Medical Laboratory Technology
Associate in Applied Science
65 Semester Hours
The medical laboratory technician (MLT) is an allied health professional who is qualified by academic and practical training to provide service in clinical laboratory science. The medical laboratory technician performs general tests in all laboratory areas–blood banking, chemistry, hematology, immunology and microbiology. Working with the supervision of a medical technologist, a medical laboratory technician hunts for clues to the absence, presence, extent, and causes of diseases.
The future long-term employment for medical laboratory technicians looks bright. Employment opportunities are expected to increase through the year 2010. Medical laboratory technicians work in a variety of practice settings. Hospitals, for-profit laboratories, clinics, nursing homes, public health facilities, business and industry currently have positions open for qualified medical laboratory technicians.
Medical laboratory technicians must be accurate, dedicated, skilled and self-motivated. They are problem solvers, like challenge and responsibility, and are accurate, reliable, and able to work well under pressure. Students should have a solid foundation in high school sciences–biology, chemistry, math and computer science.
John Wood Community College, in cooperation with Blessing Hospital, offers the Medical Laboratory Technology AAS degree. Enrollment is limited. Students accepted into the Blessing School of Medical Laboratory Technicians complete 16 credit hours of science specialty courses and 17 credit hours of general education courses at JWCC. Upon successful completion of requirements of the Blessing School of Medical Laboratory Technicians, 32 credit hours will be given in transfer to complete degree requirements. Coursework completed at Blessing Hospital for the MLT program is considered as being “in residence”; however, the student must be enrolled as a JWCC student.
NOTE: Only students who do not need additional coursework and who take the number of credits or courses as listed each semester can complete the program in the time given. Others will take longer to complete.
| REQUIRED COURSES | |
| BIO 101 General Biology | 4 |
| BIO 293 Microbiology | 4 |
| CHM 100 General Chemistry AND CHM 105 Introduction to Organic Chemistry I |
8 |
| OR | |
| CHM 103 Principles of Chemistry I AND CHM 104 Principles of Chemistry II |
8 |
| 16 | |
| GENERAL EDUCATION | |
| CMN 101 Introduction to Speech I OR CMN 104 Interpersonal Communication |
3 |
| CSC 100 Computer Literacy OR an elective for graduates of Blessing Hospital MLT program |
1 |
| ENG 101 Rhetoric and Composition I | 3 |
| ENG 102 Rhetoric and Composition II | 3 |
| MAT 113 College Algebra | 3 |
| PSY 123 Career Management | 1 |
| Social/Behavior Sciences | 3 |
| 17 | |
| Blessing School of Medical Laboratory Technicians | 32 |
| TOTAL REQUIRED FOR DEGREE (Minimum) | 65 |
