Summit on the Shortage of Clinical Laboratory
Personnel
SUMMIT I
Group #3
COMPONENTS OF THE PROBLEM
| INADEQUATE RESOURCES
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PUBLIC RECOGNITION
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| TECHNOLOGY
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IMAGE
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| DYNAMIC TRANSITION
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DANGEROUS
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| (Y?) GENERATION X
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EDUCATIONAL PREPARATION
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| IMMEDIATE VS. LONG TERM PROBLEM
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SALARIES
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| ALTERNATIVE CAREER PATHS
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HEALTH CARE
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| NEED TO COMPETE BETTER FOR GOOD PEOPLE
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| WE NEED TO BROADEN OUR IMAGE
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AGING WORKFORCE
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| FUNDING FOR PROGRAMS AND STUDENTS
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RETENTION
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| REGULATORY ISSUES/ e.g., COMPLIANCE
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| NEED GOOD, YOUNG ROLE MODELS TO RECRUIT
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| SPLIT OPINION ON USE OF ADV. SKILLS AT ENTRY LEVEL
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AREAS GROUPED
- EDUCATION
- TRANSITION (combined) HEALTH CARE
- RESOURCES - FINANCIAL
- HUMAN RESOURCES
- TECHNOLOGY
DRAFT SOLUTIONS BY AREA
POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS
Could AACC (other organizations) have practice analysis
Facilitate entry of military trained staff
Increase CLT's / MLT's (low cost models)
- Education
- more interactive learning
- strategies/reasons for revitalizing programs (programs are
not flexible) provide support for program directors to decrease
practicum experience in order to facilitate program survival
- industry support of ed. programs (grants, tuition assistance);
pool instruments / LIS training module; student stipends, grants
- Transition/Health Care
- better communication with industry - nature of products
in pipeline
- a new position "business/mgt/technology; could we
use PCT's moreá? needs to be physician education in better
test ordering (EBM)
increase visibility of lab and the various professions
- educate managers/administrators as to the fact that good
MT/CLS's & MLT/CLT's crank out more CPT codes, decrease error rate,
decrease TAT, etc.
- Resources (Financial)
- students stipends, grants, tuition; Congressional funding
for programs and scholarships
- connect educators with industry that teach educators to market to community, to hospital admin. (go
public - cable TV, public TV to school) (colleges; TV)
- Human Resources
- identify/train blood to do PR programs - career counseling
earlier
- how can you make salaries better? push computer skills
- target minority groups (children of immigrants) int'l groups
- develop "rationale" for increased salaries for lab managers,
e.g., cost of OT, recruiting (AAB, ASCP have some data like this) ("Mad
Science" - grant $ available
- promote creative staffing strategies
- justify higher salary along with equipt. price (automation,
etc.)
- design lab-oriented modules that can be used at schools
- take "teachers" in tow K-12 (needs to fit National Science
Standards)
Summit I, June, 2000
| Group #1 | Group #2
| Group #3 | Group #4
| The Next Step | SSCLP
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