
#CLINICAL LABORATORY SCIENCE PROFESSIONAL#
Our program also helps to prepare graduates for physician assistant, medical, and dental professional schools. Medical laboratory science alumni are qualified for professional and graduate studies in specialty areas of microbiology, hematology, immunohematology, and clinical chemistry. Many of our graduates have multiple job offers before graduation. These individuals are very reliable, work well under pressure and. Within six months of graduation, 100% of our alumni have begun their careers in these excellent positions or enrolled in graduate school. Clinical laboratory scientists are problem-solvers who like challenge and responsibility. You'll be qualified for careers in a variety of settings including clinical laboratories, hospitals, physicians' offices, and health departments as well as positions in research, medicine, management, industry, education, and public health. Your education will prepare you to become an integral member of any healthcare team.

Our program is accredited by the National Accrediting Agency for Clinical Laboratory Sciences, which makes our students eligible for national certification from the American Society for Clinical Pathology. Our comprehensive program, one of the largest in the nation, is a university-based integrated clinical medical laboratory science program. Our curriculum focuses on the standard medical laboratory disciplines of clinical chemistry, hematology, urinalysis, microbiology, immunology, and blood banking.

Also, if you are interested in a degree in biology, chemistry, health sciences, pre-med, or pre-dental, you can major in medical laboratory science and apply the knowledge and skills you learn to a range of careers in health care and medicine. More than 70% of all medical decisions are based on data that medical laboratory scientists provide to the healthcare team.ĭo you like biology or chemistry? Do you like problem solving? Have you thought of yourself as someone who wants to help others? If you said "yes" to any of these, then a career in medical laboratory science may be a great fit for you. Medical laboratory scientists perform and interpret laboratory testing. Medical laboratory scientists are essential members of the healthcare team who play a central role in the detection, diagnosis, treatment, and monitoring of disease with minimal direct patient interaction.
