Medical Laboratory Technician
Medical Laboratory Technician, A.A.S. Location: Granite Falls and Luverne The Medical Laboratory Technician (MLT) program at Minnesota West is designed to prepare students for employment in the medical, clinical, research and public health laboratories. A MLT collects and/or receives patient specimens and performs general laboratory tests to aid physicians in the diagnosis and treatment of disease. The MLT program combines academic general education with a concentration in the basic sciences, didactic studies in medical laboratory science and clinical training (externship) in a hospital laboratory. It is recommended that students enrolling in the Medical Laboratory Technician program have a
Courses
- BIOL 1115 — Human Biology
- CHEM 1150 — Survey of Chemistry
- ENGL 1101 — Composition I
- HC 1180 — Medical Terminology in Healthcare
- HC 1290 — Health Care & Society
- MATH 0098 — Higher Algebra I - Beginning Algebra
- MDLT 1100 — Introduction to Laboratory Sciences
- MDLT 1105 — Medical Microbiology I
- MDLT 1110 — Laboratory Math Calculations
- MDLT 1115 — Biological Fluids
- MDLT 1120 — Immunology
- MDLT 1125 — Clinical Chemistry I
- MDLT 1130 — Hematology I
- MDLT 2101 — Medical Microbiology II
- MDLT 2106 — Immunohematology
- MDLT 2110 — Clinical Chemistry II
- MDLT 2120 — Hematology II
- MDLT 2310 — Clinicals: Urinalysis/Biological Fluids
- MDLT 2320 — Clinicals: Hematology and Hemostasis
- MDLT 2340 — Clinical: Chemistry and Immunology
- MDLT 2350 — Clinicals: Immunohematology
- MDLT 2360 — Capstone
- MDLT 2370 — Clinicals: SIM Medical Microbiology