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Cytotechnology Student Grants

 

ASCT Student Contest Details and Winners
Each year at the ASCT Annual Meeting, all currently enrolled cytology students are invited to present an interesting case. The ASCT/Warren R. Lang Student Awards are presented to the students with the best interesting case presentations
($150 for first place, $100 for second place and $50 for third place).

Both content and presentation are considered when determining awards. All student participants will each receive a “Certificate of Recognition” and be acknowledged in the ASCT Voice and website. This is a wonderful opportunity for students to showcase their talents and meet and interact with other students and cytotechnologists.  For contest instructions, please click here…

2007 ASCT Warren R. Lang Student Winners
This year 40 students from 11 different cytotechnology programs submitted interesting cases for the contest. Eight students were chosen to present their cases during the general session of the meeting. Computer presentations of the remaining cases were shared with all attendees of the Annual Conference through a computer loop in the exhibit hall.

Congratulations to our 2007 winners:  (these are powerpoint files, please be patient and allow them to download...)

1ST Place:

Patricia Torres
MD Anderson Cancer Center, TX

Metastatic High Grade Angiosarcoma of the Bladder in a Pleural Fluid

2ND Place:

Michelle Douty Brooks Army Medical Center,TX

Malignant Mesothelioma
Diagnosed On Cytology and Special Stains

3RD Place:

Katherine Mycek Fletcher Allen Health Care, VT

Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma

Computer Presentation Winner:

Thomas McGowan
Fletcher Allen Health Care, VT

Metastatic Neuroblastoma

 

Presentations and Research Resources Cytology Educational Resources Finding a Job Maintaining Certification
  • Proficiency Testing Requirements for New Graduates

    New graduates of schools of cytotechnology who have taken the certification examination administered by the American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP) Board of Registry (BOR) and obtained a passing score, have demonstrated an initial competency level in the examination of cervical cytology and therefore, will not be monitored for cytology PT in the calendar year in which they passed their exam.

    New graduates of schools of cytotechnology who are employed or who have not obtained a passing score on the BOR examination MUST participate in cytology PT each calendar year

    From CMS 2006 Information Supplement, Section E. Enrollment Section E:  http://www.cms.hhs.gov/CLIA/downloads/Informational_Supplement.pdf
  • Overview of Continuing Education Requirements

 

 


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