[Histonet] Certification

[Brandi Higgins]

Hello,
I enrolled in the online HT program through Harford Community College in
Maryland.  It is completely online.  You do have to send in sample slides /
blocks / special stains, but you complete all tests and such online through
blackboard (which I also used in college, you my be familiar with that).
When I enrolled it was a rolling continuous enrollment, and suggested
completion time was 10 montsh but it was completely go at your own pace.
Hope this helps.  Feel free to email me if you have any other questions.
You also need to have a certified "mentor", so hopefully your lab has an
ASCP certified tech.

Brandi Higgins, HT(ASCP)

On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 2:06 PM, Joyce Bidwell <joyceagain <@t> att.net> wrote:

> I am in Kansas City, MO and I am in the process of getting enrolled with
> Indiana State University to obtain my HT certificate.  Does anyone out there
> know if #1.  It is a requirement in Missouri to have either a license or
> certificate to cut permanent slides?  #2.  Are there any other schools that
> offer the HT certificate training course that is a distance learning class
> and enrolls any time other that Fall.  As it stands now I will have my
> prerequisits done at the end of next fall but will not be able to start the
> Indiana State University class until the Fall of 2011.  The doctor I am
> working with now would like me to be able to become certified or "licensed"
> before then so I can cut permanent slides.  Currently I am cutting MOHS
> tissue only.
>
> Thanks for your input!!
>
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