MLTS 2604 Clinical Practicum IV
This culminating clinical rotation builds on MLTS 2603 and is designed to give students more experience in nearly autonomous competencies necessary for career entry requirements in the areas of Phlebotomy, Specimen Handling and Processing, Laboratory Information Systems, Hematology, Coagulation, Blood Bank and Transfusion Services and Blood Donor Center Operations. Students achieve psychomotor proficiency through structured hands-on training in a clinical setting. Laboratory hours are dedicated to the practice and performance of daily operations in a clinical laboratory. Clinical rotations are conducted at one of 29 affiliated hospital laboratories. This course is designed with a Modified Clinical Internship format. The student is expected to successfully complete the equivalent of 260 hours of study in class.