Medical Laboratory Technology

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1 Medical Laboratory Technology Why Choose Medical Laboratory Technology Medical Laboratory Technicians (MLT) perform laboratory analyses to help the physician detect, diagnose and treat disease. Technicians work with sophisticated laboratory instruments and computers that must be kept in optimal operating condition to give the most accurate results. The volume and sophistication of laboratory testing will increase as the population grows and lives longer. Physicians base about 70 percent of their diagnosis and treatment decisions on the results of laboratory testing. Medical laboratory technicians work under the supervision of the medical laboratory scientist and the medical director of the laboratory in such departments of the medical laboratory as the blood bank, clinical chemistry, microbiology, hematology, serology and body fluid analysis. The program combines classroom instruction and laboratory practice on-campus with an internship in an affiliated laboratory. The program is fully accredited by the National Accrediting Agency for Clinical Laboratory Sciences (NAACLS.) NAACLS can be contacted at the following: 5600 N. River Road, Suite 720, Rosemont, IL 60018, (773) Career Opportunities Career opportunities exist in the clinical laboratories in hospitals and medical centers; pharmaceutical industry in quality control, research and biotechnology; government crime labs, accreditation offices, environmental technology, veterinary medicine and lab information systems; humanitarian work in the Peace Corps, Project Hope and with medical missionary workers. The average annual base salary of full-time medical laboratory technicians was close to $46,000 in Salaries are increasing annually. Admission Requirements Students must be admitted to the university. To be qualified to enter the professional sequence of the program a student must have earned a minimum grade of "C" in each of the following courses or their equivalent: MATH 115 or MATH 117 (or have an ACT Math subscore of 24) and CHEM 114, CHEM 214, BIOL 108 and BIOL 205 with a minimum grade of "C". To assure students of a quality technical education in classroom/lab and clinical practice, enrollment is limited. Students who meet or will have met the program's qualification criteria by

2 the end of Spring semester are required to apply to the program's professional sequence between January 15 and January 30 of the year prior to the May professional sequence entry. Admission will be based upon date of qualification. General Education Requirements All general University General Education requirements can be found here: Please consult this link for a complete listing of General Education Electives: Graduation Requirements To graduate from the program, a student must have earned a minimum grade of "C" in each CLLS course, BIOL 205, CHEM 214, and the COHP core courses. A minimum cumulative GPA of 2.5 is required. Ferris offers an internship in the last semester of the program, although due to limited space, specific clinical site locations cannot be guaranteed. If a student interrupts progression in the professional sequence of the program, re-entry cannot be guaranteed due to space limitations in laboratory and clinical placement sites. More Information College of Health Professions Ferris State University 200 Ferris Drive Big Rapids, MI Phone: or , ext. 2266

3 Required Courses Credit Hours General Education BIOL 108 Medical Microbiology 3 BIOL 205 Human Anatomy-Physiology 5 CHEM 114 Intro to General Chemistry 4 CHEM 214 Fund of Organic Chemistry 4 COMM 105 Interpersonal Communication 3 COMM 121 Fundamentals-Public Speaking 3 COMM 221 Small Group Decision Making 3 ENGL 150 English 1 3 ENGL 250 English 2 3 MATH 117 Contemporary Mathematics 4 MATH 115 Intermediate Algebra 3 Electives Cultural Enrichment 3 Social Foundation 3

4 Core COHP 100 Orientation to Medical Vocabul 1 COHP 101 The U.S. Health Care System 3 COHP 102 Safety Issues in Health Care 1 FSUS 100 Ferris State Univ Seminar 1 Note: FSUS 100 for first year only

5 Major CLLS 101 Clinical Lab Science Orient 1 CLLS 122 Intro Specimen Collection 2 CLLS 123 Specimen Collection Lab 1 CLLS 216 Clinical Chemistry 3 CLLS 217 Clinical Chemistry Lab 1 CLLS 218 Body Fluid Analysis 1 CLLS 219 Hemostasis 1 CLLS 220 Body Fluid-Hemostasis Lab 1 CLLS 231 Hematology 2 CLLS 232 Hematology Lab 1 CLLS 236 Diagnostic Microbiology 2 CLLS 237 Diagnostic Micro Lab 2 CLLS 241 Virology-Mycology-Parasitology 2 CLLS 242 Virology-Mycology-Parasitology 1 CLLS 252 Intro Clinical Immunology 2 CLLS 253 Intro Clin Immunology Lab 1 CLLS 256 Simulated Laboratory for MLT 3 CLLS 258 Immunohematology 2 CLLS 259 Immunohematology Lab 1

6 CLLS 281 Clinical Lab Sc Theory for MLT 1 CLLS 292 Clinical Experience 1 for MLT 6 CLLS 293 Clinical Experience 2 for MLT 5 Total Minimum Credits: 83