Specific area in pathology, laboratory medicine, and clinical laboratory science
| Organizations | Subspecialty disciplines (year issued∼year terminated) |
|---|---|
| US ABPath (Combined AP/CP, AP-only, CP-only) | - Blood banking/Transfusion medicine (1973),Chemical pathology (1951), Clinical informatics (2013),Cytopathology (1989), Dermatopathology (1974),Forensic pathology (1959), Hematopathology (1955),Immunopathology (1983∼1997), Medical microbiology (1950),Molecular genetic pathology (2001), Neuropathology (1948),Pediatric pathology (1990), Radioisotope pathology (1974∼1983) |
| US CLPS | - Clinical chemistry, Hematology, Immunohematology,Immunology, Microbiology |
| UK ACP | - Chemical pathology, Forensic pathology, Haematology,Histopathology, Immunology, Microbiology, Molecular pathology |
| EU SLM/MB, SMM, SP | - Clinical chemistry, Laboratory haematology, Laboratory immunology, Laboratory genetics, Medical microbiology, Pathology |
| Clinical laboratory science in Korea, Japan, and Taiwan | - Clinical biochemistry (or Clinical chemistry; including endocrinology and toxicology), Clinical hematology, Clinical transfusionology (or called Clinical transfusion science), Clinical immunology, Clinical microbiology (including virology and parasitology), Clinical molecular biology, Clinical histology, Clinical cytology, Clinical cardiopulmonary physiology, Clinical neurophysiology |
Abbreviations: US, United States; UK, United Kingdom; EU, European Union; ABPath, American Board of Pathology; Combined AP/CP, Combined Anatomic Pathology and Clinical Pathology; AP-only, Anatomic Pathology only; CP-only, Clinical Pathology only; ACLPS, Academy of Clinical Laboratory Physicians and Scientists; ACP, Association of Clinical Pathologists; SLM/MB, Section of Laboratory Medicine/Medical Biopathology; SMM, Section of Medical Microbiology; SP, Section of Pathology.
