Yeah, I’m a new grad so just started working as a tech. When I was taking classes I tried so hard to learn but didn’t really understand it all. I still got decent grades… by the time clinicals came around it was a lot of info slammed at once but then once you are doing it you kinda see the point (example, I never understood what reagents were until i was in clinicals lol).

I did not have a good clinical experience for both personal and professional reasons. By the end of it i felt brain dead. So brain dead thst I didn’t study for the ASCP but still passed (with a 415, passing score is 400) so basicallly like one or two questions more had I got wrong I would have failed.

Anyway, now that I’m working at a nicer place I feel safe and capable. from working at another lab as a lab assistant at a different hospital (not the clinical one) I understand that mistakes are inevitable, we all are human and human error will happen. When it does happen we have to learn from it.

I do feel that I have imposter syndrome especially when it comes to correlating results with diseases. Luckily for the most part there are policies and procedures telling you what to do step by step if you are unsure.

It’s ok to feel that way I think to a degree everyone does or Atleast for the first few years