Resources for Success
Success in the program and in this profession depends upon three key areas: professionalism, good practice/study skills, and stress management. Read what former PCC instructor, Juan C. Millan, M.D. has to say in his article, Cultivating Our Professionalism. Also, check out the Panther Tracks: Your First Term Guide (even if it's your second or third term) to learn more about the resources PCC has to help you succeed.
Web Links
There are many internet resources related to the field of clinical laboratory science. Here are just a few:
Information about the Medical Lab Technology Profession
- American Medical Technologists: www.americanmedtech.org
- American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science (ASCLS): www.ascls.org
- American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP): www.ascp.org
- National Accrediting Agency for Clinical Laboratory Sciences: www.naacls.org
Microbiology
- Microbiology Images: www.cellsalive.com
- Microbe Picture Library: www.microbelibrary.org
- The Microbe Zoo: commtechlab.msu.edu/sites/dlc-me/zoo
Hematology
- American Society of Hematology: www.hematology.org
- BloodLine: www.bloodline.net/
Clinical Chemistry
- American Association for Clinical Chemistry: www.aacc.org
- Diagnostics in Clinical Chemistry: www.wadsworth.org/chemheme/chem/chem.htm
Immunohematology
- American Association of Blood Banks: www.aabb.org/