Medical Laboratory Science (formerly Medical Technology) Major
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Graduates of the Medical Laboratory Science (formerly Medical Technology) option are qualified to write for the board examination sponsored by the American Society of Clinical Pathologists, Board of Certification. The Medical Laboratory Science (formerly Medical Technology) option provides the student with the scientific knowledge, technical skills, and hands-on experience required to function in all areas of the clinical laboratory.
Successful completion of the required course sequence results in the awarding of a Bachelor of Science degree. The granting of the degree is not dependent upon students passing any type of external licensure or certification examination. Students who choose to take these examinations do so on a voluntary basis after they have graduated from the program. The academic requirements of the Medical Laboratory Science (formerly Medical Technology) option in the Clinical Laboratory Sciences major fulfill the University’s general education course requirements and major course requirements for graduation as well as the curriculum requirements for the national certification examinations.
Clinical Affiliates and Internships
On-campus instruction provides students with didactic and simulated clinical laboratory experiences in each of the six major areas of the clinical laboratory: chemistry, hematology, immunohematology, microbiology, molecular diagnostics, and immunology. Hospital-based clinical rotations are integrated with the didactic laboratory curriculum during the junior and senior years of the program and supervised by adjunct clinical faculty in cooperation with the program director and staff. Clinical assignments are made by the program director and professional staff. Students must provide their own transportation for their clinical internships. While students are on clinical rotations they will not be engaged as employees and as such will not be covered by the hospital programs of social security or unemployment compensation; in recognition and support of this, student performances must be reviewed and co-signed by a recognized approved staff member of the clinical laboratory. Students will not be used in place of employees. Students who work for clinical affiliates do so voluntarily outside the normally scheduled clinical practica hours with pay and supervision, and are subject to the institutional employee regulations.
Clinical internships (practicum) are five weeks long during the semester and are scheduled for half the week. We recommend that students not work during the five weeks that they are on these internships as they will also be taking courses at the University. When not on clinical rotations, this time is unscheduled. We recommend that students use this time to study for their classes.
The Medical Laboratory Science (formerly Medical Technology) program is offered in cooperation with the following clinical affiliates:
- Anna Jaques Hospital, Newburyport, Mass.
- Cambridge Hospital, Cambridge, Mass.
- Emerson Hospital, Concord, Mass.
- Holy Family Hospital, Methuen, Mass.
- Lahey Medical Center, Burlington, Mass.
- Lawrence General Hospital, Lawrence, Mass.
- Lawrence Memorial Hospital, Hallmark Health, Medford, Mass.
- Lowell General Hospital, Lowell, Mass.
- Melrose Wakefield Hospital, Hallmark Health, Melrose, Mass.
- Merrimack Valley Hospital, Haverhill, Mass.
- Metro West Medical Center, Framingham and Natick, Mass.
- Newton Wellesley Hospital, Newton, Mass.
- North Shore Medical Center - Salem Hospital, Salem, Mass.
- Saints Medical Center, Lowell, Mass.
- Southern New Hampshire Medical Center, Nashua, NH
- St. Joseph Hospital, Nashua, NH
- University of Massachusetts Memorial Medical Center,Worcester, Mass.
- Winchester Hospital, Winchester, Mass.
For degree requirements and additional information on the Medical Laboratory Science (formerly Medical Technology) major, visit the On-line Academic Catalog.