Over the past several years, university programs that offer Clinical Laboratory Sciences as a major declined to levels that I think were unacceptable. Now this was in the boom years when the profession saw a lot of its practitioners change careers into areas such as information technology, business and finance. A lot of these career changers site declining wages that did not keep up with inflation as one of the reasons for their exit. In recent years however, the rececssion has brought some focus on the healthcare industry which has shed less jobs as compared to the broader economy. Healthcare is one of fastest growing industry according to careerbuilder, and the continued growth of this sector has helped enrollement at schools that offer Clinical Laboratory Sciences. We hope that the pick up in enrollement especially in low cost community colleges will continue to grow. Community colleges mostly offer an Associate degree in Clinical Laboratory Sciences. The programs offer a low cost alternative to the traditional four year college. These med techs are well prepared to practice and I think that employers should pay close attention to these programs and in some cases help in any way they can as these community college bases programs can provide the necessary pool of employees they need to shore up their employement base. We shall try as much as possible to provide links to the various programs in your area.
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