1. The Clinical Laboratory Professional
Lesson 1-2
The Clinical Laboratory
Professional

2. Overview Clinical laboratory professions
History of clinical laboratories
Requirements for laboratory
professionals
Allied health professions
Responsibilities
Professionalism
Employment

3. History Origins of “medical technology” Early medical laboratories
Modern clinical laboratories
Twenty-first–century laboratories

4. Role of Laboratory Professional
Allied healthcare partner
Work in many different settings
Work at various levels of responsibility

5. Change in Certification Agency
Effective 2010
ASCP Board of Certification (BOC)
See Tables 1-6, 1-7

6. Education Programs Requirements Accreditation
Medical Laboratory Scientist (MLS)
or Medical Technologist (MT)
Medical Laboratory Technician (MLT)

7. Education Areas of specialization Credentialing and certification
Licensing

8. Other Allied Health Personnel
Phlebotomist
Medical Assistant
Physician Office Laboratory (POL) Technician
Point-of-care (POC) Technician
Other

9. Other Allied Health Personnel
Examples:
Paramedic
Nursing staff
Clinical laboratory assistant
Diagnostic molecular scientist

10. Ethics Maintain Duty to High standards of practice
Honesty, integrity, and reliability
Duty to
Patients
Profession and colleagues
Society
See Table 1-8

11. Ethics
Respect
Patients
Profession
Other healthcare professions

12. Professionalism Desirable qualities Patient privacy
Confidentiality
Interactions with patients

13. Professionalism
Professional organizations
See Table 1-9

14. Employment Opportunities
Hospitals and clinics
Government
Universities
Military
Research
Public health
Product sales/service