Sharing via my ASM colleagues:
Dear DivC,
On behalf of the ASM CPHM Personnel Standards and Workforce subcommittee, I invite you to contribute to our current workforce project. The survey will remain open through May 8.
The heart of clinical microbiology laboratories are the bench-level staff; highly trained, expert laboratorians generating quality, critical results that guide clinical management of infectious diseases. Staff turnover through retirement, strains of the pandemic, and challenges in retention, coupled with an insufficient pipeline of medical laboratory scientists, threaten maintenance of this essential workforce. To address staffing shortages, some laboratories have taken to hiring non-board-certified individuals, while simultaneously maintaining the expected quality and competency standard. ASM's Clinical and Public Health subcommittee on Personnel Standards and Workforce seeks to understand how this shift in hiring practice has impacted the resources and time required to onboard, train, and retain non-board-certified versus board-certified staff. The following survey is designed to collect data on this topic, with the goal of highlighting areas of need and identifying resources needed to maintain a strong and healthy workforce.
Thank you for your time,
Kyle
Chair, PS&W
Kyle G. Rodino, PhD, D(ABMM)
Assistant Professor, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine | Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
Assistant Director, Clinical Microbiology Laboratory | Director, Rittenhouse Molecular Laboratory | Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
https://pathology.med.upenn.edu/. Click or tap if you trust this link." target="_blank" rel="noopener">Penn Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
3400 Spruce St, 4th Floor Gates, Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 215-662-6652 | Cell: 267-608-5618 | Fax: 215-349-8291
Kyle.Rodino@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
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Rodney E. Rohde, PhD, MS, SM(ASCP)CM,SVCM,MBCM, FACSc
Regents' Professor, Texas State University System
University Distinguished Chair & Professor, Medical Laboratory Science [MLS] Program
TEDx Speaker & Global Fellow – Global Citizenship Alliance
Texas State Honorary Professor of International Studies
Associate Director, Translational Health Research Initiative @txst_THR
Past President, Texas Association for CLS
Texas State University
MLS Program, Encino Hall 350B [office ENC 363]
601 University Drive
San Marcos, TX 78666-4616
512-245-3500 [CLS suite]; 512-245-2562 [office]
Email:
rrohde@txstate.eduPronouns: he/him/his
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