Most of society by now are at least somewhat aware of the severe shortages of frontline nurses and doctors. #workforce #shortages were here even before the pandemic – but now, like most professions, the #healthcareprofessionals and #publichealth workforce shortage has reached dangerously low staffing levels. Survey research shows that since 2020, nearly one in five healthcare workers have quit their jobs, and research suggests that up to 47% of healthcare workers plan to leave their positions by 2025.
While we all hear about physician and nursing shortages, the issue goes far deeper into dozens of healthcare professions. In particular is the #medicallaboratory / #laboratory and public health workforce. The public rarely gets a glimpse of the monumental lifesaving work they do in the shadows of healthcare. Learn more about what we are doing in this important article by Angela C Tomei Robinson MS MLS ASCPcm Laboratory Medicine and Dr. Rodney E Rohde, SV, SM, MB (ASCP), FACSc, in this hot of the press Biomedical Journal of Scientific & Technical Research (BJSTR) article! #Labvocate #Labucate #Lab4Life #WeSaveLivesEveryday #IamASCLS #ascp #ASCLS #ascpsometeam
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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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