The quality of biospecimens stored in a biobank depends tremendously on the technical
personnel responsible for processing, storage, and release of biospecimens. Adequate training of
these biobank employees would allow harmonization of correct sample handling and thus ensure a
high and comparable quality of samples across biobank locations. However, in Germany there are no
specific training opportunities for technical biobank staff. To understand the educational needs of
the technical personnel a web-based survey was sent to all national biobanks via established e-mail
registers. In total, 79 biobank employees completed the survey, including 43 technicians. The majority
of the participating technical personnel stated that they had worked in a biobank for less than three
years and had never participated in an advanced training. Three-quarters of the technicians indicated
that they were not able to understand English content instantly. Based on these results and the results
of a workshop with 16 biobank technicians, 41 learning objectives were formulated. These learning
objectives can be used as a basis for advanced training programs for technical personnel in biobanks.
Setting up courses based on the identified learning objectives for this group of biobank staff could
contribute to harmonization and sustainability of biospecimen quality.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:DRESDEN/oai:qucosa:de:qucosa:89432 |
| Date | 31 January 2024 |
| Creators | Hartung, Mara Lena, Baber, Ronny, Herpel, Esther, Specht, Cornelia, Brucker, Daniel Peer, Schoneberg, Anne, Winter, Theresa, Nussbeck, Sara Yasemin |
| Publisher | MDPI |
| Source Sets | Hochschulschriftenserver (HSSS) der SLUB Dresden |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion, doc-type:article, info:eu-repo/semantics/article, doc-type:Text |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
| Relation | 7 |
Page generated in 0.0017 seconds