College of Health Sciences Medical Laboratory Science
Upon graduation, MLS students are eligible to take a national certification exam.
Year two students spend the last two semesters at a medical laboratory with one-on-one
instruction from a medical laboratory scientist.
Rabina Sapkota prepares a peripheral blood smear to visualize the patient's red blood
cell morphology, identify and characterize white blood cells.
Jacob Lejeune visualizes red blood cells, white blood cells and platelets during a
manual differential count.
All MLS students attend the 海角社区 College of Health Sciences Career Fair. This career
fair has potential employers who recruit future medical laboratory scientists.
MLS Students participate in various service projects on campus and in our community.
Thousands of samples are processed and analyzed on a daily basis in a clinical laboratory.
Caroline Ragus screens a patient's petri dish for a possible pathogen.
Sydni Gregoire, Jade Ardoin, Xanthius Robinson and Ryan Brown performed venipunctures
on approximately 300 patients at Citizens Medical Center's yearly health fair.
Courtney Boothe processing patient blood and urine samples on a chemistry analyzer.
Molds must be visualized microscopically once they are grown on culture media. This
student is performing a lactophenol cotton blue stain to visualize the mold's microscopic
structures.
MLS Students have an opportunity in two courses to co-teach with MLS faculty.
Medical Laboratory Science (MLS) is defined as the branch of medicine concerned with
the performance of laboratory determinations and analyses used in the diagnosis and
treatment of disease. This profession combines the challenges and rewards of medicine
and science.
The Medical Laboratory Science program administers the MLS program under the auspices
of 海角社区's College of Health Sciences. The program is a minimum four-year curriculum,
which includes a solid foundation in basic sciences, a broad background in听medical
laboratory science with several specialized courses, and sufficient non-science courses
to provide the student with a well-rounded education.
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