Clinical Laboratory Science (also known as medical technology) is a biology/chemistry-based bachelor’s degree that prepares students for exciting, challenging and dynamic careers in demand in places such as FBI crime labs, NASA, Centers for Disease Control or biotechnology as well as jobs in traditional healthcare settings. Clinical laboratory scientists use sophisticated instruments to analyze blood and other body tissue and fluids – providing information that is used to make diagnoses and plan treatment. The extensive scientific knowledge and skill developed through CLS also provides the student with a distinct advantage should he or she decide to pursue further academic or professional studies.
A major in clinical laboratory sciences provides a basis for many types of careers in clinical settings, government, research, information management and healthcare administration. For some careers, advanced study or field or laboratory experience may be required. Additional graduate study is expected for those occupations preceded by a * on the following list.
Government agencies
| Hospitals/Medical Facilities
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Information Management
| Industry
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Healthcare Administration
| Education/Advanced Education
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Skills acquired in a Clinical Laboratory Sciences major fall into four categories: investigative, research-oriented, quantitative, and analytical. Students with clinical laboratory science majors develop the ability to formulate concepts allowing them to solve practical problems and to find better ways of meeting world needs.
Such skills are applicable to job responsibilities in a variety of fields such as the sciences, business, government, and education. For example, the ability to conduct investigations and to perform analyses may be employed differently on a daily basis by a college administrator, a director of biomedical communications, a genetic engineer, a curator of a natural history museum, and a teacher. The following list presents some examples of the skills developed and used by students in the clinical laboratory sciences.
Research
| Investigation
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Analysis
| Quantitative
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Clinical Labortory Science
KU Clinical Laboratory Sciences Education
G014 Eaton Building, KU Medical Center
Mail Stop 4048G-Eaton
3901 Rainbow Blvd.
Kansas City, Kansas 66160
E-mail: clsed@kumc.edu
Phone: 913-588-5220
TDD:(913) 588-7963
Cytopathology
KU Cytotechnology Program
KU Medical Center G053
Mail Stop 4048G-Eaton
3901 Rainbow Boulevard
Kansas City, Kansas 66160
Email: cytotech@kumc.edu
Phone: (913) 588-1179
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