Don't get me wrong... I'm OJT-trained. I just think that we, as histotechs doing a very critical and important job, need to be interested enough in our career/profession that licensure/certification is the goal of our training. I just can't figure out why someone that cuts my hair has to be licensed and histotechs don't! I was never more proud than the day I received that letter from ASCP telling me I was qualified to use the initials HT(ASCP) behind my name! I worked very hard for that, even though I had no college degree. Which prompts me to say that on March 7th, I will have been certified for FORTY years! Send cupcakes to me at the address below and I'll add the candles (which will cause security to come a'runnin' to put out an illegal fire caused by 40 candles on a cupcake...but that's another issue).
Sally Breeden, HT(ASCP) NM Dept. of Agriculture Veterinary Diagnostic Services PO Box 4700 Albuquerque, NM 87106 505-841-2576 _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet