RE: [Histonet] BS in Histotechnology

2015-04-23 Thread Joelle Weaver
. Joelle Weaver MAOM, HTL (ASCP) QIHC From: garr...@gmail.com Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2015 18:33:37 -0400 To: nancy.sted...@buschgardens.com Subject: Re: [Histonet] BS in Histotechnology CC: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu; mtur...@csilaboratories.com; jmacdon...@mtsac.edu; timothy.mor

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2015-04-23 Thread Paula Sicurello
@lists.utsouthwestern.edu; Timothy Morken timothy.mor...@ucsf.edu; Jennifer MacDonald jmacdon...@mtsac.edu; Marcum, Pamela A pamar...@uams.edu 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

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2015-04-23 Thread Paula Sicurello
: 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

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2015-04-23 Thread William J. O'Connor III
...@csilaboratories.com; Paula Sicurello pat...@gmail.com Cc: histonet histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu; Timothy Morken timothy.mor...@ucsf.edu; Jennifer MacDonald jmacdon...@mtsac.edu; Marcum, Pamela A pamar...@uams.edu Sent: Tue, Mar 24, 2015 4:30 pm Subject: Re: [Histonet] BS in Histotechnology Thanks

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2015-04-23 Thread LeRoy Brown
, 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

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2015-04-23 Thread suetp918
mjo...@metropath.com Cc: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu, Timothy Morken timothy.mor...@ucsf.edu, Jennifer MacDonald jmacdon...@mtsac.edu, Marcum, Pamela A pamar...@uams.edu Subject: RE: [Histonet] BS in Histotechnology As a pathologist I'd like to apologize for all the pathologists who

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2015-04-23 Thread Shirley A. Powell
, 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

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2015-03-25 Thread Podawiltz, Thomas
@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Subject: RE: [Histonet] BS in Histotechnology Tom, no, Histo does start lower than med techs, but consider that a med tech has specialty training from the time they decide to go that route while most histotechs have general biology degrees and nothing but on the job training. Even

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2015-03-25 Thread Morken, Timothy
in a profession they love. Tim -Original Message- From: Podawiltz, Thomas [mailto:tpodawi...@lrgh.org] Sent: Wednesday, March 25, 2015 3:19 AM To: Morken, Timothy; Jennifer MacDonald; histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Subject: RE: [Histonet] BS in Histotechnology Tim for a Pathology

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2015-03-25 Thread Morken, Timothy
: [Histonet] BS in Histotechnology Tim for a Pathology Manager you seem to have a low opinion of the education and training of the Histo Techs that work for you. Is your training program accredited with one of the Histology schools or is your staff left to rend for themselves? By the way

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2015-03-25 Thread Sanders, Jeanine (CDC/OID/NCEZID)
histotech! -Original Message- From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Morken, Timothy Sent: Wednesday, March 25, 2015 11:41 AM To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Subject: RE: [Histonet] BS in Histotechnology Tom, I

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2015-03-24 Thread suetp918
MacDonald jmacdon...@mtsac.edu Subject: RE: [Histonet] BS in Histotechnology They don't realize the theory we have to learn and those questions we have to answer like What's the best fixative for a pheochromocytoma? You tell them and they say the pathologist says B-5, to which I said, well

RE: [Histonet] BS in Histotechnology

2015-03-24 Thread Stedman, Nancy
, 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

Re: [Histonet] BS in Histotechnology

2015-03-24 Thread Michael Ann Jones
Sicurello; Michael Ann Jones Cc: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu; 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

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2015-03-24 Thread wsimons
in Histotechnology Sent: Mar 24 '15 16:11 Re: [Histonet] BS in Histotechnology Our laboratory decided when CLIA 88 came out, that we would require an associate's degree in science and a MLT or HT certification as a minimum to work in histology.  The pay is the same for histology as in clinical

RE: [Histonet] BS in Histotechnology

2015-03-24 Thread suetp918
, Timothy Morken timothy.mor...@ucsf.edu Cc: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu, Jennifer MacDonald jmacdon...@mtsac.edu Subject: RE: [Histonet] BS in Histotechnology I personally think that a person just can't call themselves a Histotechnologist unless they went to school, training, and then pass

RE: [Histonet] BS in Histotechnology

2015-03-24 Thread Morken, Timothy
...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Jennifer MacDonald Sent: Monday, March 23, 2015 7:52 PM To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Subject: [Histonet] BS in Histotechnology In what areas would a facility hire an HTL over an HT? Is there a need for more HTL programs? 4 Thank you

RE: [Histonet] BS in Histotechnology

2015-03-24 Thread Podawiltz, Thomas
- From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Morken, Timothy Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 2015 11:47 AM To: Jennifer MacDonald; histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Subject: RE: [Histonet] BS in Histotechnology Jennifer, we require

