tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post3262250754986271419..comments2024-03-26T00:25:34.026-04:00Comments on Not Running a Hospital: Middle school explorers in BIDMC LabsPaul Levyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17065446378970179507noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post-59061731765736648232010-11-16T15:55:59.414-05:002010-11-16T15:55:59.414-05:00From Facebook:
Love that, especially engaging the...From Facebook:<br /><br />Love that, especially engaging them in middle school. Science rocks.Beverlynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post-18630912625852467772010-11-16T15:48:18.058-05:002010-11-16T15:48:18.058-05:00As a pathologist and former hospital clinical lab ...As a pathologist and former hospital clinical lab medical director, I second everything Ivory said. This profession is often overlooked.<br /><br />nonlocalAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post-44452241361053257202010-11-16T13:01:52.559-05:002010-11-16T13:01:52.559-05:00It's great that you did this. Just to let you...It's great that you did this. Just to let you know, you've got other labs in the hospital that are equally fascinating - your clinical labs. Send the kids there as well. <br /><br />Research is great but if you don't have Medical Lab Scientists and Technicians to use the products of that research it doesn't get very far. <br /><br />Right now, about 50% of the lab staff nationwide are set to retire in the next 10 years. This is an area of increasing workforce need but the profession is largely invisible - students rarely choose the career in part because they don't know it exists. <br /><br />Kids visiting our hospital love seeing the blood bank or looking in multiheaded scopes at smears from the heme lab. They love micro where they find a rainbow of media and can see real bacteria growing on a plate and eating red cells. Bringing kids for a short tour of the clinical lab will get them excited about science and introduce them to a group of people they never see, who help the patients in the hospital everyday. Inspire some of them to become laboratory professionals and it could also help lessen a workforce shortage that will be a growing issue for your hospital (and hospitals across the country).Ivorynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post-78225986485212195442010-11-16T11:41:49.561-05:002010-11-16T11:41:49.561-05:00What a fabulous thing to see the kids filled with ...What a fabulous thing to see the kids filled with excitement about science. Whether they become scientists or not, this will give them an interest in technology that's essential for success in nearly every field. Good for BID for doing this.nasovnoreply@blogger.com