What You Will Do Working with sophisticated technical equipment, you will perform a wide variety of clinical laboratory procedures and analyze information used to prevent, diagnose, and treat illnesses. While direct patient contact is typically less than that involved in other health professions, the service you will perform in the clinical laboratory will directly affect their well-being.
Many medical technologists put their skills to work in hospital laboratories.
But you may also find stimulating assignments in physicians' offices, insurance companies, pharmaceutical firms, and public health departments. Of course, you can use the solid foundations in science and technology to springboard to advanced positions in education, management and research. The University of Hartford offers two program options in Clinical Laboratory Science. You can work towards a Bachelor of Science degree in Medical Technology or, if you already have a bachelors's degree in some other field, you can earn a Certificate in Medical Technology . If you're working towards your bachelor's degree, you will spend your first three years studying both biology and chemistry, exploring such topics as microbiology, immunology, and biochemistry.