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2015-03-24 Thread Morken, Timothy
...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Pam Marcum Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 2015 10:13 AM To: Sue Cc: Histonet; Morken, Timothy; Jennifer MacDonald Subject: Re: [Histonet] BS in Histotechnology It is the only truth I deal with here.  We are, like TJH

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2015-03-24 Thread Morken, Timothy
-Original Message- From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Morken, Timothy Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 2015 11:47 AM To: Jennifer MacDonald; histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Subject: RE: [Histonet] BS in Histotechnology Jennifer

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2015-03-24 Thread Marcum, Pamela A
@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Subject: RE: [Histonet] BS in Histotechnology So just out of curiosity is the pay on the same level as that of a Med Tech with a BS? Does the BA/BS have to be in Histotechnology or is the BA/BS followed by one of the on-line certificate programs? Tom Tom Podawiltz HT (ASCP) AP

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2015-03-24 Thread Sanders, Jeanine (CDC/OID/NCEZID)
...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Sue Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 2015 12:59 PM To: Timothy Morken Cc: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu; Jennifer MacDonald Subject: Re: [Histonet] BS in Histotechnology This is a fight that we continue to have with hospital administration.  In my opinion histologists

RE: [Histonet] BS in Histotechnology

2015-03-24 Thread Sanders, Jeanine (CDC/OID/NCEZID)
PM To: Marcum, Pamela A; Sanders, Jeanine (CDC/OID/NCEZID); Sue; Timothy Morken Cc: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu; Jennifer MacDonald Subject: RE: [Histonet] BS in Histotechnology I personally think that a person just can't call themselves a Histotechnologist unless they went to school

Re: [Histonet] BS in Histotechnology

2015-03-24 Thread Paula Sicurello
...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Sanders, Jeanine (CDC/OID/NCEZID) Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 2015 12:30 PM To: Sue; Timothy Morken Cc: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu; Jennifer MacDonald Subject: RE: [Histonet] BS in Histotechnology I

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2015-03-24 Thread Carl Nituda
Subject: RE: [Histonet] BS in Histotechnology 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

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2015-03-24 Thread Pam Marcum
: Tuesday, March 24, 2015 1:35:30 PM Subject: RE: [Histonet] BS in Histotechnology Pam, true enough. Indeed, for the annual NSH survey my only comment was that NSH has been ineffective in convincing pathology departments of the value of an HT or HTL certification - to the point that many are now

RE: [Histonet] BS in Histotechnology

2015-03-24 Thread Bernice Frederick
(CDC/OID/NCEZID) Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 2015 2:14 PM To: Carl Nituda; Marcum, Pamela A; Sue; Timothy Morken Cc: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu; Jennifer MacDonald Subject: RE: [Histonet] BS in Histotechnology I know someone personally that works in a hospital and it hast Histotechnologist by his

Re: [Histonet] BS in Histotechnology

2015-03-24 Thread Michael Ann Jones
/OID/NCEZID) Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 2015 12:30 PM To: Sue; Timothy Morken Cc: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu; Jennifer MacDonald Subject: RE: [Histonet] BS in Histotechnology I agree, BUTas long as many pathologists think you can teach any trained dog how to section histology will never have

RE: [Histonet] BS in Histotechnology

2015-03-24 Thread Marcum, Pamela A
: [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

Re: [Histonet] BS in Histotechnology

2015-03-24 Thread Patti McDavid
Re: [Histonet] BS in Histotechnology Our laboratory decided when CLIA 88 came out, that we would require an associate's degree in science and a MLT or HT certification as a minimum to work in histology. The pay is the same for histology as in clinical departments. I strongly feel

RE: [Histonet] BS in Histotechnology

2015-03-24 Thread Joelle Weaver
about that in general. Joelle Weaver MAOM, HTL (ASCP) QIHC From: tpodawi...@lrgh.org To: timothy.mor...@ucsf.edu; jmacdon...@mtsac.edu; histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2015 12:06:13 -0400 Subject: RE: [Histonet] BS in Histotechnology CC: So just out

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2015-03-24 Thread Mark Turner
@lists.utsouthwestern.edu; 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

RE: [Histonet] BS in Histotechnology

2015-03-24 Thread Marcum, Pamela A
...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Sanders, Jeanine (CDC/OID/NCEZID) Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 2015 12:30 PM To: Sue; Timothy Morken Cc: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu; Jennifer MacDonald Subject: RE: [Histonet] BS in Histotechnology I

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2015-03-24 Thread Blazek, Linda
)'; Sue; Timothy Morken Cc: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu; Jennifer MacDonald Subject: RE: [Histonet] BS in Histotechnology 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

[Histonet] BS in Histotechnology

2015-03-23 Thread Jennifer MacDonald
In what areas would a facility hire an HTL over an HT? Is there a need for more HTL programs? 4 Thank you, ___ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet