Medical Laboratory Technician Program

What Is a Medical Laboratory Technician?

Medical laboratory technicians work with medical professionals to perform tests that help diagnose, prevent, monitor and treat diseases.

What Does a Medical Laboratory Technician Do?

By collecting and analyzing body fluids, tissue and other substances to determine normal or abnormal findings, medical laboratory technicians are an integral part of the healthcare team.

What Will I Learn With This Training?

At Pima Medical, you’ll receive hands-on training taking courses in our real-world labs where, you’ll learn how to:

• analyze body fluids, such as blood, urine and tissue samples and record normal or abnormal findings
• study blood samples for use in transfusions by identifying the number of cells, the cell morphology or the blood group, blood type and compatibility with other blood types
• operate sophisticated laboratory equipment, such as microscopes and cell counters

Upon completion of the Medical Laboratory Technician program, our graduates will leave school qualified to sit for the American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP) board certification.

What Career Opportunities Does a Medical Laboratory Technician Have?

Training will prepare you for a variety of opportunities including:

• using automated equipment and computerized instruments capable of performing a number of tests at the same time
• discussing results and findings of laboratory tests and procedures with physicians
• logging data from medical tests and enter results into a patient’s medical record

 You’ll have plenty of options for where to work as well:

• Hospitals
• Physician offices
• Urgent care facilities
• Health department labs
• Drug screen labs
• Research labs
• Independent labs

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Job Outlook

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, overall employment of clinical laboratory technologists and technicians is projected to grow 7 percent from 2019 to 2029, faster than the average for all occupations. An increase in the aging population is expected to lead to a greater need to diagnose medical conditions, such as cancer or type 2 diabetes, through laboratory procedures.*

*Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Outlook Handbook, Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians, on the Internet at https://www.bls.gov/ooh/healthcare/clinical-laboratory-technologists-and-technicians.htm (visited September 01, 2020).

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