Thanks Dr. Stedman! Good to hear! Michael Ann
On 3/24/15, 3:22 PM, "Stedman, Nancy" <[email protected]> wrote: >As a pathologist I'd like to apologize for all the pathologists who have >made comments like this.. forget trained monkeys and dogs, most (all?) >pathologists cannot cut slides either, at least not slides they'd want to >try to read. I know I can't. > >-Nancy Stedman > > > > >-----Original Message----- >From: [email protected] >[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mark >Turner >Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 2015 4:26 PM >To: Paula Sicurello; Michael Ann Jones >Cc: [email protected]; Timothy Morken; Jennifer >MacDonald; Marcum, Pamela A >Subject: RE: [Histonet] BS in Histotechnology > >I once worked with a Pathologist who said she was in a group meeting of >other pathologists when one of them blurted out that a trained monkey >could cut slides. My pathologist, having had the opportunity to review >some cases from the offender's laboratory, promptly replied "Yes, and >with the quality of your slides it looks like you did just that." She >shut down the other pathologist really quickly, and as far as I know, we >never received another case to review from him. My pathologist was not >about to let that kind of arrogance stand. She was one of the best >bosses I ever had! > >Mark Turner, Ph.D., HT(ASCP)QIHC >Manager, Histology/IHC > > >-----Original Message----- >From: [email protected] >[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Paula >Sicurello >Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 2015 3:47 PM >To: Michael Ann Jones >Cc: [email protected]; Jennifer MacDonald; Marcum, Pamela >A; Timothy Morken >Subject: Re: [Histonet] BS in Histotechnology > >I've had more than one pathologist tell me a monkey could do my job. >Though one of them said it with a smile and added "a very highly skilled >and well trained monkey", he was one of the few who knew better. > >How many of us monkeys have trained the whining and complaining residents >how to do things correctly? > >Paula > >On Tue, Mar 24, 2015 at 12:29 PM, Michael Ann Jones <[email protected]> >wrote: > >> OMG Pam~ our pathologist said the exact same thing to us when we >> started our Grossing training. >> Sheesh. . . >> Michael Ann >> >> >> >> >> On 3/24/15, 11:52 AM, "Marcum, Pamela A" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >That was nicer than the pathologist who told me years ago, "any >> >monkey could be trained to do my job". I basically did not take the >> >job I was interviewing for at the time. At least the next interview >> >went a lot better and I did take the job. >> > >> >Pam >> > >> >-----Original Message----- >> >From: [email protected] >> >[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of >> >Sanders, Jeanine (CDC/OID/NCEZID) >> >Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 2015 12:30 PM >> >To: Sue; Timothy Morken >> >Cc: [email protected]; Jennifer MacDonald >> >Subject: RE: [Histonet] BS in Histotechnology >> > >> >I agree, BUT>>>>>>>>>>>>>as long as many pathologists think you can >> >teach any trained dog how to section histology will never have the >> >recognition those of us that have studied and trained deserve. >> > >> >-----Original Message----- >> >From: [email protected] >> >[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Sue >> >Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 2015 12:59 PM >> >To: Timothy Morken >> >Cc: [email protected]; Jennifer MacDonald >> >Subject: Re: [Histonet] BS in Histotechnology >> > >> >This is a fight that we continue to have with hospital administration. >> >In my opinion histologists are just as important and needed as MT. >> >Even though there is an increase in automation in pathology the hands >> >on of a histologists is most important. The fact that hospital still >> >consider a lower entry job is the reason there are not more of us. >> >It is quite frustrating. >> > >> >Sue >> >TJUH >> >_______________________________________________ >> >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 _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list [email protected] http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet
