MLT 251C - Clinical Laboratory Externship
Credits: 12
620 Clinical Hours
Prerequisites: Grade “C” or better in all MLT courses
Co-requisites: MLT 250
Description
This course offers practical experience in an affiliated laboratory. Students rotate through laboratory sections and observe and perform routine lab test. This course is graded on a pass/fail basis. This course requires a per credit health career fee; Check the tuition and fee schedule for the current rate.
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of the course, the student will:
- Correlate didactic and classroom laboratory experience with actual clinical work.
- Perform tests and identify clinically important results under the supervision of externship preceptors.
- Explain and correlate the importance of normal and abnormal lab results with externship preceptor.
- Interact professionally with hospitalized patients and outpatients.
- Correlate abnormal laboratory results with clinical pathological signs and symptoms.
- Perform test procedures with results and control values within acceptable manufacturer’s limits.
- Exhibit professionalism, ethical behavior and responsibility to the patient and the profession.
Listed Topics
- Hematology
- Immunohematology (blood bank)
- Immunology (serology)
- Microbiology
- Urinalysis
- Chemistry
- Phlebotomy
Reference Materials
Observation and performance of clinical laboratory tests.
Approved By: Johnson, Alex Date Approved: 04/15/2010
Last Reviewed: 10/07/2021
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