Promotion of the Profession

Video Presentations

A Life Saved: Laboratory Professionals Make a Difference - designed to empower those working in the laboratory

Insights - an overview of laboratorians roles in patient care; useful to educate others

Recruitment video - geared toward high school students; created by ASCLS through a grant of the Abbott Fund

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Powerpoint Presentations

"Take Away Talks" are provided as a resource to ASCLS members. Topics and materials linked below are designed for community talks to help the general public understand laboratory testing and how best to prepare for a blood draw.
These presentationscan be downloaded as is, edited to fit your need, or customized to add your specific information. Permission has been received from the original authors, but we do ask that no matter how much of the PowerPoint you use, credit is given to the original author.

Understanding Your Laboratory Tests PPT
Preparing for Your Blood Test
Top 10 Things You Should Know about Medical Laboratory Tests
Discover MLS - this presentation was initially presented at the Clinical Laboratory Educator Conference in February 2012, to a group of high school guidance counselors as a recruitment and informational session

Laboratory professionals are often asked to give talks and/or presentations at career day or other recruitment events for elementary, middle, high school, or college-age students. The Clinical Laboratory Careers Tool Kit is a collection of recruitment materials, some of which are free, and activities that can be used to assist in giving a presentation. Other items found in the tool kit are information about the workforce shortage, education programs, certification agencies, and personnel licensure information.  Go to the Tool Kit.

HOPE - Helping Other People Event

ASCLS once again gave back to the 2012 Annual Meeting host city with a Back-to-School Supply Drive to benefit the Kids in Need Foundation in the Los Angeles area.

 

Thank you to everyone who supported ASCLS Provides HOPE during the annual meeting. ASCLS members donated $1665 and 2 barrels of supplies to Kids in Need, which helps teachers provide supplies to Los Angeles area students. 

There is a saying that it takes a village to raise a child. Providing the Face of the clinical laboratory can take some creativity, but it can also take a community of colleagues who share that creativity in the hope of spreading the message.

During the 2009-10 year, many ASCLS members sent their "provide the face" activities to then President, Mary Ann McLane, to show that it is happening all the time around the country, and to encourage all ASCLS members to do the same in their own communities.

Sample list of Provide the Face activities

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Have you ever watched a TV show and been frustrated by the way in which a laboratory professional was portrayed? Did a story appear in your local paper about the shortage of healthcare professionals without a mention of laboratory shortages? Have you ever felt moved to write a letter to the editor about the importance of laboratorians, but you just couldn't find the words to express yourself?

The Promotion of the Profession Committee (PPC) has a collection of templates (sample letters) to aid in expressing yourself on behalf of the profession. You are welcome to cut and paste these documents to customize your own letter!

If you do use any of these, please let us know by emaling the Director of Education at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. . Your letter may be added to the list below!

Item Name		Posted By	Date Posted
Response to news story - 1 DOC (24 KB) - Response to news stories (or non-fictional programming) portraying laboratory medicine in an incorect/incomplete manner		Administration	6/30/2011
Response to news story - 12 DOC (24.5 KB)		Administration	6/30/2011
Response to TV show - 2 DOC (23.5 KB) - Response to television shows or other fiction stories that portray the laboratory profession incorrectly/incompletely.		Administration	6/30/2011
Response to TV show - 3 DOC (24 KB)		Administration	6/30/2011
Response to TV Show - 4 DOC (28 KB)		Administration	6/30/2011
Response to media story - 5 DOC (24 KB) -  Response to media stories about other health care professionals that have not included the laboratory profession		Administration	6/30/2011
Response to media story - 6 DOC (27.5 KB)		Administration	6/30/2011
Response to media story - 11 DOC (27.5 KB)		Administration	6/30/2011
Letter to the editor - 7 DOC (24 KB) - Open-ended letter to the editor that describes what laboratory medicine is		Administration	6/30/2011
Response to media article about home testing DOC (24 KB)		Administration	11/5/2012
Letter to the editor - 8 DOC (26.5 KB)		Administration	6/30/2011
Letter to the editor - 9 DOC (29.5 KB)		Administration	6/30/2011
Letter to the editor - 10 - Labs Are Vital Link		Administration	6/30/2011
Short informational piece for newsletters - 13 DOC (25 KB) - Short informational pieces about the laboratory tha could be inseted into newsletters, hospital publications, etc.		Administration	6/30/2011