Intro to Med Lab Sci

Catalog description

Lecture and practical exercises that focus on laboratory personnel and operation in a clinical laboratory. Students will become familiar with management, employee motivation, interpersonal communication, and interview skills. Students will learn the operations of a clinical laboratory, including laws, regulations, accrediting standards, compliance, and laboratory information systems in an evolving healthcare system.  Discussions, demonstrations, and laboratory exercises performed in the student laboratory designed to familiarize the student with the principles, procedures, and interpretation of general and advanced techniques in the clinical laboratory. Includes theory and practical experience for laboratory skills including phlebotomy, laboratory mathematics, quality control, quality assurance, and principles of instrumentation.