I too "stumbled" into the profession in 1967 and share Sara's sentiments.
I sent the following to our senior staff as well as the supervisory group of
our laboratory:
Today is the first annual National Histotechnology day and is being celebrated
by the histology staff by a morning breakfast (
If it weren't for a med-tech-turned-pathologist that took me up on my
interest in becoming trained in histology (1967), I would not have just
marked my 41st year as a histologist. Back then, you just had to have
OJT and study independently for your written and practical tests. I had
no idea what
