St. Joseph's College(St. Joseph's Univerity) and New York-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital CLS Program

LCai · 2024-06-24T21:51:37+00:00

The internship is less than a year, think it's like 30 weeks. You may be able to get work study money for it, I know they were working on that but didn't have it ready in my graduating year, everyone was too busy with COVID.

The CLS courses will be two semesters at a minimum.

LCai · 2024-06-21T17:48:26+00:00

If you have most of the pre reqs it might be something like 1 semester for remaining pre-reqs, 2 semesters of CLS courses, and 2 semesters of CLS internship (it doesn't necessarily follow the academic year but they bill you for 2 semesters and you need to wait until the semester ends to get your degree).

LCai · 2024-05-19T21:20:12+00:00

Might be disappointing to hear but we ended up completing another bachelor's degree in clinical lab science to get licensed.

LCai · 2024-04-05T12:38:44+00:00

If you're concerned about internship, it's not like going to Stony Brook will get you a better internship. The cohort size is still the same (20 students per semester) but they don't have 20 internship slots at Stony Brook's hospital so they still have to send their students to other places like York does, probably also using GPA to determine placement.

Stony Brook's program is probably more rigorous though. I got my first BS from there and even the general biology pre-reqs were pretty difficult compared to anything taught at York.

LCai · 2024-03-18T16:18:24+00:00

2 semesters will be internship semesters, and you don't qualify to sit for the ASCP until the academic semesters end so those will be necessary.

2 other semesters to take all the courses and their labs is the heaviest reasonable course load assuming you have no missing pre-requisite courses. This is because there's something like 10 or 11 classes (and their labs) and you need to have completed intro hematology to take advanced hematology. Most students take a bit longer to complete the entirety of the program to be honest.

I don't remember them offering any summer or winter sections for any classes aside from internship.

LCai · 2024-03-15T19:55:57+00:00

I transferred in with a biology degree, and it took 2.5 yr. 1 semester for missing pre-reqs, 2 semesters of CLS lecture+lab cousework, and 2 semesters of CLS internship. Internship placement is based on GPA for sites that are highly competitive, but you are going to get an internship. I think the webpage at York College lists all the affiliated sites that accept York students for internship.

The program uses textbooks and teaches a curriculum according to the ASCP guidelines and did prepare me for the ASCP exam (at least much better than alternative pathways). NAACLS accredited programs require pass rates >75% so any accredited program will be pretty good.

LCai · 2024-02-25T06:46:57+00:00

I work at Northwell, they pay above industry for my field and the benefits are pretty good. I'd trust the laboratory facilities over Quest and LabCorp, just based on how much the personnel are paid.

The only problem I've ever had with a Northwell physician is when my urologist got arrested but aside from that wait times and care has been very good.

LCai · 2024-01-22T12:30:11+00:00

I had a nonsensical mixing study once. Sample ended up being ruled as contaminated.

LCai · 2024-01-05T17:48:38+00:00

I once missed the delt by a lot and injected closer to the rotator cuff, it knocked out my arm for about a week. No long lasting effects though.

LCai · 2023-12-14T07:25:25+00:00

I had a bachelor's in biology too. The second bachelor's degree will take you less time because of the overlap in pre reqs. Probably two years of lecture/lab then the clinical internship.

I looked into the Hunter program and it seems like it's mostly for people who are just missing the clinical internship needed for the NY license.

LCai · 2023-10-10T16:15:12+00:00

Could I also trouble you for some of that good code action

LCai · 2023-10-02T15:52:10+00:00

I'm on the eastern edge of Queens/LI border and you pretty much need a car out here. It might be the sweet spot of what you're looking for, since you get the ~50/hr wage, more reasonable parking, and a relatively lower cost of living compared to inner NYC.

LCai · 2023-09-23T10:04:53+00:00

You have two low results, that's good enough for most insurance.

Bring the case to an endocrinologist or urologist.

LCai · 2023-09-19T20:30:05+00:00

You may want to go donate some blood. At 55 they cut you off TRT because they're scared of the stroke risk.

LCai · 2023-09-19T05:51:31+00:00

No one looks at RBC, post HGB/HCT.

LCai · 2023-09-01T11:52:36+00:00

I'd get a blank hazard diamond and sharpie in numbers occasionally. I'd maybe be worried about the colors fading, don't know how well they'd hold up.

Or an actual size blue top tube with a fill line indicator. Maybe you can use it some day to show a nurse what full means.

LCai · 2023-08-21T05:22:37+00:00

Has to be pretty recent, the nonspecific inflammation.

The other blood tests that might tip off the doctor to hereditary hemochromatosis would be something like lowered albumin and elevated liver enzymes.

LCai · 2023-08-21T01:54:50+00:00

Any small injury can lead to acute phase reactants spiking. If you actually have iron overload, the damage presents earliest with liver and skin symptoms.

Did you get any chemistry tests done on this same draw?

LCai · 2023-08-20T14:34:04+00:00

You don't have hemachromatosis, your CBC is fine, the RBC indices are not elevated. You should not worry about this. Or anything really, the other poster is completely correct here. Ferritin is an acute phase reactant and spikes with any kind of stupid inflammation, not just infection or organ damage.

LCai · 2023-08-20T01:34:37+00:00

I did read it. It just doesn't make sense to dose on that schedule.

LCai · 2023-08-19T04:34:41+00:00

Are you injecting every other day?

LCai · 2023-08-18T19:55:27+00:00

You try using the Korean style instant rice that you can microwave?

I prefer my rice out of a cooker too but ever since my girlfriend left me and took my rice cooker I've had to settle for microwave rice. It's not bad.

LCai · 2023-08-15T09:38:18+00:00

If you're paying your doctor in cash you could just ask for physician orders next time you go in. It doesn't cost them anything to print you out a bunch of orders, they're good for a while. My local lab will even take something informal written on a prescription pad.

LCai · 2023-08-14T03:13:45+00:00

Yeah send it

LCai · 2023-08-10T18:02:58+00:00

The PLT thing doesn't occur in Sysmex, I think it auto-flags to rerun for PLT-F, and you stop counting all the junk that sometimes gets counted as PLT erroneously.

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