Medical Laboratory Science (BS)

Program Educational Goals:

1. Demonstrate proper procedures for the collection of safe handling & analysis of biological specimens.
2. Utilize scientific principles (e.g. physiology, immunology, biochemistry, molecular biology, genetics, microbiology, etc.), laboratory principles and methodologies for the clinical setting.
3. Perform laboratory testing with accuracy.
4. Evaluate problems that impact on laboratory services and take corrective action.
5. Operate equipment properly, troubleshoot, and perform preventive and corrective maintenance.
6. Utilize proper technique in the performance of all laboratory testing.
7. Interpret clinical significance, clinical procedures, & laboratory test data accurately.
8. Evaluate laboratory data using statistical analysis.
9. Apply principles of continuous assessment to all laboratory services.
10. Utilize principles of quality assurance and quality improvement for all phase of laboratory services (i.e., pre-analytical, analytical, & post-analytical).
11. Comply with established laboratory safety regulations & regulations governing regulatory compliance related to laboratory practice.
12. Communicate through oral and written skills effectively & professionally to enable consultative & educational interactions with healthcare personnel, the public, & patients in order to function successfully as a member of the healthcare team.
13. Demonstrate ethical behavior & professionalism, maintain confidentiality of patient information, & participate in continuing education for one’s own professional career development.
14. Apply principles of educational methodology to educate providers & users of laboratory services.
15. Evaluate published scientific studies utilizing knowledge of research design.
16. Apply principles & concepts of laboratory operations to critical pathways and clinical decision making, performance improvement dynamics of healthcare delivery systems in relationship to laboratory services, human resource management & financial management.
17. Demonstrate a commitment to the future of medical laboratory profession through involvement in a national professional society.
18. Demonstrate an understanding of human creativity & of various types of aesthetic & intellectual expression through study of the liberal arts.
19. Demonstrate an understanding of the significance of cultural diversity as exhibited within the United States through study of the liberal arts including completion of a multicultural course.
20. Demonstrate an understanding of the impact of globalization on society through study of the liberal arts.