Through working on ADVANCE, I have had the opportunity to travel to many great cities across our nation. I love going to conferences, seeing new places and getting to meet all of you ADVANCE readers! However, I know when I get back to the office after being gone for a few days that I sometimes feel overwhelmed. There are e-mails to go ...

An optimist will tell you the glass is half-full; the pessimist, half-empty; and the engineer will tell you the glass is twice the size it needs to be. - Anonymous The lab tech will tell you it's not properly labeled, but that's another blog. Merriam Webster defines optimism as ''an inclination to put the most favorable construction upon ...

Networking has become an important part of finding a new job or even advancing in your current position or overall career. Attending events with your colleagues is always a great time to network. However, sometimes people feel embarrassed, shy or uncomfortable when it comes time to network. Susan RoAne, author of How to Work a Room, tells readers ...

I check email several times daily; because that is the way most of us communicate both socially and professionally. I feel lost without my Blackberry. However, recently I was under the weather and did not check my email (hold on to your seats) for a full twenty four hours!! As I scanned the scores of messages all demanding my attention, ...

KISSIMMEE, FL -- The Association for Molecular Pathology meeting -- like the organization itself -- is organized by its four major subdivisions: Genetics, Solid Tumors, Hematopathology and Infectious Diseases.  Friday featured the first two plenary sessions of the meeting. The genetics plenary session explored complex genetic disorders of ...

There's been so much material available lately on how to search for a job, especially because of job losses during the recession. We've all read articles about it, and a lot of the advice is repetitive after a while. In her book 366 Tips for a Successful Job Search, Cynthia Wright gives the reader a bunch of new tips I'd never heard of before. ...

The views and opinions expressed in this blog are mine personally, and are not necessarily representative of Texas Health Resources (THR) or its subsidiaries. Last week, one of our hospitals went live on CPOE. My boss and I were there as part of the ribbon-cutting ceremony and to commend IT and the hospital for their hard work. When we met in ...

A few years ago I was consulted by a new manager who was frustrated because several of his employees refused to sign their annual performance evaluation. Some accused him of playing favorites and being unusually harsh and punitive. After speaking with him, I learned that he had made several common but crucial mistakes. First, using the score of 1 ...

I have pursued continuing education all my life. I graduated with my BA this past September. I regularly read many journals and bulletin boards about sleep. I forget sometimes that not everyone has this unending drive to learn more. This was evident when I gave a booklet to my techs that would give them 3 CEUs to help meet the 10 required ...

The views and opinions expressed in this blog are mine personally, and are not necessarily representative of Texas Health Resources (THR) or its subsidiaries. ''It was the best of times, it was the worst of times; it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness; it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity; it was the ...