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Reinvention in Laboratory Medicine: Perspectives from the Laboratory Workforce

Dear colleague, we warmly invite you to take part in this short, anonymous survey, jointly initiated by the European Federation of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine Division of Communication (EFLM DC), with the active involvement and support of the EFLM Committee for Young Scientists (C‑YS).

Laboratory medicine is evolving, along with the roles, expectations, and career paths of those who shape it. This survey invites you to reflect on career perspectives beyond traditional laboratory medicine roles, the barriers and challenges to professional growth, and the importance of personal values, standards, and an internal “compass” in guiding career decisions.

Your voice matters. The insights gathered through this initiative aim to inspire dialogue and contribute to future EFLM communications and scientific publications.

Participation is voluntary, and all responses will be collected and analyzed in an anonymous and aggregated manner.

The survey will remain open for two weeks and will close on May 1st at midnight.

Target population: laboratory medicine professionals.

Survey authors: Ana-Maria Šimundić (Croatia), Waleed Altamimi (Saudi Arabia), Michael Cornes (UK), Victoria Higgins (Canada), Snezana Jovićić (Serbia), Tara Rolić (Croatia), Joseph Wiencek (USA). 

There are 15 questions in this survey.
This survey is anonymous.

The record of your survey responses does not contain any identifying information about you, unless a specific survey question explicitly asked for it.

If you used an identifying access code to access this survey, please rest assured that this code will not be stored together with your responses. It is managed in a separate database and will only be updated to indicate whether you did (or did not) complete this survey. There is no way of matching identification access codes with survey responses.

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Your country?
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Your gender?
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Your age?
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In total, how many years of experience do you have in laboratory medicine, including all formal training (e.g. PhD, internship, residency, fellowship, specialization, etc.) and professional practice?
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In which professional area do you work?
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Your current role?
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How strongly do you identify with being a “laboratory medicine professional”?
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What do you like about being a laboratory medicine professional?

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List 3 non‑negotiable personal standards at work (e.g., what you refuse to compromise?).

Personal standards are your non-negotiable principles at work, values or behaviours you are not willing to compromise, even under pressure (e.g., deadlines, hierarchy, incentives, or conflict). They guide how to make decisions, treat others, and define what "good work" means to you.

One example: Integrity.

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Perception of Career Transitions: In your opinion, moving outside the traditional diagnostic laboratory role into working outside the laboratory (e.g., university, management, health policy, advisory or regulatory roles, research, industry, etc.) most often means:

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Views on Transition from Laboratory Medicine to Industry: Which statement best reflects your view on laboratory professionals moving into industry roles (e.g., IVD, diagnostics, pharma)?
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Personal Barriers to Change: What is the biggest personal barrier to considering a major career change?
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Which factor most strongly drives your career decisions?
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What are the most important values and skills for a successful career change?
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Legacy & Meaning: When you think about your career, what do you most want it to be remembered for?

 
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