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Medical Technology Program
The University of Connecticut offers a baccalaureate degree program in Medical Technology (also known as Clinical Laboratory Sciences).
Medical Technology (MT) is the branch of laboratory medicine which deals with the study of blood and other body specimens to aid in the diagnosis of human disease, determine optimal therapy and monitor the progress of treatment.
Medical Technologists are essential members of the healthcare team who are responsible for performing the analysis, evaluating normal and abnormal results, and correlating the results with disease states. The information they provide physicians is essential to patient care. They are involved with every aspect of clinical laboratory testing including method development, analysis, quality assurance, training of personnel, and laboratory management. Areas of the clinical laboratory include hematology, immunology, microbiology, chemistry, transfusion services, urinalysis and molecular diagnostics.
Clinical laboratory testing is rapidly moving into a variety of settings outside the traditional hospital laboratory. Independent laboratories, home testing, worksite testing, research facilities, educational institutions, and industrial environments all offer opportunities for employment of credentialed practitioners.
Upon completion of the MT Program, students are eligible to sit for certification examinations offered by the Board of Registry of the American Society of Clinical Pathology (ASCP) and the National Credentialing Agency (NCA) for Laboratory Personnel.
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