Being a Medical Laboratory Scientist as we know requires formal education and skill development but in addition, there are certain innate abilities and interests that are of added advantages to becoming exceptional at work, career roles, and creating new career horizons.
Also, there are many unexplored territories that one wonders...
Letters from the Heart (... to my Micropipette)
Dear Micropipette,
The first time I had a grasp of you, I felt related, like I was paddling through cellular cytoplasm on mRNA.
I imagined science revolving around me. How can I define precision and accuracy without you .... you're truly on the road...
A Tribute to a Medical Lab Scientist of Character & Excellence Sir Dunstan Ikem Tabansi
By
Dr. Godswill Chikwendu Okara FMLSCN, FWAPCMLS
Sir DIT as fondly called by his numerous students, mentees and admirers, was one of the pioneers of medical laboratory science education and practice in Nigeria, a Registered Fellow (RF...
HOW GREEDY ELDERS ARE DESTROYING THE MLS PROFESSION; A CASE STUDY OF THE HOD OF GENERAL HOSPITAL, IKOT OKORO.
By Ekemini Raymond
A house divided against itself can not stand and when the center cannot hold, things fall apart.
Greediness of the highest order is when a Head of Department (HOD) who...
In this opinion piece, Sunday Ejemete, a Medical Laboratory Scientist itemize some of the achievements of the immediate past National President of the Association of Medical Laboratory Scientists of Nigeria (AMLSN) Dr. Bassey E. Bassey. Read belowBy Sunday Ejemete1. Restructured AMLSN Conference, introducing online registration & timely reports.2. Reduced...
The newly elected National President of the Guild of Medical Laboratory Directors, Prince Elochukwu Adibo, a Biomedical Scientist and the Laboratory Director/CEO of El-lab Medical Diagnostics & Research Center, FESTAC Lagos ( ISO 15189:2012 Accredited Medical Laboratory) is a great man who believes in service to humanity, take responsibility...
This year is an election year and Medical Laboratory Scientists will be going to the polls to elect a brand new crop of National Executive Officers (NEO).A good percentage of Medical Laboratory Scientists have indicated interest to run for one position or the other. Some have withdrawn the interest...
By Emmanuel ElebesunuThe role of a quality healthcare system in the overall development of a country can not be overemphasised. In order to birth skilled medical professionals that will strengthen the healthcare system of our country, keen attention has to be paid to the education of the medical students...
By Dr. Ejetavwo GeorgeThe outbreak and rapid spread of the ‘Wuhan virus’ otherwise named by WHO as COVID-19 virus, across the globe was unprecedented and has caused, and continue to cause enormous public health and economic crisis. Most worrisome is the fact that notwithstanding a nation’s status whether high,...
0ver time, it has been observed that the public has always mistaken the Medical Laboratory Professionals for Medical Doctors and sometimes Science Laboratory technologist. This is because the public isn’t well informed about the roles and functions of Medical Laboratory Professionals in healthcare delivery and this could be on...