RE: [Histonet] Practical Exam, RE: testing cutting ability

2009-02-24 Thread Cheri Miller
Where is the fence??? It looks like a P---ing match between dogs. We ALL worked hard on our certification no matter how we got it. And due to the shortage I assume we ALL work hard now. Fast or slow matters not. Histology, good histology needs many talents such as; scientific knowledge, troublesho

RE: [Histonet] Practical Exam

2009-02-24 Thread Edwards, R.E.
'Ingles Claire '; 'Histonet' Subject: RE: [Histonet] Practical Exam A rat's patoot? Is that like a rodent's behind? -Original Message- From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Ingles Clair

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2009-02-23 Thread JoeNocito
A rat's patoot? Is that like a rodent's behind? -Original Message- From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Ingles Claire Sent: Monday, February 23, 2009 4:59 PM To: Histonet Subject: RE: [Histonet] Prac

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2009-02-23 Thread Ingles Claire
Hey, I thought WE were the lowest phylum.(at least as far as most respect goes) :) Claire From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu on behalf of Esther Peters Sent: Fri 2/20/2009 5:08 PM To: O'Donnell, Bill Cc: Histonet Subject: Re: [Histonet] Prac

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2009-02-23 Thread Ingles Claire
rk you know. I'm so glad I only have to deal with one fellow a year now. They are much better to begin with. Claire From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu on behalf of Pamela Marcum Sent: Fri 2/20/2009 3:11 PM To: 'Podawiltz, Thomas'; rjbu..

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2009-02-23 Thread Della Speranza, Vinnie
Original Message- From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of O'Donnell, Bill Sent: Friday, February 20, 2009 11:01 AM To: Histonet Subject: RE: [Histonet] Practical Exam If, indeed, these were the two primary reasons for el

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2009-02-23 Thread Pamela Marcum
onet; Rittman, Barry R Subject: RE: [Histonet] Practical Exam Peggy, You make good, sound points. Thank you. William (Bill) O'Donnell, HT (ASCP) QIHC Lead Histologist Good Samaritan Hospital 10 East 31st Street Kearney, NE 68847 -Original Message- From: histonet-boun...@lists.

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2009-02-23 Thread O'Donnell, Bill
-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Lee & Peggy Wenk Sent: Friday, February 20, 2009 8:13 PM To: rjbu...@yahoo.com; 'Victor Tobias'; 'Histonet'; 'Rittman, Barry R' Subject: RE: [Histonet] Practical Exam Long answer - skip if not interested. Am responding to several (many) emails,

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2009-02-23 Thread Edwards, R.E.
ll, Bill'; 'Histonet' Subject: RE: [Histonet] Practical Exam We would need more histologists presence in the office for that and not the "business people" running it now for shows. Pamela A Marcum University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine Comparative

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2009-02-22 Thread Rene J Buesa
Joe: Not enough programs = not enough techs = not enough MONEY, or the whole way around starting with "not enough money" (Show me the money!) René J. --- On Sun, 2/22/09, JoeNocito wrote: From: JoeNocito Subject: RE: [Histonet] Practical Exam To: lpw...@sbcglobal.net, rjbu...

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2009-02-22 Thread JoeNocito
utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Lee & Peggy Wenk Sent: Friday, February 20, 2009 8:13 PM To: rjbu...@yahoo.com; 'Victor Tobias'; 'Histonet'; 'Rittman, Barry R' Subject: RE: [Histonet] Practical Exam Long answer - skip if not in

RE: [Histonet] Practical Exam

2009-02-21 Thread joelle weaver
ere is probably a lot of pressure on histology supervisors and managers, but it is not doing anyone any favors by keeping this scenerio going. Thanks Peggy Joelle Weaver HTL (ASCP) > From: lpw...@sbcglobal.net > To: rjbu...@yahoo.com; vic...@pathology.washington.edu; ; > barr

RE: [Histonet] Practical Exam

2009-02-20 Thread Lee & Peggy Wenk
pitals.com] Sent: Friday, February 20, 2009 7:00 PM To: Bill O'Donnell; Esther Peters Cc: Histonet Subject: Re: [Histonet] Practical Exam It is up to each individual institution to "test" a new hire for their competency. We are lucky to have both an HT and HTL program at our hospital

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2009-02-20 Thread Lee & Peggy Wenk
spital Royal Oak, MI 48073 -Original Message- From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Rene J Buesa Sent: Friday, February 20, 2009 9:01 AM To: Victor Tobias; Histonet; Rittman, Barry R Subject: RE: [Histonet] Practical

RE: [Histonet] Practical Exam

2009-02-20 Thread Podawiltz, Thomas
O'Donnell; Esther Peters Cc: Histonet Subject: Re: [Histonet] Practical Exam It is up to each individual institution to "test" a new hire for their competency. We are lucky to have both an HT and HTL program at our hospital so when we hire a graduating student we already know th

