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Your commitment to your students is unwavering. ASCP is here to serve as your support system, empowering you in your efforts to help your students excel through scholarships, support throughout the certification process, and resources for meeting new Certification Maintenance Program (CMP) requirements. The "Program Directors Guide to Certification" includes detailed information to help program directors assist their students through the certification process. A new Student Handbook is also available, with all the information your students need to get their careers off to a great start.

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NCA Certificants Welcomed to ASCP Board of Certification
The ASCP BOC welcomes the laboratory professionals previously certified by the National Credentialing Agency (NCA) and subsequently transferred to the BOC to log in and explore the ASCP BOC website. more...

BOR Newsletter Summer 2009
A newsletter documenting the latest news from the ASCP Board of Registry.

ASCP BOR and NCA Form Single Certification Agency
The American Society for Clinical Pathology Board of Registry (BOR) and the National Credentialing Agency for Laboratory Personnel (NCA) on July 21, 2009, signed an agreement forming a single certification agency for medical laboratory professionals. The agency will be called the ASCP Board of Certification (BOC). The agreement is effective on Friday, October 23, 2009. At that time, the NCA will be dissolved as a corporation. more...

BOR Newsletter Spring 2009

Wage and Vacancy Report: Laboratory Workforce Shortage Reaches Crisis
Half of all laboratories nationwide struggle to hire laboratory personnel. Increased competition for qualified staff and lower compensation for laboratory work were cited as major issues among others. more...

BOR Newsletter Winter 2009

Fall 2008 BOR Newsletter

Spring/Summer 2008 BOR Newsletter

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Program Directors Handbook
The "Program Directors Guide to Certification" includes detailed information to help program directors assist their students through the certification process. more...

Study Materials
To help students prepare for the certification/qualification examination, the following study materials are available: Online practice tests, Study Guides, Examination Content Guidelines, Reading lists. more...

Student Handbook
The ASCP Student Handbook is a helpful resource created just for laboratory students that contains all the information students need to get their careers off to a great start. more...

Examination Statistics
Annual statistics for the certification and qualification examinations

ASCP Board of Certification Presentations and Published Research

Supporting Information
Contains the Call for Volunteers section as well as helpful information for the following certification examinations: HT, HTL, MT and MLT.

publications

Board of Registry Study Guide for the Clinical Laboratory Certification Examinations, 5th Edition
Oversight Editors: Patricia A. Tanabe, MPA, MT(ASCP)^CM; and E. Blair Holladay, PhD, SCT(ASCP)^CM; and the ASCP Board of Certification Staff

The long-awaited new edition of The Board of Registry Study Guide – the authoritative study tool for preparing for the ASCP Board of Certification (BOC) Medical Laboratory Scientist (MLS) and Medical Technician (MLT) certification examinations – has been updated and expanded to include new sections on molecular pathology, lab information, safety, answers and explanations for each question, and much more.

Careers Booklet (Paperback)
Pathology and laboratory science are among the fastest growing professions in the United States. Sold in bundles of 25, this booklet explains the different career paths—from performing hands-on technical work, diagnosing diseases or conducting research—you can take in the medical laboratory.

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