Decisions, Decisions, Decisions

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We live in a world with simply too many of them. In the latter half of the last century, the wish was for choice. Now that we have it, we have come to the realization that choice demands decision making. And so we choose sometimes after thoughtful consideration, sometimes with no thought what so ever.

In the world of decision making, one can see the choice as one of duty. Admiral Farragut's order “Damn the torpedoes…Full speed ahead.” is a decision borne of duty. But one can also see choice as a matter of consequences. How many times has someone said, “The greater good for the greater number.” A person who is consistent in their approach to life chooses only one of those principles. As we all know, humans are rarely consistent in their decision making.

The House of Delegates makes decisions for the society and ultimately then for the profession. Some years those choices seem to be less onerous than other years. This year there will be discussion and debate about many things but one of the choices will be about the future of the profession. There will be a position paper concerning the creation of a new practitioner and the development of a new way of educating them.

Where do you stand on the question of a doctorate in clinical laboratory science? What would you be able to do with it? Who would pay for it? How would one get one? Who would be for it? Against it?