About MLT
From the Catalog
South Central College's online Medical Laboratory programs prepare students for a career as Medical Laboratory Professionals who make a difference in people's lives everyday. Medical Laboratory Professionals work in all areas of a clinical laboratory, providing invaluable information to assist physicians in preventing, diagnosing and treating of disease. This ever-changing, ever-challenging career offers unlimited opportunities for employment and educational mobility. Nearly 100,000 more medical laboratory professionals will be needed in the United States by 2008.
Medical Laboratory Professionals:
- Are problem solvers
- Like challenges and responsibility
- Are accurate and reliable
- Work well under pressure
- Communicate well
- Set high standards for themselves
- Are fascinated by science
A Medical Laboratory Technician (MLT) performs routine tests in all areas of the clinical laboratory. An MLT searches for basic causes to the presence, absence, extent and cause of diseases. Qualifications of this highly skilled individual include being dedicated and self-motivated with a keen commitment to accuracy and precision to ensure quality patient outcomes. MLTs work in a variety of laboratory environments, including hospitals, clinics, doctors' offices, research, technical, sales and reference labs in both private and public sectors.
Job opportunities are excellent in both metropolitan and rural areas of the country and include such places as: hospitals, clinics, research laboratories, reference laboratories, physician’s offices, public health agencies, private laboratories, universities, and medical sales.
The structure of the program is a combination of general education and support courses; online lectures; hands-on, face-to-face student laboratory sessions; and placement of students in a hospital or clinic internship experience. Additionally, South Central College graduates may continue their education toward bachelor's and master's degrees through our articulation agreement with the University of North Dakota. South Central College and UND offer all courses as face-to-face and on-line options.
South Central College's MLT program is accredited by the National Accrediting Agency for Clinical Laboratory Sciences (NAACLS).
