[Participation of medical technologists in the liver disease seminar]

Since September 2002, the Koshigaya Hospital Dokkyo University School of Medicine (KHDUSM) has been holding a liver disease seminar every three months. The members are consisted of gastroenterologists and co-medicals (nurses, pharmacists, nutritionists, and medical technologists) from various departments. Aims of this seminar offer the accurate medical information of liver disease to help the patients to understand their diseases, facilitating their active involvement in the treatment. Technical and easy-to-understand descriptions by the co-medicals are necessary to improve the QOL of patients. The seminar has been promoting the collaboration and the cooperation between physicians and co-medicals with the relationship to patients. I hope that the seminar can further contribute to the optimal treatment of liver diseases. This paper introduces the liver disease seminars at KHDUSM, from its preparation to the opening, especially by the clinical laboratory department.