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The EDU segment adds detailed educational information to the staff member identified by the STF segment. An EDU segment may optionally follow an STF segment. An EDU segment must always have been preceded by a corresponding STF segment.

HL7 Attribute Table - EDU - Educational Detail Segment

Seq#	DataElement	Description	Must Implement	Flags	Cardinality	Length	C.LEN	Vocabulary	DataType
EDU
1	01448	Set ID – EDU	SHALL		[1..1]	[1..4]			SI
2	01449	Academic Degree			[0..1]			0360 Degree/License/CertificateVersion Dependent	CWE
3	01597	Academic Degree Program Date Range			[0..1]				DR
4	01450	Academic Degree Program Participation Date Range			[0..1]				DR
5	01451	Academic Degree Granted Date			[0..1]				DT
6	01452	School			[0..1]				XON
7	01453	School Type Code			[0..1]			0402 School Type	CWE
8	01454	School Address			[0..1]				XAD
9	01885	Major Field of Study			[0..*]				CWE

Definition: This field contains the number that identifies this transaction. For the first occurrence of the segment, the sequence number shall be one; for the second occurrence, the sequence number shall be two; etc.

Definition: This field contains the standard classification awarded upon completion of a unified program of study. HL7 suggests using values in User-defined Table 0360 - Degree/License/Certificate.

Definition: This field contains the date range when the academic degree program took place.

Definition: This field contains the date range during which the staff member participated in the academic degree program.

Definition: This field contains the date the academic degree was granted to the staff member.

Definition: This field contains the official name of the academic institution that granted the degree to the Staff Member.

Definition: This field contains the categorization of the academic institution that granted the degree to the Staff Member. HL7 suggests using values in User-defined Table 0402 – School Type.

Refer to User-defined Table 0402 – School Type in Chapter 2C, Code Tables, for valid values. This table contains values for graduate, medical etc.

Definition: This field contains the postal address of the academic institution that granted the degree to the Staff Member.

Definition: This field contains the subject of academic study associated with the specific academic degree program pursued by the staff member as his/her area of specialization.