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Study on the Professionalism of Medical Technologists' Work in Health Examination Centers: Focusing on the General Health Examination

건강검진센터에서 임상병리사의 업무 전문성 연구: 일반건강검진을 중심으로

  • Sung, Hyun Ho (Department of Clinical Laboratory Science, Dongnam Health University)
  • 성현호 (동남보건대학교 임상병리과)
  • Received : 2020.07.26
  • Accepted : 2020.08.20
  • Published : 2020.09.30

Abstract

"Health examinations" means medical examinations conducted by health examination institutions, including a physical examination, consultation, physical measurement, diagnostic laboratory test (also known as clinical laboratory test, clinical pathology test), pathology test, and Imaging test for checking the health condition and the prevention and early detection of diseases. The types of health examinations include general health examinations, comprehensive health examinations, special health examinations, and other health examinations. The proportion of the general health examination work of medical technologists working at health examination centers has been estimated to comprise more than 50% of the total work. The cost aspect of suspicious diseases can be estimated to be more than 25%. The cost of diagnostic laboratory test has been estimated to be approximately 5%, and the proportion of medical diagnosis use is 70%. The results show that it is time to revisit whether medical technologists are receiving appropriate social, economic, and reasonable policy treatment in health examination work. The future of medical technologists will further expand their professionalism in diagnostic laboratory test and quality control in precision medicine and telemedicine in the future. Therefore, medical technologists will need to participate proactively in government policy decisions related to national health examinations and make efforts to improve treatment.

"건강검진"이란 건강상태 확인과 질병의 예방 및 조기발견을 목적으로 건강검진기관을 통하여 진찰 및 상담, 신체계측, 진단검사, 병리검사, 영상의학 검사 등 의학적 검진을 시행하는 것을 말한다. 건강검진의 종류에는 일반건강검진, 종합건강검진, 특수건강검진, 기타건강검진이 있다. 건강검진센터에서 근무하고 있는 임상병리사들의 일반건강검진 업무의 비중은 전체 업무에서 50% 이상 기여를 하고 있는 것으로 추정할 수 있다. 질환의심 비용적인 측면은 25% 이상 기여하는 것으로 추정할 수 있다. 진단검사 비용은 약 5%로 추정되며 의학진단 사용 비율은 70%를 차지하고 있다. 본 연구 결과에서 임상병리사들이 건강검진 업무에서 사회적, 경제적, 정책적인 타당한 처우를 받고 있는가를 검토되어져야 할 것이다. 임상병리사의 미래는 향후 업무적으로 정밀의료와 원격의료에서 진단검사 및 질 관리에서 전문성이 더욱 확대될 것으로 예측된다. 따라서 임상병리사들은 국가건강검진 관련 정부정책결정에 적극적으로 참여하고 더불어 처우개선의 노력이 필요할 것이다.

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