Medical technologist core job tasks still reign

In 1993; the ASCP Board of Registry began a 10-year prospective study of th e career patterns of 412 newly MT(ASCP)-certified persons. The Board examin ed the changes in core, advanced technical, and management job tasks of the se MTs during their first 5 years of work. In the first year, the MTs did c ore tasks more frequently than advanced technical or management tasks. Five years later, they still did core tasks frequently and had acquired additio nal advanced technical and management tasks. The entry-level task mix of MT s was the same regardless of gender, ethnicity, job title, facility locatio n, or degree.