Specialty-Oriented Graduate Education in Laboratory Medicine at Oral Specialty Hospitals: A Practice-Based Descriptive Analysis

Graduate education in laboratory medicine plays an increasingly important role in supporting precision diagnostics and interdisciplinary care; however, in oral specialty hospitals, training models largely remain derived from general medical laboratory paradigms. This misalignment limits students' ability to effectively engage with oral disease-specific biospecimens and integrate laboratory findings into oral healthcare practice. This article presents a practice-based, descriptive analysis of limitations in existing training curricula and their alignment with clinical diagnostic practice. Based on institutional diagnostic experience, a reform-oriented educational framework is proposed, emphasizing disciplinary integration through an "Oral + Laboratory" curriculum, clinical-research co-training pathways, and multidisciplinary collaboration mechanisms. The overarching goal is to inform educational innovation aimed at preparing laboratory professionals capable of supporting precision oral healthcare.