Friday, February 05, 2010
Montgomery County Community College will hold information sessions for its Medical Laboratory Technician program on Wednesday, March 3 from 12:30-1:20 p.m. and on Thursday, March 4 from 5-6 p.m. Both workshops will be held in the Science Center room 303, 340 DeKalb Pike, Blue Bell. For information, contact Debra Eckman, MLT Program Director, at 215-641-6487 or deckman@mc3.edu.
Both sessions will include an overview of MLT job opportunities, the application process, admissions requirements, laboratory experiences, required courses and transfer opportunities. The sessions will also include a tour of the College’s MLT facilities and a question and answer period.
The College’s nationally-accredited MLT program prepares students for careers in hospitals, commercial laboratories, physician office laboratories and pharmaceutical companies. All interested students, current or prospective, are encouraged to attend the workshops to learn about career opportunities available for graduates of the College’s two-year associate’s degree.
A recent study by the American Society of Clinical Pathologists (ASCP) stated that an estimated 13,200 new Medical Technologists (MT) and Medical Laboratory Technicians (MLT) will be needed each year through 2010 to meet the demand for laboratory services. ASCP also reports that that only an estimated 5,000 MT and MLT students graduate from accredited institutions each year in the United States, leaving an annual shortage of approximately 8,200 positions for qualified personnel. Over the past two years, nearly 100 percent of graduates who sought employment in a laboratory immediately found employment in the field, as reported by the Board of Registry for the ASCP.
