CLS Program Cut at UW School of Medicine and Public Health
Unfortunate news for the laboratory industry: the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health is cutting its Clinical Laboratory Science program, thanks to—you guessed it—budget cuts. Dr. Robert Golden, dean of the medical school, says the 80 students currently enrolled will be able to finish the program, but new students will no longer be accepted.
Such news is discouraging for an industry already facing an impending workforce shortage and severe lack of new graduates entering the field.
On the bright side, other schools in the state university system offer the same four-year CLS program and are accredited by the National Accrediting Agency for Clinical Laboratory Sciences.