Amos Brooks wrote:

"I would like there to be a uniformity in these training programs, an
accreditation process, with some minimum standards to prove the program is
effective."


There is an accrediting process for training programs but most hosptials are
not going to go through this demanding process unless they plan to train
many techs each year and it is a money-making endeavor for them. There are
only about 30 accredited programs in the US.


Tim Morken, B.A., EMT(MSA), HTL(ASCP)
Infectious Disease Pathology
Centers for Disease Control
MS-G32
1600 Clifton Rd.
Atlanta, GA 30333
USA

email: tim9@cdc.gov
       timcdc@hotmail.com

Phone: (404) 639-3964
FAX:  (404)639-3043


----Original Message Follows----
From: atbrooks <atbrooks@snet.net>
To: "Rupe, Amanda" <ARupe@nctr.fda.gov>, histonet
<histonet@pathology.swmed.edu>
Subject: Re: job training ...last resort
Date: Thu, 28 Oct 1999 15:00:59 -0400

     Based upon your description of your training it sounds as though you
are one
of the "lucky ones". There are on the job training programs that have NO
classroom time at all. These are the ones I am most concerned with. A tech
needs
study and research skills, which is what the classroom is for.
     I would like there to be a uniformity in these training programs, an
accreditation process, with some minimum standards to prove the program is
effective.
Amos Brooks
HT(ASCP)


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