Comments on: A Lab Week Perspective: The Achievements of Our Great Labs http://apps.pathology.jhu.edu/blogs/pathology/a-lab-week-perspective-2012 at Johns Hopkins Wed, 03 Oct 2012 13:25:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Joan Robinson http://apps.pathology.jhu.edu/blogs/pathology/a-lab-week-perspective-2012/comment-page-1#comment-186643 Joan Robinson Thu, 10 May 2012 01:58:50 +0000 http://apps.pathology.jhu.edu/blogs/pathology/?p=1781#comment-186643 This is very impressive, but has this message been advertised to other Departments of the Hospital which are not as familiar with what we do? We as clinical laboratory scientists know of the importance of what we are doing and are acutely aware of our personal sacrifices on many levels. The question for me and has been for the last 25 years of service in various medical laboratories is, how is this being communicated to others in Hospital administration so that more people are knowledgeable about what we do. As Judith Karp so graciously said to me, "We physicians could not do our jobs without experienced technologists such as yourself." It is sad how very few times physicians express this sentiment. It was disappointing that we were not able to celebrate National Lab Week the way so many other hospitals and other professions in this Hospital do, e,g., Nursing. If more "good press" was given to Hospital administration perhaps higher salaries, bonuses, etc., might be possible. Just a thought. Sincerely, Joan R. Robinson Flow Cytometry This is very impressive, but has this message been advertised to other Departments of the Hospital which are not as familiar with what we do?

We as clinical laboratory scientists know of the importance of what we are doing and are acutely aware of our personal sacrifices on many levels. The question for me and has been for the last 25 years of service in various medical laboratories is, how is this being communicated to others in Hospital administration so that more people are knowledgeable about what we do. As Judith Karp so graciously said to me, “We physicians could not do our jobs without experienced technologists such as yourself.” It is sad how very few times physicians express this sentiment.

It was disappointing that we were not able to celebrate National Lab Week the way so many other hospitals and other professions in this Hospital do, e,g., Nursing.

If more “good press” was given to Hospital administration perhaps higher salaries, bonuses, etc., might be possible.

Just a thought.

Sincerely,

Joan R. Robinson
Flow Cytometry

]]>