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The Clinical Laboratory Workforce: Understanding the Challenges to Meeting Current and Future Needs

Description
Explores workforce needs of the U.S. laboratory medicine field, including recruitment and retention, expanding the visibility of clinical laboratory careers, and promoting diversity and inclusion. Summarizes a literature review and data analysis based on interviews with informants in clinical laboratory education and professional programs. Discusses rural-specific barriers to recruitment and retention.
Author(s)
Edna C. Garcia, Grace A. Guenther, Susan M. Skillman, Bianca K. Frogner
Date
04/2021
Type
Document
Organizations
American Society for Clinical Pathology, UW Center for Health Workforce Studies
Tagged as
Health workforce supply and demand · Recruitment and retention of health professionals · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data

Organizations (1)