Well said Pam. Sent from the iPhone of Kim Tournear.
On May 25, 2012, at 11:10 AM, "Marcum, Pamela A" <[email protected]> wrote: > The programs were dropped as the pathologist could still hold the training > etcetera to suit their needs and not worry about allowing histologist to > become part of the professional/complex testing world. In the 1960s when > this happened we did few of the tests we are asked to do now and really > rarely looked at slides. Microscopes were rarely available to most of us to > even review our work. The changes in the field from routine histology to IHC > have not been accounted for by ASCP and so far NSH has not made the grade for > getting the field recognized as a part of the professional/complex testing > world. We now have QIHC however; it does not help those of us in the > Histology side in any way. > > The rest of the world is very different in how they approach this field and > why it is needed for patient care. I sometimes feel here we are only > servants to the pathologist and what they want. The pay scale has not gotten > much better while the automated field in med tech are being paid more and > required to do less hands on actual testing the way we do in Histology. > > Pam Mar > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Morken, > Timothy > Sent: Friday, May 25, 2012 10:56 AM > To: Janet Keeping; [email protected] > Subject: RE: [Histonet] certification of histotechnologists > > Janet brings up an interesting point. The rest of the world (ie, besides US) > has histo as part of the med tech program and then they specialize in their > final year. I have worked with techs from many other countries and in general > are far more knowledgeable than the majority of even certified techs in the > US. The US med tech programs dropped histo decades ago. I'm not sure why. > Pathology labs certainly benefitted financially because it allowed them to > hire literally anybody to do the work. > > But even in the US the med tech schools are declining due to lack of > enrollment. Probably due to automation in laboratories they just don't need > as many people. > > Tim Morken > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Janet Keeping > Sent: Friday, May 25, 2012 4:38 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Histonet] certification of histotechnologists > > Just curious if any consideration has been given to including > Histotechnology in your medical laboratory programs as we do in Canada? our > graduates are certified for 5 different careers and shortages in one > particular laboratory does not seem to be a problem. > _______________________________________________ > Histonet mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet > > > _______________________________________________ > Histonet mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet > Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, including any attachments, > is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain > confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, > use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the > intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply > e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message.. > > > _______________________________________________ > Histonet mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list [email protected] http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet
