[Histonet] Re: Dumbing down the practical.

[LuAnn Anderson]

I also remember being required to do specials and H&E's on the same blocks. 
If it turned out to be a bad section/sections--or bad tissue--it was back 
to the drawing board!! Recuts or new tissue were then in order!! AND, not 
to date myself, but everything was done by hand with the exception of 
processing!! I too,believe that it is important have that "hands on" know 
how for troubleshooting purposes. JMHO.
LuAnn



At 01:12 PM 11/5/04, Susan Owens wrote:
> >1. In all those years, there has never been a time that both the H&E and a
> >special stain has been requested on the same tissue. That would be double
> >penalizing someone if they had a bad tissue.
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>Well I don't agree. It's been a few years, but I seem to remember that I did
>special stains and H&E on select blocks when I took the exam(in 1964).. And
>this thing about a 'double penalizing someone' for a bad tissue...Well they
>should not of used 'bad tissue' to begin with. And if they didn't know the
>tissue was 'bad' then they shouldn't of been taking the exam.
>I believe there are too many new faces in histoland that think they know it
>all and in truth they don't have a clue.
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>ex: 1. A year or two ago I asked someone to make up a % solution of
>something(I don't remember what)..I was told they didn't know how. I asked
>'how could you not know,you have your HT?' They answered "that they didn't
>need to know, where they worked before they purchased everything."
>       2. This year someone I know was taking the practical. According to
>them they were having a problem getting one of the special stains to work.
>SO, after several tries, they just put it on the auto stainer then sent it
>in with all the other slides.
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>What did this person learn? NOTHING
>And what did ASCP learn? NOTHING (Do they understand  they are handing out
>HT's to some people who don't know how to do the work?)
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>These are just two examples, I could list allot more....But my blood
>pressure would go wild.
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>Just keep smiling.
>Susan
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