>Im sorry you feel that way about me. There is nothing snide here. I respect your opinion and have no foul words for you. Im happy that you have earned your education. I currently am in school trying to further mine, and I belive an education is so important. To a person and a profession. Have a wonderful day.
Nicole Tatum, HT ASCP Try to keep your snide remarks quiet, and respond with some degree of > respect. We will not always agree, but there is no "strike" there. You > dislike me,, that's fine. But keep your personal comments to yourself. > If you can be that mature. > > Sent from my Windows Phone > From: Nicole Tatum > Sent: 4/25/2012 12:09 PM > To: Joanne Clark; histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu > Subject: Re: [Histonet] RE: Qualifications for grossing > Yupp he strikes again. > > > Joanne, > > I strongly agree with your perspective. Many Techs do not have formal > expensive educations and have sat on the bench for many years and > eventually became grandfathered in. Those techs are the life blood of > pathology. It has only been in recent years that licensure has become a > larger part of health care requiring personal to obtain certification to > "hopefully" increase patient care. But, this argument is becoming a thing > of the past, because CLIA, CAP, JOCA have set standards that personal must > meet regardless of the extensive OJT. I am qualified to gross based on > these accrediators standards. It is others opinions that think these > "standards" are weak. If the argument is greed, than people should > understand that employee payroll is the highest cost within a laboratory > so to help cut cost to our bankrupt health care system, why not pay a > Histologist who is clearly qualified to do a job they have been doing > since the beginning of pathology. > > > The pathologists assistant profession began in 1969 with a pilot training > program at the Veterans Administration Medical Center (VAMC) in Durham, > North Carolina. > > In 1856 William Perkin discovered the dye mauve that was used in the early > 1860s by F W B Benke of Marlbery. Joseph Janavier Woodward, a surgeon in > the US Army, used fuchsine and aniline blue to stain human intestines. > Paul Ehrlich realized that the chemical dyes obtained from coal tar did > not simply color cells but combined with the chemical elements within them > to form new substances. The Swiss chemist Friedrich Miescher, in 1869 used > aniline dyes to examine the cell nucleus. In 1875 Carl Weigart, Ehrlich's > cousin, demonstrated the fuchsine derivative methyl violet stained > bacteria as opposed to tissue. > > The first histologist, Marcello Malpighi (1628-1694), an Italian > anatomist, is in fact considered the true Father of Histology. > > 1819, A. Mayer created the term Histology. In the sequence of the previous > word tissue, made use of two classical Greek root words (histos = tissue > and logos = study > > So, my point is I do believe Histo's have been involved since the very > beginning. We as a profession have a combined experience well beyond that > of any formal education. > > Last thought, and I quote, "I know I would make mistakes, and mistakes may > be considered part of the learning process, but do we really want to > accept that in health care? Mistakes should happen in school, not with a > real, live patients tissue." > > This statement clearly conflicts with all aspect of becoming a medical > professional. Our state/government funded hospitals employ thousands of > residents each year who treat thousands of indigent and paying patients. > This is their school. Histologist do interships within hospitals to get > training. This is their school to. Nurses, MLT's, MA's, everyone in health > care learns the actual (beyond books)trade from watching and working with > skilled persons who have many years of experience. They would not place a > student with a person who has a degree but no experience. My education > qualifies me to be trained by anyone in my field of pathology, and I > should be used where my skills will best serve my department and increase > patient care. Each one of us serves a purpose and is valuable, no matter > what job we perform with what amount of education. The law is weeding out > those who are no longer qualified to work in out field, they set the > standard. Let's let them make the decisions on who is qualified to do what > and stick together to ensure its fair to each one of us. > > Can't we all just get along...hehehehehe > > Nicole Tatum HT, ASCP > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Histonet mailing list > Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu > http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet > _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet