Medical Technologist
Contact: Marlene Doan
Office Manager/PROJECT coordinator
Medical Technologists (MTs) perform laboratory tests necessary for
the diagnosis and treatment of disease. Medical technologists oversee
many laboratory operations and supervise medical laboratory technicians
and other personnel. They work with physicians and scientists, using
computers, chemicals, microscopes, and other instruments to examine and
perform tests on body fluids and tissues.
Areas of Specialization:
- Clinical Chemistry
- Microbiology
- Hematology
- Bacteriology
- Immunohematology
- Blood Bank Technology
Work Environment:
Most medical technologists work in hospital laboratories. Others are
employed by private physicians, public health laboratories, medical
research facilities, pharmaceutical companies, univeristies, industrial
medical laboratories, and the armed forces.
Training:
Medical technologists complete three or four years of college and one
year of clinical education, leading to a bachelor's degree.
Certification/Licensing
To be certified, medical technologists must pass an examination given
by one of these agencies: the Board of Registry of the American Society
of Clinical Pathologists, the National Certification/Licensing Agency
for Medical Laboratory Personnel, or the American Medical Technologists
(AMT).
Average Salary:
$35,100
Suggested High School Course of Study:
College preparatory curriculum.
Educational Programs:
- Abington Memorial Hospital
- Allegheny General Hospital
- Altoona Hospital
- Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania
- Clarion University of Pennsylvania
- Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center
- Divine Providence Hospital
- Edinboro University of Pennsylvania
- Gannon University
- Geisinger Medical Center
- Indiana University of Pennsylvania
- Keystone College
- Lancaster Institute for Health Education
- Latrobe Area Hospital
- MCP Hahnnemann University
- Medical College Hospital
- Neumann College
- Pennsylvania Hospital
- Pennsylvania State University
- Pinnacle Health System
- Reading Hospital & Medical Center
- Robert Packer Hospital
- Sacred Heart Hospital
- St. Francis College
- St. Vincent Health Center
- Scranton Medical Technical Consortium
- Thiel College
- Thomas Jefferson University
- University of Scranton
- University of Sciences in Philadelphia
- Waynesburg College
- Wiilkes-Barre General Hospital
- York College of Pennsylvania
- York Hospital
Professional Associations:
American Association of Clinical Chemistry
2102 L. St., NW, Suite 202
Washington, DC 20037
(800) 892-1400
(202) 887-5093 fax
www.aacc.org
American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science
7910 Woodmont Avenue, Suite 530
Bethesda, MD 20814
(301) 657-2768
(301) 657-2909 fax
American Society of Clinical Pathologists
Board of Registry
PO Box 12277
Chicago, IL 60612-0277
(312) 738-1336
www.ascp.org
American Medical Technologist
710 Higgins Road
Park Ridge, IL 60068
(847) 823-5169
email: amtmail@aol.com
Clinical Laboratory Management Association
989 Old Eagle School Road, Suite 815
Wayne, PA 19087-1704
(610) 995-9580
(610) 995-9568 fax
www.clma.org
Employment of clinical laboratory workers is expected to grow about as fast as the average (10% to 20%) for all occupations through the year 2010, as the volume of laboratory tests inceases with population growth and the development of new types of tests.
Technological advances will continue to have two opposing effects on employment through 2010. New, increasingly powerful diagnostic test will encourage additional testing and spur employment. On the other hand, research and development efforts targeted at simplifying routine testing procedures may enhance the ability of nonlaboratory personnel, physicians and patients, in particular, to perform new test now done in laboratories.
Although significant, growth will not be the only sosurce of opportunities. As in most occupations, many openings will result from the need to replace workers who transfer to other occupations, retire, or stop working for some other reason.