Embryology Debate- Born and Raised vs Professionally Trained

Jason Swain, PhD, HCLD; Sangita Jindal, PhD, HCLD; Alison Bartolucci, PhD HCLD; Jason Barritt, PhD; Charlie Bormann, PhD, HCLD; Michael Abeyta, TS

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Friday, March 22
12:00 PM – 12:45 PM

 0.75 CME

 Session Description
  • A debate between lab leaders who hire and staff embryology labs about the pros and cons of training someone from scratch versus hiring someone from a training program into their first embryology job. As a field, embryology needs more staff who are not only technically skilled but who cultivate a scientific leadership.

Session Objective
  1. Understand pros and cons of training someone from scratch.
  2. Understand pros and cons of hiring someone from a training program as a junior embryologist.
  3. Define what we are looking for in new embryologists who will be come the lab leaders of the future.