Includes discussions on opportunities within the profession, ethics and professional conduct, and observation of simple laboratory procedures. BIO131,132 Anatomy and physiology of the skeletal, muscular, nervous, circulatory, respiratory, digestive, urinary, reproductive, and endocrine systems. LIT200 A survey of basic genres and themes in literature, with introduction to literary analysis. Includes use of computer functions to analyze data. Emphasis is placed on procedures used for testing the function of these systems.
Emphasis is placed on procedures used for testing body fluids.
Course includes practical experience in affiliated hospital laboratories. Laboratory sessions emphasize laboratory testing to assess immune function or to diagnose disease. The diagnosis and management of most human diseases depends on timely and accurate performance of laboratory tests. As an indespensible part of the medical laboratory team, medical technologists and technicians provide essential information that allows a physician to make accurate judgements about a patient's state of health. Technicians may work with sophisticated laboratory equipment to grow and identify microbes, assess the immune response of patients or match blood for transfusion therapy.