I attended the American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science (ASCLS) annual meeting in Atlanta. The meeting was a great opportunity to meet members of the laboratory community. The keynote speakers demonstrated, in a debate format, the challenges faced by practicing clinicians on appropriate test selection and correct interpretation of test ...

As Google and other search engines are becoming more comprehensive, the ability to discriminate between useful and misleading information becomes essential. In our classrooms, we encourage critical thinking to facilitate integration of presented material and to aid in the acquisition of new material. By learning how to think critically, students ...

At a ''super users'' meeting the other day discussing information technology, an administrator asked managers for guidance. ''Help us help you,'' he said. ''Is there anything you need in your departments that can help improve efficiency?'' A few things happened. One, there was no response from any of the twenty or so people in the conference ...

A slang term these days when someone tells a story with unwanted details is ''TMI,'' meaning ''too much infor-mayyyy-tion,'' said with or without fingers in ears and followed by, ''Lalalalalala!'' That would be handy at work, some days. We are bombarded with information. At a recent staff meeting, lab techs griped about email; one tech said ...