is there any available examination for ASCP(American Society for Clinical Pathologist) here in the Philippines

Question

AMT(American Medical Technologist) examination can be taken here in the Philippines unlike CLS(Clinical Laboratory Science). Where can we take the ASCP(American Society for Clinical Pathologist) examinations?

Answer 1

Hi again,

Good Afternoon!

ASCP International exam will be available by next month (October 2006) in the Philippines. It will administered by Pearson Professional & Education Testing Center and is computer based testing. You can visit www.vue.com for more details and F.Y.I. they are same testing center that administers American Medical Technologists here in the Philippines.

This is a first hand information received from PAMET National Officers and ASCP representative - Dr. E. Blair Holloday - Vice President of ASCP USA from its recent short trip to the Manila last July 22, 2006.

The venue for the AMT & ASCP Exams in Metro Manila is in Ateneo de Manila University, Rockwell Campus, Makati City - This is my best guess and I bet on it.

Pearson used to hold its venue in Asian Institute of Management (AIM) in the late 1990s to early 2000 before transferring to Ateneo de Manila Rockwell. Before, it used to be held at Ateneo Main Campus in Quezon City (before Pearson was chosen to administer the exams in the Philippines) but was halted due to massive cheating scam back in the early days.

Cebu - no updates yet?

Please check the ASCP website www.ascp.org from time to time to see any changes and I hope this is very helpful in your endeavor.

Answer 2

http://www.ascp.org/Certification/CertifyingExaminations/international/default.aspx

The Board of Registry has approved development of an exciting new international certification identified as ASCPi. This new certification designation allows individuals practicing in countries around the world the opportunity to use our gold standard certification credentials after successfully passing the BOR exam.
ASCP is finalizing details to provide international certification in the Philippines, Hong Kong and Singapore. International certification in the Philippines should be available by October 2006. Check back frequently for additional announcements.

The ASCP Board of Registry is preparing international versions of the Chemistry, C(ASCPi) and Phlebotomy, PBT(ASCPi) examinations. Check back frequently for new globalization developments.

Answer 3

you do not inevitably want a PhD to be a clinical biochemist besides the very undeniable reality that the tests are rigorous. Biochemists temd to study tissue and be counted from the body for disgnostic applications. Pathologist are docs who liaise with the biochemists yet is also contain in submit-mortems besides.

Answer 4

The last I knew Philippine girls had to come to this country and train and take the exam. I had several in my lab a few years back.