{"title":"The Future of the Pathology Workforce","authors":"D. Lewin","doi":"10.1093/CRIVAL/VAW015","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"![Graphic][1] \n\n![Graphic][2] \n\nAs I sit writing this column during Lab Week, I reflect on the difficulties pathology encounters in its workforce, both in the United States and abroad. I have had the opportunity to attend a number of collaborative meetings where we looked at the workforce from a variety of different angles.\n\nIn the US, the most pressing challenge is the impending shortage in the laboratory professional workforce. The 2014 ASCP Vacancy Survey1 reveals increased vacancy rates (compared to 2012 data) in all areas of the laboratory except cytology and cytogenetics. Additionally, it is anticipated that as Baby Boomers retire, the increased number of retirees will further exacerbate the shortage. Unfortunately the capacity to train new laboratory professionals has been in decline, with the closure of a significant number of laboratory technology training programs (leading to a decrease from 593 programs in 1996 …\n\n [1]: /embed/inline-graphic-1.gif\n [2]: /embed/inline-graphic-2.gif","PeriodicalId":384814,"journal":{"name":"Critical Values","volume":"57 6","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2016-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"1","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Critical Values","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1093/CRIVAL/VAW015","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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As I sit writing this column during Lab Week, I reflect on the difficulties pathology encounters in its workforce, both in the United States and abroad. I have had the opportunity to attend a number of collaborative meetings where we looked at the workforce from a variety of different angles.
In the US, the most pressing challenge is the impending shortage in the laboratory professional workforce. The 2014 ASCP Vacancy Survey1 reveals increased vacancy rates (compared to 2012 data) in all areas of the laboratory except cytology and cytogenetics. Additionally, it is anticipated that as Baby Boomers retire, the increased number of retirees will further exacerbate the shortage. Unfortunately the capacity to train new laboratory professionals has been in decline, with the closure of a significant number of laboratory technology training programs (leading to a decrease from 593 programs in 1996 …
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