Volume 37 Number 5 | October 2023 Lucinda Utz, MS, MLS(ASCP)CM Burnout among healthcare workers has been a known concern for many years, but it has primarily been studied in providers and nurses working the front lines of critical care and emergency medicine. With the arrival of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, it became even more apparent…
Laboratory Legislative Symposium early registration discount ends today, participate in #StopLabCuts Day of Action, 2023 Joint Annual Meeting educational sessions on demand, call for 2024 Joint Annual Meeting session proposals, PRISM Movie Nights, Ask Me Anything: Why Join ASCLS, and more. Laboratory Legislative Symposium Early Registration Discount Ends Today, Sept 15 October 23-24 | Alexandria,…
2023 Joint Annual Meeting connects and inspires, sign up for the 2023 Laboratory Legislative Symposium, PRISM events, free webinars, congrats to newly elected ASCLS officers for 2023-24, new director named, two July episodes of Off the Bench Podcast, and more. Medical Laboratory Professionals Connect and Inspire at the 2023 Joint Annual Meeting For the third…
Volume 37 Number 4 | August 2023 Kim Von Ahsen, MHA, MLS(ASCP)CMSLSCM, ASCLS President, 2022-23 When I reflect on my presidency, I think about this quote from Peter Drucker: “The greatest danger in times of turbulence is not the turbulence; it is to act with yesterday’s logic.” To put it into another context, I prefer…
Volume 37 Number 4 | August 2023 Claude Rector, MA, MLS(ASCP), ASCLS President, 2023-24 Thank you. Those are the two most powerful words in the world. I would not be here today as president of ASCLS, if not for the help of many of my ASCLS peers. Let me begin the thank you list with…
Volume 37 Number 4 | August 2023 Patient Safety Corner Katrina Moreau, MPH, MAT, MLS(ASCP)CM, ASCLS Patient Safety Committee What do an individual’s genetics and behaviors, places of residence and employment, education quality and access, healthcare quality and access, and social context all have in common? They are all nonmedical factors, also known as social…
Volume 37 Number 4 | August 2023 Jeremiah Oh, MHS, MLS(ASCP)CMMBCM, ASCLS Developing Professionals Forum Vice Chair, ASCLS-Georgia Developing Professional Director As the 2022-23 membership year draws to a close, I find myself looking back on the changes that developed and followed me this year. Between preparing for an upcoming BOC exam, closing out the…
Volume 37 Number 4 | August 2023 Katelyn Farrar, MLS(ASCP)CM, ASCLS Developing Professionals Forum Chair, ASCLS-Michigan Developing Professional Director What a great resume builder, a professional society membership. At least that used to be my first thought as a naive pre-med student looking for ways to stand out in an application pool. After numerous college…
Volume 37 Number 4 | August 2023 This article presents perspectives of professionals who are fortunate to witness the journey individuals travel as they enter a laboratory science educational program as students, continue to clinical experiences, then careers, and subsequently go on to become a member of the ASCLS community. The Community of a Program…
Volume 37 Number 4 | August 2023 K. Lindsey Davenport-Landry, DCLS, MLS(ASCP)CM, ASCLS Board of Directors The focus of this issue of our ASCLS Today newsletter is community, and when I think of the laboratory community, I think of our professional societies, our local lab benchmarking groups, and the people I work with at my…