(Formerly Medical Technology)
Carol G. Schwartz, Director. Adjunct Faculty: Nancy Mitchell MS, MT(ASCP), DLM. Program Director, School of Medical Technology, ViaHealth Rochester General Hospital. Michele Harms, MS, MT (ASCP) Program Director, WCA Hospital School of Medical Technology.
Clinical Laboratory Science is the profession in which human blood and body fluids are analyzed for purposes of diagnosis, treatment and prevention of disease. Clinical laboratory professionals are an integral part of the health care team providing information that is used in over 70 percent of all patient diagnoses. This program provides an interdisciplinary background in all the natural sciences with heavy emphasis on biology and chemistry. The student is campus-based during the first three years and is hospital-based for the senior year, rotating among such areas as clinical chemistry, microbiology, immunology, serology, blood-bank, hematology, flow cytometry and parasitology. The training will directly prepare the student for a job in a hospital clinical laboratory. In addition, there are numerous related areas that a medical technologist (clinical laboratory scientist) is uniquely prepared to enter such fields as laboratory information system sales, installation, training, repair and modification; clinical product development, research, technical sales, technical service specialist; forensic or clinical reference laboratory technologist; quality control specialist for the food, pharmaceutical, cosmetics or clinical lab industries; transplant technologist; flow cytometrist; clinical laboratory science educator; and technical division supervisor.
The program is a rigorous one, with very modest flexibility. The course offerings over and above those required by the American Society of Clinical Pathologists (ASCP) emphasize the increasing importance in clinical laboratory science of instrumentation, automation and computers. During the student’s junior year, application is made to approved hospital schools of medical technology. The burden of acceptance into a hospital program rests with the student.
Clinical Laboratory Science Curriculum:
| 1. ENG 101, ENG 102, PHI 101, RST 101 (4 courses) | (12) | |
| 2. Area Studies: Two courses from each of these areas: II, III, IV, VIII. One course from each of these areas: V, VI1 (10 courses) | (30) | |
| 3. Major course requirements: (26 courses) | ||
| BIO 101-101L Introduction to Cellular/Subcellular Biology | (5) | |
| BIO 102-102L Organismal Biology | (5) | |
| BIO 203 Cellular Biochemistry | (3) | |
| BIO 307 General Microbiology | (4) | |
| BIO 426 Immunochemistry | (3) | |
| CHM 111-112 General Chemistry | (10) | |
| CHM 227-228 Organic Chemistry | (10) | |
| CSC 110 Introduction to Computing | (3) | |
| MAT 111 Calculus I | (4) | |
| MAT 141 Inferential Statistics and Computers for Science | (4) | |
| MDT 200 Instrumentation | (3) | |
| MDT 280-281 Seminar: Sophomore Level | (2) | |
| MDT 380-381 Seminar: Junior Level | (2) | |
| Science electives: two courses to be arranged with advisor | (6-8) | |
| MDT 400-401 Hospital Rotation | (30) | |
| TOTAL (39 courses) | (136-138) | |
Recommended Schedule:
| Fall | Spring | |||||
| Freshman Year | ||||||
| ENG 101 | 3 | ENG 102 | 3 | |||
| BIO 101-101L | 5 | BIO 102-102L | 5 | |||
| CHM 111 | 5 | CHM 112 | 5 | |||
| AS | 3 | MAT 141 | 4 | |||
| Total | 16 | AS | 3 | |||
| Total | 20 | |||||
| Sophomore Year | ||||||
| RST 101 | 3 | PHI 101 | 3 | |||
| CHM 227 | 5 | CHM 228 | 5 | |||
| CSC 110 or MDT 200 | 3 | MDT 281 | 1 | |||
| MAT 111 | 4 | AS | 3 | |||
| MDT 280 | 1 | AS | 3 | |||
| AS | 3 | AS | 3 | |||
| Total | 19 | Total | 18 | |||
| Junior Year | ||||||
| MDT 380 | 1 | MDT 381 | 1 | |||
| BIO 203 | 3 | BIO 426 | 3 | |||
| Science elective | 3 or 4 | Science elective | 3 or 4 | |||
| MDT 200 or CSC 110 | 3 | BIO 307 | 4 | |||
| AS | 3 | AS | 3 | |||
| AS | 3 | AS | 3 | |||
| Total | 16 or 17 | Total | 17 or 18 | |||
| Senior Year | ||||||
| MDT 400 | 15 | MDT 401 | 15 | |||
| Total | 15 | Total | 15 | |||
| Total | 136-138 |
COURSES: 2005-2007
MDT 200 Instrumentation 3
Survey of the theory and practice of instrumental analysis as it is applied to the clinical laboratory.
MDT 280-281 Seminar: Sophomore Level 1 credit per semester
Introduction to Clinical Science Laboratory profession from variety of perspectives: history, present state of health-care delivery, job opportunities, organization of hospital laboratory. Hospital-laboratory tour.
MDT 299 Independent Study 1
MDT 380-381 Seminar: Junior Level 1 credit per semester
Advanced discussions of Clinical Science Laboratory theory and practice designed as preparation for senior-year hospital rotation. Tour of hospital laboratory.
MDT 399 Independent Study 1
MDT 400-401 Hospital Rotation 15 credits per semester
1 Area I is automatically fulfilled because this program is in the natural sciences. Area VII is fulfilled by the required mathematics courses in this program.