[Histonet] Microcredentials for Histology

[Paula Keene Pierce]

Here! Here!
I sure would not want the pilot flying a plane I was on to have micro credentials.
Like, hey I learned how to raise the landing gear this week. 
Standards should be raised, not doing just enough to get by.
In histology, all steps in totality create the final product.
I still think blocks and slides should be sent in as part of the registry, as we did in the past.
Paula Keene Pierce, BS, HTL(ASCP)HTPresidentExcalibur Pathology, Inc.5830 N Blue Lake DriveNorman, OK 73069PH 405-759-3953http://www.excaliburpathology.com

A sharp knife is nothing without a sharp eye. - Klingon Proverb 

    On Thursday, November 2, 2023 at 10:14:07 AM CDT, Jay Lundgren via Histonet <histonet at lists.utsouthwestern.edu> wrote:  
 
 What Jennifer said.

Just what kind of jumped-up osteopath college are you people running up
there?  Shocking.

You think they're looking for "microcredentials" at M.D. Anderson or
Brigham and Women's?

You're not going to help the shortage or the field by lowering standards.
Just kill a bunch of patients.

You want to attract registered/licensed HT/Ls?  PAY MORE MONEY!

You call yourself a Medical School (since 2018), act like one.

Please show this email to your boss.

Sincerely,

Jay A. Lundgren, M.S., HTL (ASCP)



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On Fri, Oct 27, 2023 at 3:39 PM Mac Donald, Jennifer via Histonet <
histonet at lists.utsouthwestern.edu> wrote:

> With route 2 the applicants must have at least one year of full-time
> acceptable experience working histology with experience in microtomy,
> embedding, fixation, staining, and lab operations.  They will be required
> to provide proof of the employment/experience to the ASCP with their
> transcripts.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kara, Phillip via Histonet <histonet at lists.utsouthwestern.edu>
> Sent: Friday, October 27, 2023 9:34 AM
> To: histonet at lists.utsouthwestern.edu
> Subject: [Histonet] Microcredentials for Histology
>
>  EXTERNAL SENDER - Exercise caution with requests, links, and attachments.
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> Good morning everyone.
>
> I recently started a position with the University of North Texas Health
> Science Center as their Histology Research Associate. During a quick
> meeting with my director he mentioned that he was interested in possibly
> setting up a 'microcredentialing' program for Histology since our lab is
> now up and running.
> Pretty much from what he was telling me it would be similar to when we
> were in high school taking those computer classes where we would get the
> Microsoft certifications showing we knew how to use Word, Excel,
> Powerpoint, ect.
> My hope would be to try setting it up in such a way that students when
> finished would have a better understanding of what we do in Histology but
> also have the basics to possibly sit (depending on how long out program
> would last) for the HT exam using the route 2 option ["Both require prior
> education in the histology field, either through attending a histology
> program<https://www.nsh.org/learn/histology-schools>, or acquiring
> laboratory experience in the field."] My question for the field is 2 fold.
>
>  1.  Is this something that you think could be a second path for people
> to get into the field of Histology due to our nation wide shortage? We deal
> with med students, pre med, medical research students, and starting a
> nursing program here next year.
>  2.  If this could work what do you think I should focus on? My initial
> thoughts were of course sectioning, processing, maybe even some staining.
> But what else?
>
> Interested to hear everyone's thoughts on the topic.
>
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>
> Phillip Kara, HTL | Senior Research Associate
>
> University of North Texas Health Science Center
>
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>
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