Workforce Initiatives

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About ASCP's Wage and Vacancy Surveys

Since 1988, ASCP has conducted wage and vacancy surveys to inform the pathology and laboratory medicine field of the most recent national wage data. Historically, the results of this survey have been published in the American Journal of Clinical Pathology (AJCP) and have served as the primary source of information for academic, government, and industry labor analysts.

About ASCP's Job Satisfaction, Well-Being, and Burnout Survey

ASCP has conducted a far-reaching survey on job satisfaction, well-being, stress, and burnout among pathologists, laboratory professionals, and pathology residents. Findings from the survey, published in the American Journal of Clinical Pathology (AJCP), provide insight on how healthcare institutions can address these challenges and will inform ASCP’s initiatives to promote well-being and prevent burnout in the field.

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

Laboratory professionals are providers of critical information to patient and medical providers to diagnose, treat, and manage disease, and the number of laboratory professionals in the workforce is dwindling as baby boomers retire and accredited programs close. The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated this crisis.

To reverse this trend, ASCP, in partnership with the University of Washington Center for Health Workforce Studies (UW CHWS) conducted a groundbreaking study, Clinical Laboratory Workforce: Understanding the Challenges to Meeting Current and Future Needs. The results of the study propose innovative strategies, such as introducing careers in the medical laboratory to students as young as elementary school, while also working to build a more diverse and inclusive laboratory workforce. The study was supported by a generous grant from the Siemens Foundation.

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