Date of Award

1993

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Science

First Advisor

Betty LeMasters

Second Advisor

Michael Castro

Third Advisor

Terry Jo Gile

Abstract

The Barnes Hospital School of Cytotechnology closed in 1977 as have many other programs tor the education of cytotechnologists. These programs were victims of hospital budgetary concerns, as well as a job market that had no demand tor new cytotechnologists.

Unfortunately with fewer and fewer graduates from accredited programs in the last 15-16 years there is, currently a shortage of these skilled laboratory professionals.

Faced with unfilled vacancies in the cytology laboratory many hospitals are considering re-evaluating the possibilities of sponsoring programs for the education of cytotechnologists.

Barnes Hospital, St. Louis, Missouri, long a leader in both health care· and medication education, has established a program for the education of students in cytotechnology.

The steps taken to insure accreditation of the program by the Committee for Allied Health Education and Accreditation (CAHEA) and the support of the medical community of metropolitan St. Louis are documented in the culmination project entitled: Establishment of a Program tor the Education of Cytotechnologists.

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