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Volume 91 - Winter 2005
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Coordinating Council on the Clinical Laboratory Workforce (CCCLW)
Working Collaboratively to Address the Workforce Shortage
by Paula Garrott, EdM, CLS(NCA)
ASCLS Representative to the NAACLS Board of Directors |
The members of the CCCLW, who represent over 20 member organizations, believe that we would have a broader and greater impact if we worked collectively. In addition, organizations and agencies from which we seek support would only have to work with a single entity thus facilitating communication and collaboration.
The CCCLW decided to focus its efforts in four areas with designated organizations serving as facilitators for each area. The areas include:
- Data Collection
- Marketing and Public Relations
- Recruitment
- Financing Education
Considerable strides have been made. Data collection has been facilitated by the American Society for Clinical Pathology and has focused on the ASCP Wage and Vacancy Survey as well as other surveys conducted by trade magazines and state workforce initiatives. The CCCLW has recognized that one barrier to accurate data collection is the lack of state personnel licensure for clinical laboratory personnel. Without licensure it is difficult to even identify how many qualified laboratory personnel exist.
The American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science facilitated the recruitment initiative developing a "Career Toolkit" that includes a variety of recruitment materials and strategies. The Toolkit list is available on the ASCLS website at: www.ascls.org/career/toolkit.asp.
NAACLS facilitated the financing education initiative by compiling a list of available scholarship and tuition reimbursement opportunities available to students enrolled in clinical laboratory programs. This information is available on the NAACLS website at: www.naacls.org/student-center/scholarships.asp. In addition, the CCCLW partnership with industry has resulted in Dade Behring generously providing $300,000/year in scholarship support for students enrolled in CLS/MT and CLT/MLT Programs - a $1.25M commitment through 2008!
Although work continues in the above-mentioned areas, currently the main focus of the CCCLW is in the area of marketing and public relations. Members agree that one of the key reasons for the workforce shortage is a lack of visibility of the clinical laboratory profession and its practitioners and lack of recognition of the important contributions they make to the diagnosis, monitoring and treatment of disease and maintenance of health. Abbott Laboratories, an industry member of the CCCLW, graciously offered the services of one of their public relations staff to work with a Marketing Subcommittee of the CCCLW. That group met in January and is in the process of developing a series of marketing strategies and possible funding sources which will be presented at the next meeting of the CCCLW to be scheduled this spring.
If you have questions or comments for the CCCLW, please feel free to forward them to the CCCLW Chair, Paula Garrott.
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CEO's Corner
by Olive M. Kimball, PhD, EdD Chief Executive Officer |
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PARC Report
by Karen Madsen Myers, MA, MT(ASCP)SC, CLS(NCA) Chair, Programs Approval Review Committee (PARC) |
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People Helping People
by Karen Madsen Myers, MA, MT(ASCP)SC, CLS(NCA) Chair, Programs Approval Review Committee (PARC) |
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President's Report
by Shauna Anderson, PhD, MT(ASCP)C, CLS(NCA) President, Board of Directors |
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Assessing Program Directors' Attitudes Towards Use of Electronic Self-Studies
by Maria E. Delost, MS, MT(ASCP), CLS(NCA) Histology Educator on CLSPRC |
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Clinical Laboratory Science
An Historical Perspective - Part II by Lucy J. Randles, MA, CLS/CLDIR President, Health Care Advantage; Member, NAACLS Graduate Task Force |
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Coordinating Council on the Clinical Laboratory Workforce (CCCLW)
Working Collaboratively to Address the Workforce Shortage by Paula Garrott, EdM, CLS(NCA) ASCLS Representative to the NAACLS Board of Directors |
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Dr. NAACLS
Advice for Accredited and Approved Programs |
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Annual Survey Coming Soon
by Elizabeth Everson Computer Information Systems and Program Coordinator |
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Programs to be Site Visited
during Summer 2006 Cycle |
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