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Medical Laboratory Assistant/Technician - Mississauga
Program Info
The objective of Medical Laboratory Assistant/Technician program is to help individuals prepare for the challenges of a career within the medical environment.
Graduates enjoy the greatest career satisfaction when they are scholastically prepared, hold a solid, practical understanding of their responsibilities and begin their positions with a healthy attitude.
Medical Laboratory Assistant/Technician Courses
- Student Success Strategies
- Introduction to Computer Applications
- Professional Skills
- Fundamentals of Terminology
- Anatomy and Physiology
- Standards of Practice, Ethics and Legislation I & II
- Laboratory Safety and Asepsis
- Introduction to the Clinical Laboratory
- Quality Assurance and Laboratory Mathematics
- Hematology
- Urinalysis and Clinical Chemistry
- Laboratory Microbiology
- Fundamentals of Cytology and Histology
- Cardiovascular System and ECG
- Interpersonal and Workplace Skills for Health Care Professionals (HCP)
- CPR and First Aid
- Career and Employment Strategies
- Practicum / Work Experience
The program provides both theoretical and practical instruction in a well-equipped classroom / laboratory setting. In class learning is supplemented during the enrollment period by clinical work experience in any of the fast-paced hospital departments.
Career Opportunities
This program prepares individuals for a career in:
- A private diagnostic testing laboratory
- A public health laboratory (including Blood Services)
- A hospital laboratory or outpatient department
- A quality control laboratory (food industry, microbiology media, point of care testing)
- A veterinary laboratory
- A physician´s office or clinic
