Programme Description
The diploma prepares students for a career in a medical laboratory as a technologist. Students will learn how to perform laboratory tests and analysis on human blood, bodily fluids and tissues to assist doctors in the diagnosis and management of disease. This program will equip students with extensive theoretical knowledge and relevant practical skills to meet the needs of the modern medical industry.
Programme Aims
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To produce competent professionals that contribute to the field of laboratory medicine, which in turn helps further quality healthcare provision |
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To prove a springboard for those who aspire to become clinical scientists, research scientists or academicians by encouraging them to further their studies with a Bachelor's degree in biomedical science, forensic science and, hopefully, thereafter a Masters degree or a PhD in related disciplines |
Career Prospects
Medical laboratory technologists can work in public or private hospital laboratories, private clinical laboratories, public health laboratories, universities and research institutions.
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