About the Degree:
The medical technologist knows the challenges and rewards of medicine and science. As a medical technologist, you'll perform a full range of laboratory tests, from simple blood tests to tests designed to uncover such diseases as AIDS, diabetes and cancer. If you find this subject matter fascinating, consider a Bachelor of Science in Medical Laboratory Sciences.
Medical technologists work in five major areas of the laboratory: Blood banking, chemistry, hematology, immunology and microbiology. Medical technologists also have unlimited choices of practice settings, ranging from hospitals and independent laboratories to clinics and public health facilities. Passing a certification examination at the end of the clinical study is required.
What You’ll Learn:
- Competently perform a full range of testing in the contemporary medical laboratory encompassing pre-analytical, analytical, and post-analytical components of laboratory services, including hematology, chemistry, microbiology, urinalysis, body fluids, molecular diagnostics, phlebotomy, and immunohematology.
- Successfully employ problem solving skills: Finding a resolution to a situation, question, or problem for which no process has been provided.
- Effectively employ standard laboratory and safety skills.
- Clearly and concisely communicate information in writing, using the appropriate style and format for the intended audience.
- Exhibit the ability to acquire, interpret and evaluate scientific information from a variety of sources.
- Effectively use current technology to generate and communicate scientific data.
- Explain the importance of ethics in laboratory experimentation and in the communication of laboratory results.
This Degree is Great for You if:
- You are fascinated with technology and what science have to offer.
- You are a problem-solver - someone who loves challenges and thrives well under pressure.
- You like operating electronic equipment, computers and precision-based instruments.
- You want to save lives by providing accurate information to doctors about patients in need.
Department Contact:
Dr. James Donelson
Department Chair, Chemical & Physical Sciences Department
Email: donelson-j@mssu.edu
Options / Course of Study:
Current Catalog
Bachelor of Science Medical Laboratory Science
