I tried to teach the starving graduate students the same things, with similar results :-)
And it's not even Friday..... Paula On Tue, Mar 24, 2015 at 5:05 PM, William J. O'Connor III <[email protected]> wrote: > I have monkeys where I work, cynos. We tried to train them to not bite > our fingers off - I wouldn't even try to teach them to use a microtome. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael Ann Jones <[email protected]> > To: Stedman, Nancy <[email protected]>; Mark Turner > <[email protected]>; Paula Sicurello <[email protected]> > Cc: histonet <[email protected]>; Timothy Morken < > [email protected]>; Jennifer MacDonald <[email protected]>; > Marcum, Pamela A <[email protected]> > Sent: Tue, Mar 24, 2015 4:30 pm > Subject: Re: [Histonet] BS in Histotechnology > > Thanks Dr. Stedman! Good to hear! > Michael Ann > > > > > On 3/24/15, 3:22 PM, > "Stedman, Nancy" <[email protected]> > wrote: > > >As a pathologist > I'd like to apologize for all the pathologists who have > >made comments like > this.. forget trained monkeys and dogs, most (all?) > >pathologists cannot cut > slides either, at least not slides they'd want to > >try to read. I know I > can't. > > > >-Nancy Stedman > > > > > > > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From:[email protected] > >[mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Mark > >Turner > >Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 2015 4:26 PM > >To: Paula > Sicurello; Michael Ann Jones > >Cc: [email protected]; Timothy > Morken; Jennifer > >MacDonald; Marcum, Pamela A > >Subject: RE: [Histonet] BS in > Histotechnology > > > >I once worked with a Pathologist who said she was in a > group meeting of > >other pathologists when one of them blurted out that a > trained monkey > >could cut slides. My pathologist, having had the opportunity > to review > >some cases from the offender's laboratory, promptly replied "Yes, > and > >with the quality of your slides it looks like you did just that." > She > >shut down the other pathologist really quickly, and as far as I know, > we > >never received another case to review from him. My pathologist was > not > >about to let that kind of arrogance stand. She was one of the > best > >bosses I ever had! > > > >Mark Turner, Ph.D., HT(ASCP)QIHC > >Manager, > Histology/IHC > > > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From:[email protected] > >[mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Paula > >Sicurello > >Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 2015 3:47 PM > >To: > Michael Ann Jones > >Cc: [email protected]; Jennifer MacDonald; > Marcum, Pamela > >A; Timothy Morken > >Subject: Re: [Histonet] BS in > Histotechnology > > > >I've had more than one pathologist tell me a monkey could > do my job. > >Though one of them said it with a smile and added "a very highly > skilled > >and well trained monkey", he was one of the few who knew > better. > > > >How many of us monkeys have trained the whining and complaining > residents > >how to do things correctly? > > > >Paula > > > >On Tue, Mar 24, 2015 at > 12:29 PM, Michael Ann Jones <[email protected]> > >wrote: > > > >> OMG Pam~ our > pathologist said the exact same thing to us when we > >> started our Grossing > training. > >> Sheesh. . . > >> Michael Ann > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> On 3/24/15, 11:52 > AM, "Marcum, Pamela A" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> >That was nicer than > the pathologist who told me years ago, "any > >> >monkey could be trained to do > my job". I basically did not take the > >> >job I was interviewing for at the > time. At least the next interview > >> >went a lot better and I did take the > job. > >> > > >> >Pam > >> > > >> >-----Original Message----- > >> >From:[email protected] > >> > >[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > >> >Sanders, > Jeanine (CDC/OID/NCEZID) > >> >Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 2015 12:30 PM > >> >To: > Sue; Timothy Morken > >> >Cc: [email protected]; Jennifer > MacDonald > >> >Subject: RE: [Histonet] BS in Histotechnology > >> > > >> >I agree, > BUT>>>>>>>>>>>>>as long as many pathologists think you can > >> >teach any > trained dog how to section histology will never have the > >> >recognition those > of us that have studied and trained deserve. > >> > > >> >-----Original > Message----- > >> >From: [email protected] > >> > >[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Sue > >> >Sent: > Tuesday, March 24, 2015 12:59 PM > >> >To: Timothy Morken > >> >Cc:[email protected]; Jennifer MacDonald > >> >Subject: Re: > [Histonet] BS in Histotechnology > >> > > >> >This is a fight that we continue to > have with hospital administration. > >> >In my opinion histologists are just as > important and needed as MT. > >> >Even though there is an increase in automation > in pathology the hands > >> >on of a histologists is most important. The fact > that hospital still > >> >consider a lower entry job is the reason there are not > more of us. > >> >It is quite frustrating. > >> > > >> >Sue > >> >TJUH > >> > >_______________________________________________ > >> >Histonet mailing list > >> > >[email protected] > >> > >http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet > >> > > >> > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> >- > Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, including any > >> >attachments, is > for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may > >> >contain confidential > and privileged information. Any unauthorized > >> >review, use, disclosure or > distribution is prohibited. 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