I agree! You are wise. Hazel Horn Supervisor of Histology/Autopsy/Transcription Anatomic Pathology Arkansas Children's Hospital 1 Children's Way | Slot 820| Little Rock, AR 72202 501.364.4240 direct | 501.364.1241 fax hor...@archildrens.org archildrens.org
-----Original Message----- From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Bob Richmond Sent: Thursday, September 12, 2013 8:22 AM To: Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Subject: [Histonet] Re: Unregistered HT Since somebody mentioned the Samurai Pathologist (who is now 74 years old and in his 50th year in pathology) - I agree with most of what's been said here and I won't repeat it. >From the pathologist's viewpoint - remember that most pathologists are >now on salary (or soon will be) and don't have a dog in the fight about doing the job as cheaply as possible. I think that a very large part of the problem is that most pathologists haven't a clue as to what goes on in the histology lab (that's why we cram cassettes full of fatty breast tissue), and that pathologists need to acquire this knowledge in residency, to the degree that they can teach and trouble-shoot or work with senior technologists who can. It's particularly important that pathologists learn to embed. Edwards Deming was an economist who grew up in "operations research" during World War 2. After the War he tried to get the automotive industry to adopt his methods. The executives laughed at him (and still do in the business schools, I think), so he took his ideas to Japan, where they built the Japanese automative industry. Deming's major idea (if I understand him correctly) was that workers need constant specific feedback about what they're doing. I think that the establishment of effective feedback from pathologist to histotechnologist is the first step in solving the problem we've been talking about. And I think that means a pathologist sitting down with a histotechnologist and reviewing some of the day's slides every blessed day. Bob Richmond Samurai Pathologist Maryville TN _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet ****************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** The information contained in this message may be privileged and confidential and protected from disclosure. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, or an employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by replying to the message and deleting it from your computer. Thank you. _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet
