A Concise Review of Clinical Laboratory Science

I have taught Clinical Laboratory Science for 26 years and I am constantly looking for good academic resources for my students. Recently, I saw a review of this book so I ordered a copy from Amazon. It is everything that the reviewer said it was. It is concise, but it contains all the important concepts and facts that I cover in my classes. It is ideal for a quick review of pertinent information before the certification examination. It would also be ideal for a review before a chapter exam while the student is still taking clinical courses. I recommend it wholeheartedly to my students. I only wish I had this book when I was preparing for my certification 30 years ago. Dr. Hubbard had written a truly excellent review book!!! Michael K. Ramsey, Ph.D., MT(ASCP), CLS(NCA), SM(ASCP), SH(ASCP)

Used this book and the Polansky Reviews Cards to study for the ASCP Medtech exam and passed. This Joel Hubbard book focus on key points and highlights key words or featues for emphasis. Pictures which you can download online with a password inside the front cover and tables in the book help one to better understand things better through visuals.

So I bought this book to help studying to take my ASCP exam to become a certified lab tach. I used only this book and labce.com to study for it, and I passed with a really high score. Needless to say, this book is very useful! It organizes everything you need in a great manner, and cuts out the junk that the school books cram in there. Easy to read, and the chapters are short enough to read in the thirty minutes or so before going to bed. Highly recommend it!

I would recommend using this with the purple and yellow book. This book gives more detail.

I bought this study guide because the one that the Navy provided me to use for the ASCP certification was the BOC which is straight questions and answers with some explanations to follow if you're lucky. Although this textbook is condensed and has key words in bold which helps them to stick in your mind, I feel as though it's leaving a lot out.I've taken quite a few practice exams and this material was missing quite a few topics, however I like the format in which it's presented. I accessed the online "pictures" hoping for more, but it's only the pictures that are already in the book, but in color. Also, I wish there were practice questions in the text at the end of each section so that you can do somewhat of a review, but there isn't.Honestly, if you're trying to get MLT / MT ASCP certified, I highly recommend Lab CE online. You need to pay for it, but it has excellent questions, answers, and explanations.

A excellent reference and answer and question book. MUST have to refresh your technical and scientific knowledge.

(Using amazon reader on my computer and Droid X)Purchased the text book awhile ago and been using it as a review guide for class. Noticed a few problems. First the page numbers are way off. Scrolling from page to page is difficult because it jumps from page 1 to 7, 23, etc, making it difficult to scroll back to pages you've read on the location bar. Second the diagrams are difficult to read. Would be nice if they formatted the diagrams to fit the pages some of the scanned images are good but others become blurry when I zoom in.The upside is that it has been much more convenient having it on my ereader than carrying a huge text book along with everything else in my bag. Once problems are fixed I'll give it 5 stars. A Concise Review of Clinical Laboratory Science

i bought this book on the premise that the book was for students and working techs alike. keep it around the lab...The written information is clear and to the point. On the other hand, the image bank is lacking, especially in parasitology just a couple drawing(not very good ones at that)not diagrams just 5year old drawings. Other pics that hit me as vague(at best) was the 1 of basophilic stippling of RBCs. if i was on a bench looking at it, i would never be able to pick it up with this book's online picture. i.e. i have seen Baso stippling. the good is that book is great for basic basics, but if u want anything specific on the individual disciplining(micro.b, haemo, parasite, histo.cyto) look for books focusing on the individual grouping

Just what I need for my course work. It is very informative and is an excellent resource material. A must have for all laboratory scientists.

Love it

Very helpful book!

Before I purchase this book, there is LOOK INSIDE thing , a preview. I was expecting that the case studies will be there but disappointed when I received the book. Those case studies, discussion is not there. THE LOOK INSIDE should be fair enough to tell what will the buyer really gonna get.