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Spread the Word: A Medical Technology Student’s Perspective

This Semester
November 19, 2009 9:22 AM by Tiffany Landis
This semester has been stressful. I have a full schedule and a lot of projects due. Just this semester I started the Master's program. I have stayed busy with lots of studying and reading assignments. I am taking Blood Bank, Mycology, Chemistry, Hematology/Coagulation Read More...
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Lab Safety
November 16, 2009 10:05 AM by Tiffany Landis
As students, we are taught about laboratory safety and how to handle situations as they arise. However, you never know how you are going to react in a situation until you're faced with it head-on. It's important to realize blood products could pose a Read More...
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Passion
September 21, 2009 1:13 PM by Tiffany Landis
It took me a while to figure out just what I am passionate about. I was sitting in on the presentations at the GMABB meeting in Memphis, and I realized my passion. My passion is becoming a medical laboratory scientist, so that I can help people. I have Read More...
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Blood Bank Rotation
September 8, 2009 10:43 AM by Tiffany Landis
I am dreading blood bank, but is this worth me fretting over? Medical technologists in blood bank must be organized and accurate. I can do that! Blood bankers type blood and match it to a donor for blood transfusions. Getting more interesting! A mistake Read More...
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A Student's POV: The Merger
August 25, 2009 5:23 PM by Tiffany Landis
While I was in Chicago at the ASCLS National Meeting, it was announced the NCA and ASCP BOR were to merge to create BOC. I know there was some that were apprehensive about this merger. In my opinion, the merger gives more recognition to the laboratory Read More...
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Picking a Major
April 10, 2009 9:00 AM by Tiffany Landis
Having a hard time picking out a major? Want to work in the healthcare field but do not really want patient interaction? Medical technology is a great field to enter. There is a high demand for medical technologists around the country. Many schools also Read More...
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Fun in the Lab
April 6, 2009 1:28 PM by Tiffany Landis
I love it when teachers make lab fun! In hematology, we had an "Easter egg hunt." We looked for lymphocytes, monocytes, neutrophils, basophils and eosinophils. In urinalysis, you always looked for the "stankin' urines" because you knew you would find Read More...
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Lab Correlations
March 27, 2009 9:19 AM by Tiffany Landis
In Immunology this semester, we learned about syphilis, mononucleosis, hepatitis, HIV and many other diseases. I remember studying for my fourth test in Immunology covering HIV and hepatitis. I was reading that those people who have a mutated CCR5 receptor Read More...
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Medical Technology: What's That?
February 9, 2009 10:34 AM by Tiffany Landis
I was an undergraduate student at a public university getting ready to graduate with a BS in microbiology, and while I was on my dead-end journey of looking for a job in a microbiology lab, I stumbled upon a significant finding-a positive correlation Read More...
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