It's worth to some but not to me.  29 yrs of histo, supervisor, never want
to leave the place that I  work at and am now training in a molecular
biology lab, PCR, cloning, FISH, immuno.  To get an HTL woulld mean
finishing my degree, changing majors and at best 6 years of night school.
Worth it?
----- Original Message -----
From: Wenk, Lee & Peggy <lpwenk@netquest.com>
To: Ginny Achstetter <achst@erols.com>
Cc: HistoNet Server <HistoNet@Pathology.swmed.edu>
Sent: Sunday, June 27, 1999 8:26 PM
Subject: Re: HTL


> Is going for the HTL worth it?
>
> Yes and no. If you've been working in the field for decades as you've
> indicated, have the job position you want where you are working, don't
> plan on going for a higher supervisor position, know you will never
> move to another location, town or hospital, and know that your
> hospital isn't planning on downsizing, then, you are probably right,
> it is not worth it.
>
> However, if you look in "Advance", many of the jobs for supervisor
> now require a BS and/or HTL. And several Histonetters have written
> to this listserv on how they have been denied supervisory positions
> because they do not have the BS/BA degree, and/or the HTL. Some
> of these positions for histology supervisors have been filled with
> MT or CT, because they have the degree. In several hospitals
> around here, the hospital laid off 1/2 the lab supervisors, and
> made the remaining supervisors be in charge of 2 labs. In all the
> cases, the hospital laid off the histotech supervisor, and put
> a med tech supervisor over histology. The histology supervisors
> did not have the BA/BS degrees, while the MT's did.
>
> Would it have been worth it in these cases to have the BA/BS and
> the HTL? I would like to think - yes.
>
> Just my opinion, for whatever it's worth.
>
> ***********************
> Peggy A. Wenk, HTL(ASCP)
> William Beaumont Hospital
> Royal Oak, MI 48073
>
> Ginny Achstetter wrote:
> >
> > Thanks to all who responded about the requirements for the HTL.  I guess
it
> > isn't really worth it for someone who has been in the field for decades.