In the Lab

Philip Wurth, a medical technologist in Pennsylvania, tells the local The Patriot-News that he chose to become a clinical lab technician after seeing that it involved interesting coursework and was a stable career path. "The clinical lab is a high volume, low error workplace, where continuing education and rapid error resolution are taken seriously. Working in this environment gives me a great sense of accomplishment and constant improvement," Wurth says. He adds that it's a good career for people who can "multitask and function in an at-times high-stress workplace."