Career structures and pathways for the scientific workforce in medical pathology laboratories: final project report, July 2011

Human Capital Alliance (HCA) was commissioned by the Department of Health and Ageing (DoHA) to undertake the Career Structures and Pathways for the Scientific Workforce in Medical Pathology Laboratories project. The objective of this project was to provide an understanding of current and future workforce requirements and the appropriateness and adequacy of current supply strategies, and to investigate options to promote workforce retention especially through career pathways development for the scientific workforce in medical pathology laboratories. The medical pathology laboratory scientific workforce is defined as including senior scientists, medical laboratory scientists, medical laboratory technicians and laboratory assistants although individuals within each workforce grouping may hold job titles that vary somewhat from these specific occupational titles.

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