- Emergence of clinical laboratories in the US started.
Late 19th century
Established a laboratory in Bellevue Hospital Medical College (1878)
- He gave the first lab course in pathology offered in an American Medical School
- Became the 1st professor in Pathology at John Hopkin University (1885)
Dr. William H. Welch
- Opened the 1st clinical lab in 1896 at John
Dr. William Osler
o In this lab, “routine exams” were performed and a special test for blood malarial parasite identification.
Hopkins Hospital
University of Pennsylvania
(William Pepper Hospital)
1908
wrote: “Clinical Diagnosis: A Manual of Laboratory Methods”
Dr. James C. Todd
Edited “Clinical Diagnosis and Management by Laboratory Methods” -Fundamental source in the practice of lab medicine.
John Bernard Henry
A soldier, physician and prolific author and editor of many medical textbook
o Pathologist
o Edited the clinical diagnosis and management by laboratory methods from 14th ed. Up to 20th ed.
- John Bernard Henry, MD
- Required all hospital to have adequate lab and employ
- A full-time laboratory technician
State Legislature of Pennsylvania (1915)
- Important factor in the growth of clinical lab and created a great demand for clinical laboratory technicians
- Assistants were taught to do some tests by the practicing physicians.
-
World War I
University of Minnesota, issued a course bulletin entitled “Courses in Medical Technology for Clinical and Laboratory Technicians”
1923
- 1st to offer a degree level program in 1923
University of Minnesota
- The American Board of Pathology was established
1936
Pearl harbor was bombarded by Japan then invaded the Philippines after 3 days causing US to join the war
- Dec. 7, 1941
- US bases were built in Leyte
- US brought members of health care team to the Philippines to resolve health problems of soldiers and Filipinos
1944
- Established in the 26th Medical Laboratory of the 6th US Army and introduced medical technology in the Philippines
6th Infantry Division of US Army
- High school graduates were provided with one year training to work as laboratory technicians
February 1944
- Staff of 6th US Army left facility
- Clinical laboratory was endorsed to the National Department of Health
June 1945
- Filipino doctor and a dislocated staff of the 26 Medical Laboratory
- Preserved the remains of the laboratory with the help of ____
Dr. Pio de Roda
Dr. Mariano Icasiano
o First City Health Officer of Manila
Dr. Mariano Icasiano
- A training program for individual aspiring to become lab workers was offered by ____, in collaboration with ____.
- Trainees were mostly high school graduates and paramedical graduates.
- Dr. Pio de Roda instructed Dr. Sta. Ana to prepare a formal syllabus of the training program.
1947
Dr. Pio de Roda
Dr. Prudencia Sta. Ana
- the training began using a syllabus and it was to last 6 months
- After a short while ____ joined the two.
- The training program did not last long.
1954
Dr. Briones
- Established the first Medical Technology School in the Philippines together with _____, and ____
Dr. Willa Hilgert Hedrick
Dr. Reuben Manalaysay
Rev. Warren.
prepared the course curriculum and established the first complete laboratory in microbiology, parasitology, and histopathology at ____
Mrs. Antoinette McKelvey
Manila Sanitarium Hospital.
