benard08:

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Medical Laboratory Science Council Launches Website
Congrats to all. The Medical Laboratory Council Has Finally Launched Its Official Website.
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You Really Need To Visit The Site To Appreciate The Great Work Done By The New Registrar-Prof. Anthony Emeribe. Thumbs Up For Him.
like a shooting relieve to my long standing hunger,a steady adrenalin rush on the very tips of my fingers to my keyboards i ran to the site. Look and behold,MLSCN is online. This for God sake is the right step in the right direction. prof kudos to you.There are a lot to talk about, but for these, i think has answered some of our grieviances against our rulling council. this great profession will surely see the promised land if we all work together to keep being proud of ourselves.We have been marginalized but we will soon reap the full fruits of our labour. I am scientist Olaniyi its amazing seeing my fellow scientist giving out their opinions since the year 2009 up till this time on this very forum more thanks to BENARDS for his thoughtful invention to start this forum In the first place.Once again, to all the scientists and prospective scientists in the house I am saying, always keep the spirit high.
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hitmanogo:

ihave been following this thread for sometimes and i like some of the comments made. however i will like to point out some things , first i appreciate the observation by manga in a late post which he clarified that in USA the laboratory physician otherwise pathologist ultimately heads the laboratory.this obtains in the western and advanced countries, there is a difference between a pathologist and a medical lab scientist. this difference is noted by bernard in their job functions. according to the american society for clinical pathology(a society that oversees the certification of lab professional includuing medical technologists in USA) career handbook for lab professionals, A pathologist is a physician (MD or DO) who examines tissues and is responsible for the accuracy of laboratory tests. Pathologists interpret the results of these examinations and tests while Medical
technologists work in all areas of the clinical laboratory including blood banking, chemistry, hematology, immunology, and microbiology.They perform a full range of laboratory tests – from simple premarital blood tests, to more complex tests to uncover diseases such as HIV/AIDS, diabetes, and cancer. They are also responsible for confirming the accuracy of test results, and reporting laboratory findings to pathologists and other physicians.
from the above you can see that pathologists and medical lab scientists perform different functions, however there other professionals in the lab from the career handbook viz the medical lab technicians, the cytotechnologists, the histotechnologists.the pathologists' assistant.in nigeria all these except the technician are seen as medical lab scientists, there are two clarifications i'll like to make. the first is in trying to insinuate that a medical lab scientist , i mean a bachelor's in training and competence can be equated to a pathologists as the ultimate head of the lab.it is insulting. a ph.d scientist in western countries can to a certain extent be at par with the pathologists, but not a bachelor's degree holder, there is no basis for comparision, 2nd clarification the ph.d lab scientist can head a lab.in UK they do but increasingly are expected to have at least an MRCPath qualification, prof agbolanhor of LabCore has an FRCPath,but he is not a pathologist.pathologists and PH.D lab scientists interprete result,but when added clinical responsibilities are needed a pathologist takes responsibility