May 21, 2026 · 29 min · 13 segments
Workforce shortages continue to impact clinical laboratories across the country, especially in rural healthcare settings. In this episode of Let's Talk Micro, Luis is joined by Kenzi Haigler to…
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So real quick, in today's episode, I am joined by Kenzie Higler, and she is an educator, a medical lab scientist who took the amazing initiative of starting a lab program in high school.
And in this program, the students will be exposed to instrumentation, lab concepts.
So it's a very great way to start bringing awareness about the profession and an early jumpstart on building the workforce.
And, and as you're listening, you know that we struggle with shortages in the workforce and, and, you know, on awareness about the profession.
And in the episode, she also talks about rural settings and, and how the lab works and, and some of the struggles that they have when it comes to workforce shortages.
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And if this is the first time listening to Let's Talk Micro, well, thank you for choosing it as one of your podcasts.
So real quick, in today's episode, I am joined by Kenzie Higler, and she is an educator, a medical lab scientist who took the amazing initiative of starting a lab program in high school.
And in this program, the students will be exposed to instrumentation, lab concepts.
So it's a very great way to start bringing awareness about the profession and an early jumpstart on building the workforce.
And, and as you're listening, you know that we struggle with shortages in the workforce and, and, you know, on awareness about the profession.
And in the episode, she also talks about rural settings and, and how the lab works and, and some of the struggles that they have when it comes to workforce shortages.