I recently mentored an employee who took and passed the certification test. We did use Freida's book but used questions from ASCP's study guide book to supplement. I felt that since ASCP is the entity putting together the test questions, the employee would benefit from being familiar with the type of questions ASCP would use. It's a nice book, divided into the different chapters (fixation, microtomy, processing etc.) and it is also divided into the questions for HT and HTL.
In our situation, it helped identify the areas were the student was lacking so that we could focus on that area. Ruth Cazares, HT (ASCP) Histology Supervisor Department of Pathology Swedish Covenant Hospital 5145 North California Ave Chicago, IL 60625 -----Original Message----- From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Robert Richmond Sent: Thursday, December 03, 2009 10:22 PM To: Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Subject: [SPAM-HC] - [Histonet] what book to study for registry? - Email found in subject I'm working with a thirtysomething man with a degree in chemistry and a good bit of experience under his belt, who in these bad times wound up signing on as a histech with no experience. Trained by an elderly minimally competent tech, he's rapidly blossomed - is making superb slides and is really interested in histotechnology. He's appalled by the minimal knowledge of science of his co-workers. With the base ulterior motive of trying to keep him from taking off when times get better, I've been strongly encouraging him to take the registry exam when he becomes eligible in a few more months. I'll try to work with him as much as I can. My question to you all is - what book should he be studying? Is the exam still based on Freida Carson's book (2nd ed) which we have, or is there a more recent book we should get? Bob Richmond Samurai Pathologist Knoxville TN _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet thwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet *** Confidentiality Statement *** This e-mail is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information that is privileged and confidential. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, please notify the sender immediately by replying to this message and then delete it from your system. Any review, dissemination, distribution, or reproduction of this message by unintended recipients is strictly prohibited and may be subject to legal restriction. Thank you for your cooperation. _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet
