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9 November 2023for the demonstrated quality of the candidate with the belief they would have the best chance for success. We presented the opportunity to learn, grow, and develop a career within the clinical laboratory. They would be working within the core laboratory, off shifts (2nd and 3rd), and working in the chemistry and hematology departments. It was clearly presented to these candidates that they would be expected to participate in the classroom instruction, as they learned bench work on the job, and were expected to demonstrate competency with performing assigned testing. After one year of on-the-job training, meeting the demands in the classroom, and achieving passing grades, they would be eligible to take the ASCP certification examination in the specialties of chemistry and hematology.This non-certified tech program is still a work in progress, though it is proving to be a success, as we have nine NCT team members meeting the demands of the classroom and supporting the assigned clinical laboratory work. It is a learning experience, and the lab trainer, with feedback from the NCT team members, is routinely adjusting conduct in the classroom, as we expect to continually improve the program with each new group of candidates. I expect there to be a continual cycling of classroom instructional periods to meet the needs of each group of incoming non-certified tech team members.I am further looking to expand this approach with a laboratory assistant program. The lab trainer is creating a classroom curriculum for the lab assistant role. These are basic lab skills required within the clinical laboratory. The lab assistant candidate, after passing classroom instruction and meeting the time requirements, will be expected to achieve the lab assistant ASCP Certification. The lab assistant role can meet much of the workload demand in the clinical laboratory and can become a greater part of an alternative staffing model that will ultimately require less technical staff.In parallel with the NCT program, I have developed a Clinical Laboratory Scientist Apprenticeship program with Wisconsin's Department of Workforce Development and the Milwaukee Area Technical College. This is a partnership to develop Clinical Scientists, which can be reproduced throughout the state with similar partnerships of a clinical laboratory and a local university. It is the same concept as my NCT program, though, in this program, the university provides classroom instruction while the lab team member learns on the job. In both programs, I pay the candidate for the time in the classroom, and reimbursement for expenses can include tuition, book fees, and parking fees. With these programs, I am investing in these team member, and I look to gain their loyalty and hope they stay with the laboratory for many years to come. As we all can recognize, staff turnover is an equally challenging issue facing the clinical laboratory.I recognize some laboratory leaders have concerns with these alternative approaches. With the decline in schools running certification programs, I believe in order to keep your lab adequately staffed, you will have to consider these other approaches. As staffing shortages become more problematic, putting resources toward creating these programs will be paramount to meeting your workload demands. I am finding great success with the candidates who have chosen WDL as their workplace, as I am hiring more on the quality of the candidate rather than the attained certification. There is an opportunity for laboratories to band together and collaborate in creating a curriculum for classroom instruction, so each lab is not redeveloping materials that we could otherwise share with each other. In the near future I will be looking toward other laboratories to come together and build a clinical laboratory education collaborative. In the near future, I will be looking toward other laboratories to come together and build a clinical laboratory education collaborative
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