Summit on the Shortage of Clinical Laboratory
Personnel
SUMMIT I
Group #4
COMPONENTS OF THE PROBLEM
| IMAGE/PUBLIC RECOGNITION
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GENERATION X, Y
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| TRANSITION/DYNAMIC OF PRACTICE/HC
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SALARY
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| NOW VS. LATER, LONG TERM
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TECHNOLOGY
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| MANAGEMENT ORIENTED CURRICULUM
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AGING WORKFORCE
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| DECREASED SCIENCE INTEREST
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RETENTION
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| SCOPE OF PRACTICE (limited vs. expanded associated associated
curriculum)
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| DECREASED CLINICAL SITES
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DANGER!
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| FUNDING FOR PROGRAMS AND STUDENTS
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| DEMANDS OF ED PROGRAM
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EDUCATION/PROFESSION
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| REGULATORY ISSUES/COMPLIANCE
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OTHER OPPORTUNITIES
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| MARKETING TO PROSPECTIVE STUDENTS
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| SELF-SELECTION OF PERSONALITY PROFILE
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AREAS GROUPED
- EDUCATION
- CURRICULUM FUNDING
- programs/students, clinical sites
- IMAGE/MARKETING/RECRUITMENT
- Danger, button-pushing, salaries generation
- work ethic, decreased interest in science, other opportunities,become
'information managers'
- HEALTH CARE ENVIRONMENT
- transition, regulatory, working conditions, salaries, technology
- INCREASE AWARENESS
- educating lab managers, hospital managers
DRAFT SOLUTIONS BY AREA
PROMOTE RECIPROCITY
- Between certifying and licensing agencies
LOBBY FOR STUDENT LOANS
- Use Government sources
COMPILE SCHOLARSHIP INFO
- Distribute
- Solicit industry support
PROMOTE PROGRAMS IN RURAL AREAS
- Seek government grants to include student loan repayment
- like National Health Service Corps
DEVELOP RETRAINING PROGRAMS
- Distance delivery (grants) and lab piece
NEED "EARNED" MEDIA
- Help educate hospital administrators
- Educate the AHA
- Pull in Pathologists through the AMA
DEVELOP RECRUITING MATERIALS
- For immigrant / international prospects
- take advantage of cultural orientations
- Participate in science / health fairs
- Train æyoung blood' to do PR programs
DEVELOP "RATIONALE" FOR INCREASED SALARIES
- Target audience = lab managers
- data on costs of OT, recruiting - tradeoff of automation
- Promote creative staffing strategies
- Increase the number of CLT's / MLT's
- Find models for developing CLT programs at low cost
- Promote articulations CLT - CLS
- Facilitate entry of military trained staff to educational programs
to certification
Summit I, June, 2000
| Group #1 | Group #2
| Group #3 | Group #4
| The Next Step | SSCLP
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