The MLS test has a number of questions in which we are expected to - for instance - pair cell characteristics (genetic alterations, presence of inclusions, size and others) with diagnoses. Since we are not permitted (as I was taught) to make diagnoses, can anyone enlighten me as to why these questions are on the test? In my experience, we test for the characteristics, while it is the doctors that do the diagnosis. I could understand this if we were given free rein with samples (“Oh, look, these rbc’s are crescent-shaped, let’s do some genetic tests”), but since of course we don’t have that license, why is the ability to diagnose something tested for?
u/Artistic-Pear-3504 — 25 days ago