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Mission Statement
Founded in 1947, the Netherlands Society for Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory
Medicine (NVKC) shows a long and solid tradition of scientific and professional
development. At the same time the organisation is constantly renewing
itself in focus, research and education.
Today the NVKC has a membership of 450 academic professionals; among them
the number of officially registered specialists amounts 250, and another
70 young post-docs are under a four years' training in specially authorised
hospital laboratories and autonomous medical laboratories. Both trainees
and trainers are under regular peer supervision.
Next to the scientific and technical development of clinical chemistry
as a medical discipline, the dimension of quality management has been
integrated in the profession. And recently four additional specialisations
were introduced to broaden the curriculum: haematology, toxicology, endocrinology
and inherited metabolic disorders.
All aspects of the discipline of laboratory medicine, whether scientific,
educational, professional or organisational, are being managed and developed
by more than 30 different committees and working groups, all consisting
of NVKC members. These are guided and inspired by the executive board of governors
and facilitated by a small but professional bureau located in the city
of Utrecht.
This infrastructure also has a geographical component, both on the regional
and on the international level. All over the country 11 regional networks
are active, NVKC has representatives in a substantial number of expert
committees and working groups in national and international organisations.
