Monday, January 13, 2014

Clinical Laboratory Specialist

Clinical Laboratory Specialist

Duties & Responsibilities:

A clinical laboratory specialist is also called many other names such as Clinical Laboratory Technicians, Clinical Technologists and Medical Laboratory Technicians or Medical Technologists. All of these do almost the same thing such as performing laboratory work to identify, diagnose, and treat disease. They use microscopes, laboratory equipment, chemicals and computers to perform laboratory procedures.  They also collect blood samples and prepare culture media.  They issue tests and prepare reports for clinical technologists or physicians. Clinical technologists perform harder tests than a technician. Most of the Clinical Technologists work in hospitals, but some of them also work in private practices, medical groups, research laboratories, pharmaceutical companies, and universities.

Salary: 

$20,000 - $28,000 (Clinical laboratory technicians) 
$25,000 - $40,000 (Clinical technologists)

Education:

Take the most challenging course in science, math, and English. Have an associate’s degree specialized in house training program is required to become a Clinical Laboratory Technician. Bachelor Degree is usually required to become a clinical technologist.

Reflection:


I do not think that I would like to become a clinical laboratory specialist because I want to pursue a career in medicine but I actually want to be able to work one on one with patients. 


                                     

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