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The quest for professional recognition
1Medical Technology Department, Daemen College, Amherst, NY 14226, USA.
Objectives:
To assess the progress clinical laboratory science has made toward achieving professional status.
Data Sources:
Books, professional journals.
Study Selection:
Not applicable.
Data Extraction:
Survey of literature.
Data Synthesis:
Characteristics of clinical laboratory science as a profession were compared to a model of professionalization developed by Houle to assess the extent to which clinical laboratory science has acquired and refined selected attributes of a profession.
Conclusion:
Although clinical laboratory science has attained some of the characteristics associated with a profession, several critical issues must be addressed before it can achieve full professional status and recognition.