{"id":6382,"date":"2011-05-12T16:00:58","date_gmt":"2011-05-12T21:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/?p=6382"},"modified":"2011-05-12T09:50:42","modified_gmt":"2011-05-12T14:50:42","slug":"apsus-scanlan-named-section-editor-for-scholarly-mt-journal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/2011\/05\/12\/apsus-scanlan-named-section-editor-for-scholarly-mt-journal\/","title":{"rendered":"APSU’s Scanlan Named Section Editor for Scholarly MT Journal"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"AustinClarksville, TN<\/strong> – Dr. Perry Scanlan, director of Austin Peay State University\u2019s medical technology program, occasionally gets phone calls from potential students, asking him where in Texas the University is located.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat makes me chuckle,\u201d he said. \u201cBecause of our name, they always think we\u2019re from Austin, Texas.\u201d<\/p>\n

This confusion will likely end in the next few months now that APSU\u2019s MT program is getting a little more national recognition. Earlier this year, Scanlan was named clinical practice editor for the Journal of the American Society of Clinical Laboratory Science, meaning both his name and the University\u2019s name will appear prominently on the first page, under the masthead, of the nationally renowned publication.<\/p>\n

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Dr. Perry Scanlan, director of Austin Peay State University\u2019s medical technology program<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cThis is the journal in our field that represents medical laboratory scientists in a variety of areas,\u201d Scanlan said. \u201cIt means a lot to our program. It recognizes us as being a leader in our field, as well as bringing recognition for our area and recognizing Tennessee as an important contributor to the laboratory community.\u201d<\/p>\n

The journal publishes scholarly, peer-reviewed articles on a variety of topics related to clinical laboratory science. Scanlan has been a subscriber to the journal since becoming a member of ASCLS and several years ago, he joined the journal\u2019s review board.<\/p>\n

He was contacted earlier this year by the journal\u2019s editor-in-chief, who asked him to apply for an opening as a section editor. She told Scanlan they were looking for someone who had a good eye for peer-reviewing the quality of articles. After a brief interview, they realized he was their man.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m now reviewing all manuscripts that fall under the clinical practice section, these include case studies, teaching methods, and other best practices\u201d Scanlan said. \u201cThese are articles about what we\u2019re doing in the field, such as case studies identifying better ways to assess laboratory quality, patient diagnoses, diagnostic testing, and recommendations for evidence-based change. It\u2019s articles that focus on those areas.\u201d<\/p>\n

Medical Technology is a growing and often overlooked field, with numerous opportunities for high-paying jobs in the health care industry. Certified medical laboratory scientists perform virtually all types of lab work in hospitals and doctor\u2019s offices, such as monitoring blood coagulation factors, throat cultures, screening blood for transfusions, and identifying leukemia.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe analyze specimens using modern technology after completing a rigorous academic program,\u201d Scanlan said. \u201cOn TV it looks like doctors and sometimes nurses are doing this work. That\u2019s not the case. It\u2019s a field that is vital because without laboratory data one wouldn\u2019t know exactly what\u2019s wrong with a patient. It would be guess work.\u201d<\/p>\n

APSU is home to a Bachelor of Science degree program in medical technology. For more information on this program contact the APSU Department of Allied Health Sciences at 931-221-6455 or visit the website at www.apsu.edu\/allied-health<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Clarksville, TN – Dr. Perry Scanlan, director of Austin Peay State University\u2019s medical technology program, occasionally gets phone calls from potential students, asking him where in Texas the University is located. \u201cThat makes me chuckle,\u201d he said. \u201cBecause of our name, they always think we\u2019re from Austin, Texas.\u201d This confusion will likely end in the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[5],"tags":[23,6811,5618,262,8168,8170,8169,5619],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4xGYI-1EW","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6382"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6382"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6382\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6384,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6382\/revisions\/6384"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6382"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}