Re: Clinical certification for flow
Karenrt@aol.com
Sat, 26 Aug 1995 09:54:48 -0400
The Qualification in Cytometry offered by ASCP is not a certification in the
sense most people think of the other certifications offered by ASCP. It
involve quite a bit more than just one year of experience, however. The one
year requirement is for those who have an associate's degree and ASCP MLT
certification. For those with a baccalaureate degree but no ASCP
certification, the requirement is 18 months. Once approved for the process,
the candidate then has 6 months to complete a series of work sample projects
covering all aspects of clinical cytometry, including HIV and leukemia and
lymphoma immunophenotyping and DNA ploidy analysis. It is not possible for a
candidate to acheive this qualification without a considerable amount of time
and effort and does indicate significant expertise. The candidates must
prepare, run, and analyze the specimens (which they must obtain themselves)
and submit detailed documentation and interepreatation. This is not a trivial
process nor a simple multiple choice exam. Individuals who achieve this
qualification have demonstrated that they are fully competent in all areas of
clinical cytometry. The judging process is quite rigorous and well
controlled.The Immunology Exam committee of the ASCP Board of Registry has
put considerable effort into this project. It is up to us in the flow
community to support this recognition of the hard work involved.
Karen Tamul, MS, MT(ASCP)SI
Tech Support Coordinator
FAST Systems, Inc
Gaithersburg, MD
CD ROM Vol 2 was produced by staff at the Purdue University Cytometry Laboratories
and distributed free of charge as an educational service to the cytometry community.
If you have any comments please direct them to Dr. J. Paul Robinson, Professor & Director, PUCL,
Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907. Phone:(317) 494-0757; FAX (317) 494-0517; Web http://www.cyto.purdue.edu
EMAIL robinson@flowcyt.cyto.purdue.edu
