkmann | Labor Lademannbogen MVZ Hamburg |
| Prof. Dr. med. Jens Brümmer | Städtisches Klinikum Karlsruhe |
| Prof. Dr. med. Ralph Burkhardt | Uniklinikum Regensburg |
| Prof. Dr. med. Triantafyllos Chavakis | Uniklinikum Dresden |
| Dr. med. Rainer Dannenberg | MVZ Labor Dessau GmbH |
| Prof. Dr. Dr. med. Thomas Demant | Krankenhaus Dresden-Friedrichstadt |
| Dr. rer. medic. Thomas Eller | Labor Krone, Bad Salzuflen |
| Dr. rer. medic. Rainer Findeisen | Oberlausitz Kliniken, Bautzen |
| Dipl. Chem. Uwe Fistler | Synlab, Städtisches Klinikum Brandenburg |
| Dr. rer. nat. Manfred Fobker | Universitätsklinikum Münster |
| Prof. Dr. Dr. Norbert Gässler | St. Bernward-Krankenhaus, Hildesheim |
| Prof. Dr. med. Jürgen Geisel | Universitätsklinikum des Saarlandes /Homburg/ Saar |
| Dr. rer. nat. Wolfgang Gerhard | MDI Laboratorien GmbH, Berlin |
| Dr. rer. nat. Heinz-Detlef Gremmels | Klinikum Niederlausitz, Senftenberg |
| Prof. Dr. med. Axel Gressner | Labor Wisplinghoff, Berlin |
| Dr. med. Olav Gressner | Labor Wisplinghoff, Köln |
| Prof. Dr. med. Hans Jürgen Groß | Universitätsklinikum Ulm |
| Prof. Dr. med. Gerd Hafner | Evangelisches Klinikum Bethel, Bielefeld |
| Dr. rer. nat. Wolfgang Hein | Univeritätsklinikum Köln |
| Dr. rer. nat. Torsten Hoff | Klinikum Bremen-Nord, Bremen |
| Prof. Dr. med. Walter Hofmann | Städtisches Klinikum München |
| Prof. Dr. med. Matthias Imöhl | Universitätsklinikum RWTH Aachen |
| Prof. Dr. med. Berend Isermann | Universitätsklinikum Leipzig |
| Dr. rer. nat. Nicole Jachmann | MVZ Dr. Eberhard & Partner, Dortmund |
| Prof. Dr. med. Ralf Junker | Uniklinikum Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel |
| Dr.Dr. med. Michael Kiehntopf | Universitätsklinikum Jena |
| Dr. rer. nat. Andreas Klatt | Universitätsklinikum Köln |
| Prof. Dr. med. Cornelius Knabbe | Herz- und Diabeteszentrum NRW, Bad Oeynhausen |
| Prof. Dr. Dr. med. Klaus-Peter Kohse | Klinikum Oldenburg |
| Dr. rer. nat. Bernhard Kraus | Universitätsklinikum Halle/Saale |
| Prof. Dr. med. Karl Lackner | Universitätsklinikum Mainz |
| Dr. rer. nat. Claus Langer | Zentrum für Labormedizin und Mikrobiologie, Essen |
| Dr. med. Irmhild Lehmann | Labor Dr. Staber & Kollegen, Klipphausen |
| Prof. Dr. med. Peter Luppa | Klinikum rechts der Isar der TU München |
| Dr. med. Diethard Müller | MVZ Labor Ravensburg Dr. Gärtner |
| Dr. Dr. med. Dieter Münstermann | Labor Krone, Bad Salzuflen |
| Prof. Dr. med. Matthias Nauck | Universitätsklinikum Greifswald |
| Dr. rer. nat. Stefan Neubeck | Carl-Thiem-Klinikum Cottbus |
| Prof. Dr. med. Michael Neumaier | Universitätsklinikum Mannheim |
| Dr. med. Andreas Nockher | Uniklinikum Gießen-Marburg, Standort Marburg |
| Dr. med. Klaus-Martin Otte | Medilys Laborgesellschaft mbH, Hamburg |
| Prof. Dr. med. Dirk Peetz | Helios-Klinikum Berlin-Buch |
| Prof. Dr. med. Andreas Peter | Zentrallabor des Universitätsklinikums Tübingen |
| Dr. med. Detlev Heinrich Petersen | Diakonissenkrankenhaus Flensburg |
| Dr. rer. nat. Thomas Plecko | Katharinenhospital Stuttgart |
| Dr. med. Andreas Pöge | Klinikum St. Georg Leipzig |
| Dipl. Chem. Torsten Praße | Klinikum Landkreis Löbau-Zittau, Zittau |
| Prof. Dr. Dr. med. Thomas Renné | Universitätsklinikum Hamburg |
| Prof. Dr. med. Harald Renz | Universitätsklinikum Marburg |
| Dr. rer. nat. Mohab Sabbagh | MVZ Clotten, Freiburg |
| Dr. rer. nat. Michael Schaab | MVZ Labor Dr. Reising-Ackermann, Leipzig |
| Dr. med. Sven Schimanski | Klinikum Bayreuth |
| Dipl. Chem. Hans-Otto Schmudlach | MVZ Westmecklenburg Schwerin |
| Dipl. Chem. Karin Schöneborn | Carl-Thiem-Klinikum Cottbus |
| Prof. Dr. med. Peter Schuff-Werner | MDI Laboratorien GmbH, Berlin |
| Dr. med. Gudrun Stamminger | Zentrum für Diagnostik, Chemnitz |
| Prof. Dr. med. Rudolf Tauber | Charite Universitätsmedizin, Virchow Klinikum Berlin |
| Prof. Dr. med. Daniel Teupser | Universitätsklinikum München |
| Dr. rer. nat. Florian Thieme | Uniklinikum Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Lübeck |
| Dr. rer. nat. Peter Thorausch | MVZ Cottbus |
| Dr. rer. nat. Gottfried Töpfer | Med Lab Görlitz |
| Prof. Dr. med. Michael Torzewski | Robert-Bosch- Krankenhaus Stuttgart |
| Dr. med. Josef van Helden | MVZ Stein und Kollegen, Mönchengladbach |
| Dr. med. Lothar Volbracht | Universitätsklinikum Essen |
| Dr. med. Martin Volkmann | MVZ Labor Volkmann / Sankt Vincentius- Kliniken, Karlsruhe |
| Dr. med. Hans Günther Wahl | Medizinisches Labor Wahl, Lüdenscheid |
| Dr. med. Rüdiger Walscheid | MVZ für Laboratoriumsmedizin und Mikrobiologie Koblenz –Mittelrhein |
| Dr. med. Michael Wehmeier | Klinikum Bielefeld, Standort Mitte |
| Dr. med. Heike Weißer | Klinikum Fulda |
| Prof. Dr. med. Egon Werle | Klinikum Neubrandenburg |
| Prof. Dr. med. Karl Winkler | Universitätsklinikum Freiburg |
| Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Reinhard Ziebig | Charite Berlin |
| Dipl. Ing. Markus Zorn | Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg |
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