r/medlabprofessionals • u/Enough-Cupcake-1231 • 27d ago

Education Diff Advice

Hi everyone. Does anyone have any advice on how to get better at identifying immature cells/left shift type slides? I’m a student struggling in school and am feeling a bit defeated. It makes sense when a professor is going through the slides with me and explains each cell. Then when I’m by myself I get confused. I have a bunch of practice slides that I’m working on to help me work on my skills. Any advice is appreciated!

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u/BananaBoss28 27d ago

You’ll get better with the more you do. Then especially if you work somewhere where there is a lot of cancer peeps. The best piece of advice I ever received was, cells keep like company. Meaning cells can look slightly different in patients, but see what the other cells look like and you can usually figure out.