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Summit on the Shortage of Clinical Laboratory Personnel
SUMMIT II

APPENDIX B

Resources identified by the participants that may assist or be modified to assist in this cause;

NAACLS
Published by AMA Register annually

Track graduates:MLT/CLT, MT/CLS, SBBB, Cytogenetics, Histotechnologist/tech, few phlebotomy programs
# students enrolled
# programs
# graduates

CAHEP
Need: Commission on Allied Health Education Project
Track graduate of Cytotechnologists
note: many clinical lab personnel are not trained in certified programs (15:1)

ASCP
Board of Registry

  • Annual survey of Medical Laboratory Science programs accredited
    published in Lab Medicine in September
    (some qualitative assessment - problems + need)
  • Prospective Study (8th year)
    tracks medical technologists
    200 ?s . . . job satisfaction, why did you leave the field

ASM
Lewis study - impact

CLMA
"Ad Hoc" salary study

  • needs to be expanded - ASCP efforts need to include additional personnel
  • pull together various survey ?s, e.g. web site.
  • "Outcome measure" - turnover, employment trends tied to addressing problems. (corrective reports)

 

Summit II, January, 2001 | Data Collection | Marketing | Recruitment
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