[Histonet] RE: Histo Professionals Day

[Bartlett, Jeanine (CDC/OID/NCZVED)]

I was in college in Tennessee and my advisor wanted me to make a
decision on a career path.  I was interested in science but not in being
a nurse or a physician.  She suggested I look into laboratory sciences:
histology, medical technology and cytology.  I visited a hospital and
toured the labs.  I immediately knew when I entered the histo lab (and
smelled the xylene) that I was where I needed to be.  That was in 1975.

Jeanine Bartlett
Infectious Diseases Pathology Branch
(404) 639-3590 
jeanine.bartlett <@t> cdc.hhs.gov


-----Original Message-----
From: histonet-bounces <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu
[mailto:histonet-bounces <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Shirley
A. Powell
Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2010 11:41 AM
To: Breeden, Sara; histonet
Subject: [Histonet] RE: Histo Professionals Day

In 1962 I had completed my first year at Georgia and needed to
supplement my tuition since my parents could not foot the whole bill for
my next year.  I got a job at a furniture store as a
bookkeeper/secretary.  It took me a week to figure out it was not my
future profession.  The friend I was rooming with at the time worked in
the histology lab at the main hospital.  She told me there was an
opening and I jumped at the chance to change jobs.  I had no idea what
histology was, but she said "oh you will like it."  She did not stay in
the profession and quit 6 months after I started.  I stayed, so I kind
of stumbled into the histology profession and will have been in it for
48 years in July.  I was certified HT(ASCP) in 1964, HTL(ASCP) in 1981
and QIHC in 2000.  
That's  my story and I am sticking to it.
Shirley


-----Original Message-----
From: histonet-bounces <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu
[mailto:histonet-bounces <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Breeden,
Sara
Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2010 10:22 AM
To: histonet
Subject: [Histonet] Histo Professionals Day

Perhaps what each of us ought to do is write a quick line naming the one
person that got you involved in histology and how they did that.  I'd be
willing to gather them and pass them on to NSH so they could post it at
the Seattle meeting.  If you'd like to do this, send the email to
nmhisto <@t> comcast.net and I'll collect.  Just an idea...

 

Sally Breeden, HT(ASCP)

NM Dept. of Agriculture

Veterinary Diagnostic Services

PO Box 4700

Albuquerque, NM  87106

505-841-2576

 

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