ASCLS Today is the membership newsletter of the American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science.
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Volume 36 Number 3 | June 2022 Barbara Ann Harvey, MAEd, MLS(ASCP)CM, ASCLS Membership Committee It may seem odd for someone who’s spent most of her life roaming from one end of the country to the other to be writing an article on community. When you are crazy enough to take the roads less traveled,…
Volume 36 Number 3 | June 2022 Deb Rodahl, MBA, MLS(ASCP)CM, ASCLS Today Editor Community is the theme for this issue of ASCLS Today. Community can be found in the workplace, within the laboratory, or in collaboration with the rest of the healthcare team members in your workplace. Community is also very present at our…
Volume 36 Number 3 | June 2022 Beth Warning, MS, MLS(ASCP)CM, AHI(AMT), ASCLS Region IV Director Elizabeth Warning, MS MLS How do you begin to explain the community found within ASCLS? When I first became active in the Society in 2001, I joined at the request of my employer to be eligible for reduced registration…
Volume 36 Number 3 | June 2022 DeAnne Maxwell, MBA, MLS(ASCP)CM, CLEC 2022 Steering Committee Chair Well, it finally happened. We welcomed over 630 educators from across the country at the 2022 Clinical Laboratory Educators Conference (CLEC) in Denver on March 14. Whether attending in-person or joining virtually, for three days we bonded, learned, shared,…
Volume 36 Number 3 | June 2022 The ASCLS Nominations Committee is pleased to present the following candidates for office in the 2022-23 Society year. Candidates selected by the House of Delegates will take office during the 2022 ASCLS, AGT & SAFMLS Joint Annual Meeting. Delegates will elect one president-elect; one secretary-treasurer; one director each…
Volume 36 Number 2 | April 2022 Hassan Aziz, PhD, FACSs, MLS(ASCP)CM, ASCLS President Over the years, I have advised hundreds of students. Prospective and current students, as well as graduates, seek my advice on academic and professional issues. Academic advising is an ongoing, decision-making process between educators and students. The purpose is to assist…
Volume 36 Number 2 | April 2022 Angela D. Darby, MPH, MLS(ASCP)CM, ASCLS Region III Director As we begin our third year of the COVID-19 pandemic, it has become clearer than ever that the amazing work of laboratorians in our country and across the world is still underappreciated, due particularly to the fact that we…
Volume 36 Number 2 | April 2022 Kevin McGuire, MHPTT, MLS(ASCP)CM, ASCLS Virtual Learning Steering Committee, ASCLS-Nebraska Awards Chair Fabienne Frederickson once said, “The things you are passionate about are not random, they are your calling.” Determining what you are passionate about is not always easy. A career in healthcare should be a calling to…
Volume 36 Number 2 | April 2022 Tangible, Doable Steps to Make a Difference Judy Garic, MT(ASCP)SC, LSCLS Government Affairs Committee Co-Chair I am a medical technologist with over 30 years of experience, and I was unaware that the American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science (ASCLS) existed, including its local chapter, the Louisiana Society for…
Volume 36 Number 2 | April 2022 Cara Bushmaker, MLS(ASCP)CM, ASCLS-Montana Newsletter/Social Media Editor Invisibility. Did we do it to ourselves? Was labeling laboratorians as introverts a valid excuse? Who cares? Maybe we did, maybe we didn’t, maybe you do, maybe you don’t, but what are we doing about it now? Visibility is in the…