[Histonet] BS in Histotechnology

[Michael Ann Jones]

Thanks Dr. Stedman! Good to hear!
Michael Ann




On 3/24/15, 3:22 PM, "Stedman, Nancy" <Nancy.Stedman <@t> buschgardens.com>
wrote:

>As a pathologist I'd like to apologize for all the pathologists who have
>made comments like this.. forget trained monkeys and dogs, most (all?)
>pathologists cannot cut slides either, at least not slides they'd want to
>try to read.   I know I can't.
>
>-Nancy Stedman 
>
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: histonet-bounces <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu
>[mailto:histonet-bounces <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Mark
>Turner
>Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 2015 4:26 PM
>To: Paula Sicurello; Michael Ann Jones
>Cc: histonet <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu; Timothy Morken; Jennifer
>MacDonald; Marcum, Pamela A
>Subject: RE: [Histonet] BS in Histotechnology
>
>I once worked with a Pathologist who said she was in a group meeting of
>other pathologists when one of them blurted out that a trained monkey
>could cut slides.  My pathologist, having had the opportunity to review
>some cases from the offender's laboratory, promptly replied "Yes, and
>with the quality of your slides it looks like you did just that."  She
>shut down the other pathologist really quickly, and as far as I know, we
>never received another case to review from him.  My pathologist was not
>about to let that kind of arrogance stand.  She was one of the best
>bosses I ever had!
>
>Mark Turner,  Ph.D., HT(ASCP)QIHC
>Manager, Histology/IHC
> 
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: histonet-bounces <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu
>[mailto:histonet-bounces <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Paula
>Sicurello
>Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 2015 3:47 PM
>To: Michael Ann Jones
>Cc: histonet <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu; Jennifer MacDonald; Marcum, Pamela
>A; Timothy Morken
>Subject: Re: [Histonet] BS in Histotechnology
>
>I've had more than one pathologist tell me a monkey could do my job.
>Though one of them said it with a smile and added "a very highly skilled
>and well trained monkey", he was one of the few who knew better.
>
>How many of us monkeys have trained the whining and complaining residents
>how to do things correctly?
>
>Paula
>
>On Tue, Mar 24, 2015 at 12:29 PM, Michael Ann Jones <mjones <@t> metropath.com>
>wrote:
>
>> OMG Pam~ our pathologist said the exact same thing to us when we
>> started our Grossing training.
>> Sheesh. . .
>> Michael Ann
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 3/24/15, 11:52 AM, "Marcum, Pamela A" <PAMarcum <@t> uams.edu> wrote:
>>
>> >That was nicer than the pathologist who told me years ago, "any
>> >monkey could be trained to do my job".  I basically did not take the
>> >job I was interviewing for at the time.  At least the next interview
>> >went a lot better and I did take the job.
>> >
>> >Pam
>> >
>> >-----Original Message-----
>> >From: histonet-bounces <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu
>> >[mailto:histonet-bounces <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of
>> >Sanders, Jeanine (CDC/OID/NCEZID)
>> >Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 2015 12:30 PM
>> >To: Sue; Timothy Morken
>> >Cc: histonet <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu; Jennifer MacDonald
>> >Subject: RE: [Histonet] BS in Histotechnology
>> >
>> >I agree, BUT>>>>>>>>>>>>>as long as many pathologists think you can
>> >teach any trained dog how to section histology will never have the
>> >recognition those of us that have studied and trained deserve.
>> >
>> >-----Original Message-----
>> >From: histonet-bounces <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu
>> >[mailto:histonet-bounces <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Sue
>> >Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 2015 12:59 PM
>> >To: Timothy Morken
>> >Cc: histonet <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu; Jennifer MacDonald
>> >Subject: Re: [Histonet] BS in Histotechnology
>> >
>> >This is a fight that we continue to have with hospital administration.
>> >In my opinion histologists are just as important and needed as MT.
>> >Even though there is an increase in automation in pathology the hands
>> >on of a histologists is most important.  The fact that hospital still
>> >consider a lower entry job is the reason there are not more of us.
>> >It is quite frustrating.
>> >
>> >Sue
>> >TJUH
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