Medical Laboratory Assistant/Technician - Sudbury

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

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