Bachelor of Clinical Lab Science

Clinical Lab Science, within the Center for Allied Health Programs, offers a program for the Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degree. The program is fully accredited, and graduates are eligible for examination by national certifying agencies.

Upon junior completion of the prerequisite coursework, students enter the program in their senior year. Clinical lab science coursework is taken during the fall and spring semester and 22 weeks of clinical rotations are completed during the summer and following fall. A broad range of clinical and research facilities at the University of Minnesota Medical Center, Fairview, as well as other institutions in the Twin Cities, Rochester, and other locations in the state, are used for health sciences students. Clinical lab science students have opportunities to work with the most sophisticated and up-to-date equipment.

Program Outcomes

Clinical laboratory professionals perform, develop, evaluate, correlate and assure accuracy and validity of laboratory information; direct and supervise clinical laboratory resources and operations; and collaborate in the diagnosis and treatment of patients.

The clinical laboratory professional has diverse and multi-level functions in the areas of analysis and clinical decision-making,
information management, regulatory compliance, education, and quality assurance/performance improvement wherever laboratory testing is researched, developed or performed.

Clinical laboratory professionals possess skills for financial, operations, marketing, and human resource management of the clinical laboratory.

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Evidence-based practice is an important component of the Bachelor of clinical lab science program. Learn more about evidence- based practice.

The clinical lab science program will prepare you for a heatlh care career in any setting; however, the program offers an emphasis on rural health for students wishing to concentrate on issues affecting rural Minnesotans. Learn more about rural health in Minnesota.

Requirements

Highlights of what you will learn as a student in the Bachelor of Clinical Lab Science program include:

Preprofessional Program
Biol 1009—General Biology Phsl 3051—Human Physiology Chem 1021-1022—Chemical Principles I-II Chem 2301-2302—Organic
Chemistry I-II EngC 1011—University Writing and Critical Reading Two from Math 1031, 1142, 1155, 1271, 1272, Stat 3011
Professional Program
Year 3
Biol 4003—Genetics or GCD 3022—Genetics
BioC 3021—Biochemistry Biol/MicB/VPB 2032—General Microbiology With Laboratory
Year 4
MedT 4064—Introduction to Clinical Immunohematology
MedT 4065—Introduction to Clinical Immunohematology: Laboratory
MedT 4100—Virology, Mycology, and Parasitology for Medical Technologists
MedT 4104—Principles of Diagnostic Microbiology: Lecture
MedT 4105—Principles of Diagnostic Microbiology: Laboratory MedT 4127W—Introduction to Management and Education I
MedT 4251—Hematology I: Basic Techniques
MedT 4252—Hematology II: Morphology and Correlation
MedT 4253—Hemostasis
MedT 4310—Clinical Chemistry I: Lecture
MedT 4311—Clinical Chemistry I: Laboratory Applications
MedT 4320—Clinical Chemistry II: Lecture
MedT 4321—Clinical Chemistry II: Laboratory Applications
MedT 4400—Immunological and Molecular Basis of Laboratory
Testing
Clinical Courses
MedT 4082—Applied Clinical Chemistry
MedT 4085—Applied Clinical Hematology
MedT 4086—Applied Clinical Immunohematology
MedT 4088—Applied Diagnostic Microbiology
MedT 4089—Specialty Rotation
Electives—Recommended courses
MicB 4131—Immunology
InMd 3001—Human Anatomy
LaMP 4177—Pathology for Allied Health Students
MedT 1010—Orientation in Medical Technology (S-N) (for those interested in the field)
Phar 1002—Health Sciences Terminology
Clinical Rotations
After completing two semesters of professional coursework, students spend 22 weeks in the clinical laboratories of various health care institutions in the Twin Cities and Rochester, Minnesota, including six weeks in clinical chemistry, five weeks in hematology and coagulation, five weeks in immunohematology, five weeks in microbiology, and one week in a specialty laboratory area such as cytogenetics.

Find out more at: Clinical Lab Sciences

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Program Contact

Patricia Solberg
Center for Allied Health Programs
Clinical Laboratory Sciences
15-170 PWB
516 Delaware St SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455
solbe002@umn.edu

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