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Volume 37 Number 2 | April 2023 Constance Stager, MBA, MLS(ASCP), ASCLS Director This month’s focus on professional visibility is an important topic, not only for the profession, but for the individual professional as well. Medical laboratory science is often referred to as “The hidden profession that saves lives.” An often-repeated statistic is that “70…
Volume 37 Number 2 | April 2023 Christen Diel, MS, MLS(ASCP), ASCLS Diversity Advocacy Council Counselor-at-Large Clinical laboratory science is a passion I never knew I had when asked, “What do you want to do when you grow up?” But it is a career that I could not imagine my life without now. Medicine has…
Volume 37 Number 2 | April 2023 Heather Santaniello, MLS(ASCP)CMMB(ASCP)CM, ASCLS Political Action Committee Chair, ASCLS Ascending Professionals Forum Councilor-at-Large Visibility of this profession is crucial. Workforce shortages and burnout has been a struggle for this profession for years. The way we solve this problem long term is to promote the profession and make it…
Volume 37 Number 2 | April 2023 Aymen Saihati, MS Although they are essential to the process of disease diagnosis and treatment, medical laboratory professionals are frequently in the background and go unnoticed. Through discussion of the benefits of professional visibility for laboratory professionals, the obstacles they face, and the ways in which they can…
Volume 37 Number 2 | April 2023 Ali Nussbaum, MA, MLS(ASCP)CM Laboratory: the behind-the-scenes profession that no one has ever heard of … or at least, that is what people in the field say as we try to remain purposely unknown. The COVID-19 pandemic has made the lab a front and center force to demonstrate…
Volume 37 Number 2 | April 2023 Starting an Online Medical Laboratory Science Education Program Part Four Elizabeth A. Gockel-Blessing, PhD, MLS(ASCP)CM Amanda Reed, MAE, MLS(ASCP)CM Our mission, which we chose to accept, was to delve into the world of curriculum mapping, outcomes, taxonomy, consistency between in-seat and online versions of the program, and assessment.…
Volume 37 Number 2 | April 2023 Nicholas Moore, PhD, D(ABMM), ASCLS Joint Annual Meeting Steering Committee Chair Maddie Josephs, MS, MLS(ASCP)CM, ASCLS Joint Annual Meeting Host Liaison This summer, ASCLS along with our partner organizations the Association of Genetic Technologists (AGT) and Society of American Federal Medical Laboratory Scientists (SAFMLS), will welcome laboratory professionals,…
Volume 37 Number 1 | February 2023 Kim Von Ahsen, MHA, MLS(ASCP)CM,SLS(ASCP)CM, ASCLS President The subject of diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging (DEIB) is one that gives me pause. Pause because I am not an expert, and this topic is so critically important to ASCLS, the profession, and to our patients. I want to make…
Volume 37 Number 1 | February 2023 Kasey Edwardson, PhD, MLS(ASCP)CMSCCM Becoming a medical laboratory professional requires knowledge and competence that is typically proven by passing a Board of Certification (BOC) exam. While there are a few certification options, the most popular and recognized are the medical laboratory technician (MLT) and medical laboratory scientist (MLS)…
Volume 37 Number 1 | February 2023 Stacy Walz, PhD, MLS(ASCP), ASCLS Patient Safety Committee Courtney Shrader, MSHS, MLS(ASCP)CM, CPHQ, ASCLS Patient Safety Committee The U.S. Census in 2020 estimated that approximately 11.3 million citizens are Indigenous Peoples1. Of those, 9.7 million are American Indian and Alaskan Native (AI/AN) and 1.6 million are Native Hawaiian…