Medical Laboratory Technology

Medical Laboratory Technology is a profession that combines the challenges and rewards of both medicine and science.

Medical Laboratory Technicians perform a wide variety of laboratory procedures and work in both public and private laboratories serving the healthcare sector.

Medical and clinical laboratory technicians specialize in determining the presence, extent or absence of disease. They do this by performing a full range of routine laboratory procedures from simple blood screens to more complex tests to detect diseases such as cancer, coronary artery disease and diabetes.

The Registered Medical Laboratory Technician is an allied health professional qualified by academic and practical training to provide service in medical and clinical laboratory science.

Essential functions of a Medical Laboratory Technician

MLT In the news

• TJC Medical Laboratory Technology program receives 10-year accreditation award
• Siblings graduate TJC Medical Laboratory Technology program

Graduates of the Tyler Junior College MLT Program are qualified to sit for national certification exams sponsored by the American Society of Clinical Pathologists (ASCP) Board of Certification (BOC) or American Medical Technologists (AMT). Program outcomes from the last three active years including certification rates, graduation rates, and placement rates are listed below as determined by guidelines from The  National Accreditation Agency for Clinical Laboratory Sciences (NAACLS),

Certification Rate: Data included for number of students who attempted and passed an MLT certification exam within one year of graduation.

Graduation Rate: Data included for number of students who began the final half of the MLT Program and went on to successfully graduate

Placement Rate: Data included of respondent graduates who either found employment in the field or a closely related field or continued their education within one year of graduation

Degree Plan

• Medical Laboratory Technology, AAS