On 26 May 2025, JACIE held our final Inspector Training Course of 2025 in Berlin, Germany alongside the annual meeting of DAG-HSZT, the German national transplant society. 25 trainees from across Germany, Switzerland, France, Spain, Italy and Netherlands participated in presentations, discussions and role-play exercises to learn about the insides and out of being a JACIE Inspector.
In preparation for the in-person training, all participants completed e-learning modules focused on the certification process and the FACT-JACIE Standards, ensuring they arrived well-prepared for the on-site workshop exploring inspection methodology and practical application.
We were pleased to be welcomed by our German National Representative, Matthias Stelljes, joined by JACIE Chair, Lynn Manson, Medical Officer, Bruna Gotardo, and of course our Director Tuula Rintala, who generously shared their knowledge, practical insights and personal experiences with the group, helping to bridge the gap between theory and practice.
Following the training, each participant will complete an exam on the Standards relevant to their specialty. They will then join inspections as observers, before taking on the full responsibilities of JACIE inspectors.
We welcome all our new members of the JACIE Inspector Community!
Report by Amin Turki
Deputy Director, Department of Haematology and Oncology, Marien hospital Herne - University Hospital Bochum, Germany.
Amin Turki graduated from the University of Münster, Germany and earned his PhD from Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris, France. He is currently deputy-head of the Department of Haematology and Oncology at Marien hospital University Hospital Bochum and leads the junior research group “Computational Haematology” at the Institute of Artificial Intelligence in Medicine at the University Hospital Essen. His main areas of expertise are malignant hematology, cellular therapy as well as Data-Science in Haematology.
This years’ JACIE Inspector Training Course in Berlin was a very well organised and educative experience, also a great opportunity to meet and connect within the EBMT community. Although being only a one-day training, many attendees from Germany, but also from other parts of Europe shared the enthusiasm to support the growing community of cellular therapy centres in Europe. Most of the participating healthcare professionals and laboratory experts had deep experience in transplantation, and some in GMP facility manufacturing, which fostered exchange among the fields relevant for cellular therapy processing.
The combination of expert lectures with practical experiences in the JACIE field, group work and role-play made it an instructive and dense, yet still pleasantly lightweight education format. Experts explained and clarified the key point of the inspection process in depth, from pre-inspection to final accreditation together with the collaboration in small groups enabled lively exchange and connecting opportunities both to experienced inspectors as trainers. In role play we tested the management of difficult situations in the inspection process and received expert guidance to make the best of it.
JACIE is an intense experience for both centres and inspectors, yet this investment supports the backbone of our work in EBMT, recognised as a knowledgeable society advancing and ensuring best quality care for patients with cellular therapies.
Finally, a big thank to the organizers of the educational meeting, colleagues who manage the JACIE Accreditation Office (Xiu Li, Tuula).