Re: [Histonet] Practical Exam

2009-02-20 Thread Sharon Scalise
It is up to each individual institution to "test" a new hire for their competency. We are lucky to have both an HT and HTL program at our hospital so when we hire a graduating student we already know their work habits and skill level. If I do hire someone from the outside, they have 90 days th

Re: [Histonet] Practical Exam

2009-02-20 Thread Esther Peters
SCP) QIHC Lead Histologist Good Samaritan Hospital 10 East 31st Street Kearney, NE 68847 -Original Message- From: Pamela Marcum [mailto:pmar...@vet.upenn.edu] Sent: Friday, February 20, 2009 3:11 PM To: 'Podawiltz, Thomas'; rjbu...@yahoo.com; 'Histonet'; O'

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2009-02-20 Thread O'Donnell, Bill
an Hospital 10 East 31st Street Kearney, NE 68847 -Original Message- From: Pamela Marcum [mailto:pmar...@vet.upenn.edu] Sent: Friday, February 20, 2009 3:11 PM To: 'Podawiltz, Thomas'; rjbu...@yahoo.com; 'Histonet'; O'Donnell, Bill Subject: RE: [Histonet] Practical

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2009-02-20 Thread jstaruk
o:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of O'Donnell, Bill Sent: Friday, February 20, 2009 4:17 PM To: rjbu...@yahoo.com; Histonet Subject: RE: [Histonet] Practical Exam Rene, Ouch!!! Lighten up! I never accepted or condoned cheating! Of course it is immoral! Only a

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2009-02-20 Thread O'Donnell, Bill
etter rested on Monday). William (Bill) O'Donnell, HT (ASCP) QIHC Lead Histologist Good Samaritan Hospital 10 East 31st Street Kearney, NE 68847 From: Rene J Buesa [mailto:rjbu...@yahoo.com] Sent: Friday, February 20, 2009 2:37 PM To: Histonet; O'Donnel

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2009-02-20 Thread Pamela Marcum
3:57 PM To: rjbu...@yahoo.com; Histonet; O'Donnell, Bill Subject: RE: [Histonet] Practical Exam Rene, I can't and won't put words into Bill's mouth, especially since we have known each other for almost 30 years, but I think his question was, was there really a problem with people

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2009-02-20 Thread Houston, Ronald
riginal Message- From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Rittman, Barry R Sent: Friday, February 20, 2009 10:37 AM To: Histonet Subject: RE: [Histonet] Practical Exam Rene I have always regarded the mechanism of sending slides

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2009-02-20 Thread Rene J Buesa
Subject: RE: [Histonet] Practical Exam To: "rjbu...@yahoo.com" , "Histonet" , "O'Donnell, Bill" Date: Friday, February 20, 2009, 3:56 PM Rene, I can't and won't put words into Bill's mouth, especially since we have known each other for almost 30 yea

RE: [Histonet] Practical Exam

2009-02-20 Thread Podawiltz, Thomas
Friday, February 20, 2009 3:36 PM To: Histonet; O'Donnell, Bill Subject: RE: [Histonet] Practical Exam Bill: In my time when you accepted somebody else doing YOUR job and YOU being remunerated or accredited for it was called CHEATING and that is a moral turpitude issue, and really a problem

RE: [Histonet] Practical Exam

2009-02-20 Thread Chiriboga, Luis
on will do it for us. -Original Message- From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Rene J Buesa Sent: Friday, February 20, 2009 3:33 PM To: Histonet; Rittman, Barry R Subject: RE: [Histonet] Practical Exam Barry: Don

RE: [Histonet] Practical Exam

2009-02-20 Thread Rene J Buesa
09, Swain, Frances L wrote: From: Swain, Frances L Subject: RE: [Histonet] Practical Exam To: "O'Donnell, Bill" , "Histonet" Date: Friday, February 20, 2009, 11:21 AM There has been reference to someone else taking the practical exam instead of the applicant. Since the

RE: [Histonet] Practical Exam

2009-02-20 Thread Rene J Buesa
ll, Bill wrote: From: O'Donnell, Bill Subject: RE: [Histonet] Practical Exam To: "Histonet" Date: Friday, February 20, 2009, 11:00 AM If, indeed, these were the two primary reasons for eliminating the practical exam, they are weak and lazy reasons. An increase in the fee to appl

RE: [Histonet] Practical Exam

2009-02-20 Thread Rene J Buesa
venue, although it will be an extremely difficult proposition. René J. --- On Fri, 2/20/09, Rittman, Barry R wrote: From: Rittman, Barry R Subject: RE: [Histonet] Practical Exam To: "Histonet" Date: Friday, February 20, 2009, 10:36 AM Rene I have always regarded the mechanism of sending

RE: [Histonet] Practical Exam

2009-02-20 Thread Bernice Frederick
tonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Chiriboga, Luis Sent: Friday, February 20, 2009 11:53 AM To: rjbu...@yahoo.com; Swain, Frances L; O'Donnell, Bill; Histonet; Pamela Marcum Subject: RE: [Histonet] Practical Exam that's because its American

