Many hospital labs must plan to replace key staff members nearing retirement
Succession planning involves cultivating leadership among promising younger staff
New technologies need staff with new skill sets
Michael Bennett, PhD, FRCPath, FACB
Professor of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
Michael Bennett, PhD, FRCPath, FACB
Professor of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
Michael Bennett, PhD, FRCPath, FACB
Professor of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
Effective Use of Mass Spectrometry in the Clinical Laboratory
by Paul J. Jannetto, Robert L. Fitzgerald
Historically the success of mass spectrometry in the clinical laboratory has focused on drugs of abuse confirmations, newborn screening, and steroid analysis. Clinical applications of mass spectrometry continue to expand, and mass spectrometry is now being used in almost all areas of laboratory medicine.
Clinical Laboratory Personnel Shortage
In 2016, the Bureau of Labor statistics anticipated needed growth of 12,000 new medical laboratory professionals per year to meet growing demand. However, academic programs currently produce just 5,000 graduates per year.
Building a Laboratory Workforce to Meet the Future: ASCP Task Force on the Laboratory Professionals Workforce
by Andrea Bennett, Edna Garcia, Matthew Schulze, Mark Bailey, Kay Doyle, William Finn, Dave Glenn, Blair Holladay, Jeff Jacobs, Steven Kroft, Sara Patterson, Junell Petersen, Patricia Tanabe, Sue Zaleski
A comprehensive strategy to address the future workforce needs of the nation’s medical laboratories to meet this demand to provide timely, accurate, and safe patient care and to fully realize the benefits of personalized medicine.