American Society for Clinical Pathology

certification: ASCP Board of Certification

certification:  ASCP Board of Certification
Better job prospects. Higher salaries. The respect of your colleagues. The confidence that comes from knowing you’re fully qualified to be a top-notch laboratory professional. Since 1928, certification by the ASCP Board of Certification has been the industry standard for laboratory professionals. more...

advocacy: Get Involved

advocacy: Get Involved
President Lincoln once said, “A house divided against itself cannot stand.” That’s why uniting ASCP’s diverse membership of more than 130,000 pathologists, physicians, technologists, technicians and other laboratory professionals, is such a powerful force for advocacy. more...

outreach: Global Initiatives

outreach: Global Initiatives
ASCP member, Wendy Arneson, MSA, MT(ASCP), has served as a consultant for the ASCP Institute for Global Outreach since 2005. Her extensive work has impacted seven countries in African and South America. She recently embarked on a six week technical assistance with work with universities in Tanzania. more...

members: Profile

members: Profile
Richard Mac DeMay, MD, FASCP, will receive ASCP's 2009 H.P. Smith Award for Distinguished Pathology Educator. The award is given to an ASCP Fellow member who has had a distinguished career in pathology and laboratory medicine, embracing education, research and administration, as well as service to organized pathology. more...

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publications: Journals and Books

AJCP and LABMEDICINE now offer several features to improve the viewing of online content and to facilitate finding articles of potential interest. more...

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Daily Videos from the 2009 ASCP Annual Meeting
Take a look at what happened at the ASCP Annual Meeting in Chicago on Wednesday, October 28, 2009. Each day, a new video will be added. more...

Influence of Credentials of Lab Professionals on Performance
A retrospective study published in the October issue of AJCP compared the relationship of proficiency testing (PT) performance with the credentials of the testing personnel using logistic regression analyses. The data from the study suggests that clinical laboratories should be staffed by people who have completed a formal clinical laboratory education program to ensure quality of laboratory testing and to reduce the risk of medical errors. more...

Pathology and Lab Medicine News
Get the latest pathology and laboratory medicine news from ASCP's partnership website with Medscape. more...

AJCP Call for Abstracts
Present your research at the premier educational event for pathologists and pathology residents. The AJCP Poster Sessions and Resident Research Symposium competition will take place at the 2009 ASCP Annual Meeting in Chicago, October 29-November 1. The deadline to submit abstracts for both the competition and poster sessions is April 30, 2009. more...

Go to AJCP
American Journal of Clinical Pathology is the leading clinical-oriented peer-reviewed pathology and laboratory medicine research journal. more...

Go to LABMEDICINE
Laboratory Medicine is our monthly periodical dedicated to providing continuing education, career development and new technologies to the entire laboratory community. more...