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2009-02-20 Thread Chiriboga, Luis
13 PM To: 'Swain, Frances L'; 'O'Donnell, Bill'; 'Histonet'; Pamela Marcum Subject: RE: [Histonet] Practical Exam I can give you all 100:1 handicap that this will not happen, ever! René J. --- On Fri, 2/20/09, Pamela Marcum wrote: From: Pamela Marcum Subject: R

RE: [Histonet] Practical Exam

2009-02-20 Thread Pamela Marcum
Square PA 19438 610-925-6278 _ From: Rene J Buesa [mailto:rjbu...@yahoo.com] Sent: Friday, February 20, 2009 12:13 PM To: 'Swain, Frances L'; 'O'Donnell, Bill'; 'Histonet'; Pamela Marcum Subject: RE: [Histonet] Practical Exam I can give you al

RE: [Histonet] Practical Exam

2009-02-20 Thread Rene J Buesa
I can give you all 100:1 handicap that this will not happen, ever! René J. --- On Fri, 2/20/09, Pamela Marcum wrote: From: Pamela Marcum Subject: RE: [Histonet] Practical Exam To: "'Swain, Frances L'" , "'O'Donnell, Bill'" , "'Histonet&

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2009-02-20 Thread Pamela Marcum
0-925-6278 -Original Message- From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Swain, Frances L Sent: Friday, February 20, 2009 11:22 AM To: O'Donnell, Bill; Histonet Subject: RE: [Histonet] Practical Exam There has been reference

RE: [Histonet] Practical Exam

2009-02-20 Thread Bernice Frederick
utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Rene J Buesa Sent: Friday, February 20, 2009 8:01 AM To: Victor Tobias; Histonet; Rittman, Barry R Subject: RE: [Histonet] Practical Exam There were 2 fundamental reasons why ASCP eliminated the practical part of the ex

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2009-02-20 Thread Houston, Ronald
o: Victor Tobias; Histonet; Rittman, Barry R Subject: RE: [Histonet] Practical Exam There were 2 fundamental reasons why ASCP eliminated the practical part of the examination: 1- they got to the conclusion that there was no way to determine if the person sending the slides was the one who really

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2009-02-20 Thread Swain, Frances L
-Original Message- From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of O'Donnell, Bill Sent: Friday, February 20, 2009 10:01 AM To: Histonet Subject: RE: [Histonet] Practical Exam If, indeed, these were the two primary reason

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2009-02-20 Thread Swain, Frances L
, February 20, 2009 9:37 AM To: Histonet Subject: RE: [Histonet] Practical Exam Rene I have always regarded the mechanism of sending slides in to be a big flaw in the practical, it it did offer some standardization. cannot accept the cost logic. The real question here is why is the ASCP running this

RE: [Histonet] Practical Exam

2009-02-20 Thread O'Donnell, Bill
hwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Rene J Buesa Sent: Friday, February 20, 2009 8:01 AM To: Victor Tobias; Histonet; Rittman, Barry R Subject: RE: [Histonet] Practical Exam There were 2 fundamental reasons why ASCP eliminated the practical part of the examination: 1- they got to t

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2009-02-20 Thread Rittman, Barry R
or to gather the reviewers to qualify the sections, so they decided to eliminate the practical and made the changes we have now (renewal and CEU). René J. --- On Thu, 2/19/09, Rittman, Barry R wrote: From: Rittman, Barry R Subject: RE: [Histonet] Practical Exam To: "Victor Tobias" , &q

RE: [Histonet] Practical Exam

2009-02-20 Thread Pamela Marcum
...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Rittman, Barry R Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2009 6:30 PM To: Victor Tobias; Histonet Subject: RE: [Histonet] Practical Exam Victor I cannot believe that you have said this. Although I did not think that

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2009-02-20 Thread Rene J Buesa
gather the reviewers to qualify the sections, so they decided to eliminate the practical and made the changes we have now (renewal and CEU). René J. --- On Thu, 2/19/09, Rittman, Barry R wrote: From: Rittman, Barry R Subject: RE: [Histonet] Practical Exam To: "Victor Tobias" , "H

RE: [Histonet] Practical Exam

2009-02-20 Thread Rosa Fields
ssage- From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Victor Tobias Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2009 5:34 PM To: Rittman, Barry R Cc: Histonet Subject: Re: [Histonet] Practical Exam Barry, I agree with your statement, What is rea

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2009-02-19 Thread Victor Tobias
Barry, I agree with your statement, What is really needed is a national standardized written and practical test that is administered by NSH. Victor Tobias Clinical Applications Analyst University of Washington Medical Center Dept of Pathology Room BB220 1959 NE Pacific Seattle, WA 98195 vic...

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2009-02-19 Thread Rittman, Barry R
Victor I cannot believe that you have said this. Although I did not think that the practical examination was the ultimate test of skill , it did at least provide some uniformity. With an extension of the logic that you use it is just as easy to allow the pathologist to certify that the technicia