| Email Query sent to MSACL community about clinical MS training options: |
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May 26, 2018 We recently became aware of a medical mass spectrometrist (MMS) certification program, established in 2013 by the Japanese Society for Biomedical Mass Spectrometry (JSBMS), via a submitted abstract for MSACL 2018 EU. The JSBMS MMS program teaches the basic principles of MS, possible and potential applications of MS for laboratory medicine and the advantages and the challenges of MS-based methods as compared with the conventional methods. The participants have to pass an exam at the end of the intensive course to be certified as a MMS. This has stimulated some reflection within MSACL about the existence of certification programs, in general, and what we can do to help develop them. To this end, we are planning a discussion group on Clinical Mass Spectrometry certification programs at the MSACL 2018 EU congress, but we are hoping to get a better understanding of the landscape of clinical mass spectrometry certification programs so we can structure the discussion with some knowledge of the current environment. This is where you can help. If you are aware of any Clinical Mass Spectrometry certification programs, it would be appreciated if you could let us know. |
| Program or Responder | Country | Type | Diagnostic Lab 1e Focus? | Certified by Gov or Org? | Vendor Participation? | # of Mentions |
| Graeme Eisenhofer, Rita Horvath (Prince of Wales Hosp), Francis Bowling | Australia | In development? | Yes | GOV | ? | 1 |
| John Vukovic, Waters | Canada | None | 1 | |||
| MSBM at Center for Advanced Academic Studies (summer week long University course) | Croatia | Classroom | No | University Credit | ? | 1 |
| Michael Vogeser, Univ. of Munich | Germany | None | ||||
| Jurgen Kempf, Institute for Rechtsmedizin For. Tox, Univ. of Freiburg | Germany | None | ||||
| Gaetano Corso, University Hospital of Foggia | Italy | Classroom. Short courses at Italian clinical lab. Professional organization meetings | ? | No | ? | 1 |
| JSBMS Medical Mass Spectrometry certificate - Professional organization course | Japan | Classroom & Lab | Yes | ORG | ? | 1 |
| Cato Brede, Univ. of Stavanger - ISO recommendation | Norway | None | ||||
| Yeo-min Yun, Konkuk Univ., Dept. Lab Med, Seoul | Republic of Korea (South) | None | 1 | |||
| BMTC Intro to Metabolomics (University day long course?) | United Kingdom | Classroom | No | ORG? | ? | 1 |
| AACC Online certificates (Basic, Troubleshooting - Professional organization online courses) | US | Online Only | Yes | ORG | Waters Sponsorship | 6 |
| RTI International - forensic toxicology training in chromatography, mass spec, sample prep | US | Online Only | No | No | Agilent content | 0 |
| JCMSAT - CDC/Emory University (week long hands-on) | US -Georgia | Classroom & Lab | Yes | No | ? | 0 |
| MSU clinical mass spectrometry (University courses online & summer week long hands-on), Leann Mikesh | US-Michigan | Online, Classroom & Lab | Yes | UNIV credit, MSc with focus? | ? | 1 |
| Richard Browne, Univ at Buffalo, Clin Pharm QA (CPQA), DAIDs funding | US-New York | Online Only(?) | No | DAIDS(?) | ? | 1 |
| Josh Hayden, Hunter College, Weill-Cornell Medical Center | US-NYC | Classroom & Lab | Yes | No | ? | 1 |
| AIMS, VANDERBILT on MS Imaging (week long University course) | US-Tennessee | Classroom & Lab | No | No | Multiple onsite vendor demos, sponsorship | 1 |
| VCU - MSc in Clinical Laboratory Science with MS focus (University courses, summer classroom) | US-Virginia | Classroom & Lab | Yes | UNIV credit, MSc with focus? | ? | 1 |
| W-SSU & WFSoM (University 8 week summer course) | US-Wisconsin | Classroom & Lab | Yes | University Credit | ? | 0 |