Medical Laboratory Technician

Associate Degree Program

The Medical Laboratory Technician associate degree program is a nationally accredited program that prepares the student who wishes to seek employment as a medical laboratory technician. Medical laboratory technicians perform routine laboratory procedures on blood, tissue, and other bodily fluids. As a medical laboratory technician, you will work under a medical laboratory scientist to report lab results to medical personnel, focus on blood banking, hematology, immunology, or microbiology. After graduation, you will be prepared to work in a laboratory setting and can be employed as a technician in research centers, pharmaceutical laboratories or biomedical laboratories, or as a quality control technician in food processing or manufacturing companies.

Upon successful completion of this program, you will be eligible to sit for the American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP) registry exam for Medical Laboratory Technicians.

Offered at the following campus(es): Georgetown

What You Can Do

In this program, you will gain the knowledge and skills to prepare you for positions such as:

  • Hospitals
  • Research Centers
  • Biomedical laboratories
  • Commercial labs
  • Food processing companies
  • Manufacturing companies
  • Clinics
  • Public health facilities
  • Pharmaceutical Industry

What You Will Learn

Program Graduate Competencies

The Program Graduate Competencies listed below identify the major learning goals related to your specific program of study and identify the knowledge and skills you will have when you graduate to be successful in your chosen field.

  1. Collect, process, and analyze biological specimens and other related substances.
  2. Recognize factors that affect procedures and results, and take appropriate actions within predetermined limits when corrections are indicated.
  3. Perform and monitor quality control within predetermined limits.
  4. Apply basic scientific principles for application in medical laboratory procedures and methodologies.
  5. Employ safety principles according to health and environmental regulations.
  6. Correlate laboratory results with common disease processes and treatments for diagnosis.
  7. Demonstrate professional conduct and interpersonal communication skills with patients, laboratory personnel, other healthcare personnel, and the public.

Core Curriculum Competencies

The Core Curriculum Competencies listed below identify what you will be able to do as a graduate, regardless of your program of study. You will acquire these core competencies through general education courses and program-specific coursework. You will be expected to use relevant technology to achieve these outcomes:

  1. Apply clear and effective communication skills.
  2. Use critical thinking to solve problems.
  3. Collaborate to achieve a common goal.
  4. Demonstrate professional and ethical conduct.
  5. Use information literacy for effective vocational and/or academic research.
  6. Apply quantitative reasoning and/or scientific inquiry to solve practical problems.

Suggested Pathway to Graduation

Semester 1

Number Course Title Credits
SSC 100First Year Seminar1
BIO 120Anatomy and Physiology I5
 
CHM 150Chemical Principles I5
Or
CHM 110General Chemistry4
 
MAT 162Statistical Reasoning4
MLT 120Hematology I4

Semester 2

Number Course Title Credits
BIO 121Anatomy and Physiology II5
 
CHM 151Chemical Principles II5
Or
CHM 111Introduction to Organic and Biochemistry4
 
ENG 101Composition I3
MLT 121Hematology II4

Semester 3

Number Course Title Credits
MLT 250Clinical Microbiology I4
MLT 220Clinical Chemistry I4
ENG 102Composition II3
MLT 260Immunology4
PSY 121General Psychology3

Semester 4

Number Course Title Credits
MLT 221Clinical Chemistry II4
MLT 251Clinical Microbiology II4
MLT 261Blood Banking4
SOC 213Ethical Issues in Healthcare3

Semester 5

Number Course Title Credits
MLT 291Clinical Practicum7

To complete program requirements, you must pass the above courses and earn at least 73 credits. The number of courses and credits required for graduation may be more depending on college readiness and the elective courses offered in your program major (if electives are a part of the program).

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Pursuing a Bachelor's Degree?

This is a Connected Degree program that enables you to complete your associate degree and then transfer to a four-year degree program as a junior. See a program advisor for details!

Campus-Specific Program Information

This program is offered at the Georgetown campus.

Contact Georgetown:

Linda Collins
Department Chair and Program Director
lcollins@orkexpo.net
(302) 259-6610

The medical laboratory program consists of four semesters of on-campus instruction followed by a one-semester clinical practicum in an affiliated hospital laboratory. The program is fully accredited by the National Accrediting Agency for Clinical Laboratory Sciences (NAACLS)* which qualifies the graduates to take the ASCP certification examination for Medical Laboratory Technicians. Students are required to complete the program within five calendar years.

The Medical Laboratory Technician Program of Delaware Technical Community College in Georgetown, DE, was awarded Continuing Accreditation for ten (10) years as of October 31, 2019.

*NAACLS
National Accrediting Agency for Clinical Laboratory Sciences
5600 N. River Rd. Suite 720
Rosemont, IL 60018-5119

(847) 939-3597
(773) 714-8880
(773) 714-8886 (FAX)
www.naacls.org

This program is offered at the Georgetown campus.

This program is offered at the Georgetown campus.