If you do not employ recently trained individuals, how on earth are they
going to obtain the experience that Matt craves, it's beyond me. My daughter
recently qualified as an Occupational Therapist, when she asked for the
reason that she was unsuccessful in obtaining a post, they
Histoland:
I have to agree also. Programs that are graduating students with none of the
skills listed in Matt's message are not doing their students or the profession
any favors. Programs certified to produce graduates should be required to
place these students in rotations that give them
You might be surprised I too agree with Joyce and Richard.
I understand very well that a new graduate will not be up to the skill
level of an individual that has been working for a while. What I am
surprised about is that this program seemed to teach to pass the test
and has left all of the
Regardless of all the reasoning and good intentions, or even advantages
eliminating the practical part of the ASCP (either HT or HTL) and concentrating
in the theory only, is like graduating a medical student without doing any
hospital rotations.
I would not want to be treated by such an MD.
If
I went through histo school (in 1983-84) and we were taught the skills needed
to work in a hospital lab- Many of these came into play when we were preparing
our practical. I had to cut at my interview, being a new grad, and once I was
hired I had my 3 months probation to have the quality and
I have had one tech finish an online HT course and currently a second person
looking at going the online route to her HT. In both cases as their supervisor
I have had to sign on as their in house trainer. As a trainer it is my job to
make sure that they know how to function well in Histology
Graduating students in histotech programs DO clinical rotations. They
have hands-on experience. They are not just learning the theory from
books.
Rene J Buesa rjbu...@yahoo.com
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08/31/2011 07:54 AM
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Shirley A. Powell
I have followed this for a while and was wondering why no one is bringing up
the lack of Histology Schools and the small number of graduates they can
produce per year as an issue. Online is fine if you have a lab to work in.
However; one of the people no longer at this facility simply did
http://www.naacls.org/docs/Section3_HT.pdf
NAACLS spells it out. Online Schools should be following the guidelines. If
not they need to rethink their programs if they are approved by NAACLS.
sp
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From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
I understand the NAACLS rules and live in reality where it is not always
followed due to expediency to have a registered HT. It is not the best way to
control how we train new Histologists.
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From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
Yes, the old you need experience to get the job, and you need the job to get
experience
Joelle Weaver MAOM, BA, (HTL) ASCP
From: r...@leicester.ac.uk
To: mlune...@luhcares.org; histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2011 10:31:25 +0100
Subject: RE: [Histonet] Re:peggy
Matt, your first paragraph is exactly correct in my experience with directing a
program. And yes, it did produce very unfortunate results in some cases. Almost
to the point of negligence, I came to feel in some situations on the part of
the school ( test score focus, seemingly little concern
How do you become a certified HT and not have any lab experience?!
That's crazy.
Not that i know anything about being an HT, but I'm a lab tech and I can't
imagine going into the job never having been in a lab at all. What exactly
do they teach you?!
Emily
A great book should leave you with
I will clarify. This person worked in the gross room as a PA and decided he
wanted an HT. So he watched over the shoulders of the histologists and learned
enough to see the basics and then studied for the exam without ever cutting or
staining a slide in Histology. His theory was - I cut
But, to take the test you need an affidavit from the pathologist that you
worked in the histology lab for at least a year. So something fishy there...
Tim Morken
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From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
[mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On
Tim, I understand that and he got one to sign it!! So it can be done and yes
it is not legal or fair and unfortunately, it is not the first time I have
heard of it just the first time I actually could verify. Way too late when I
got here and it shows we have flaws in the system that are not
Just curious, does NAACLS perform inspections like CAP to re-accredit
and are all the programs out there NAACLS accredited?
Victor Tobias HT(ASCP)
Clinical Applications Analyst
University of Washington Medical Center
Dept of Pathology Room BB220
1959 NE Pacific
Seattle, WA 98195
Just to let you know, I don't let new techs near prostate, liver or any other
kind of needle biopsy for at least a year. Why put them under that kind of
pressure? I want them to stay in the field. I figure working for me is torture
enough. We give new techs up to three years to get up to speed
I don't understand how a student of any program would have not a portion of
their program dedicated to these skills. We partner with Darton College and
their students to do a certain number of hours for their Clinicals. They know
how to do those things, are trained by the clinical coordinator
I second that Joyce.
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[histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Weems, Joyce
[jwe...@sjha.org]
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To: Matthew Lunetta; histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
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