Printer FriendlyGraduates of the medical technology option are qualified to write either or both of the registry examinations sponsored by the American Society of Clinical Pathologists, MT(ASCP) and the National Credentialing Agency for Laboratory Personnel, CLS (NCA). The 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 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. Students must provide their own transportation for their clinical internships.
The Medical Technology program is offered in cooperation with the following clinical affiliates:
- Anna Jacques Hospital, Newburyport, MA;
- Cambridge Hospital, Cambridge, MA;
- Emerson Hospital, Concord, MA;
- Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates, Somerville, MA;
- Holy Family Hospital, Methuen, MA;
- Lahey Medical Center, Burlington, MA;
- Lawrence General Hospital, Lawrence, MA;
- Lawrence Memorial Hospital, Hallmark Health, Medford, MA;
- Lowell General Hospital, Lowell, MA;
- Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA;
- Merrimack Valley Hospital, Haverhill, MA;
- Metro West Medical Center, Framingham and Natick, MA;
- Newton Wellesley Hospital, Newton, MA;
- Salem Hospital, North Shore Medical Center, Salem, MA;
- Saints Memorial Medical Center, Lowell, MA;
- Southern New Hampshire Medical Center, Nashua, NH;
- University of Massachusetts Memorial Medical Center, Worcester, MA; and
- Winchester Hospital, Winchester, MA.
For degree requirements and additional information on the Medical Technology major, visit the Online Academic Catalog.