Why Choose the Medical Laboratory Technician Program?
Medical laboratory technicians perform routine analyses on blood and body fluids. Our Medical Laboratory Technician program combines class and laboratory training with clinical experience. Students cover a lot of information during their two quarters of academia on campus in a simulated clinical laboratory, as study focuses on the theory of laboratory testing of body fluids. Normal human anatomy and physiology and the changes that occur in diseased states are also studied.
The clinical phase of the program covers the majority of the final two quarters, as students are assigned to laboratories in the Puget Sound area and rotate through all the departments of the clinical laboratory to gain experience.
Upon successful completion, graduates are eligible to take the ASCP Medical Laboratory Technician certification examination, qualifying them for employment.
With a completion time of approximately four quarters, our Medical Lab Technician degree is a fast way to get started on a great career in the healthcare field.
There is a shortage of both medical laboratory scientists and medical laboratory technicians. Employers are looking for professionals with hands-on experience and a high knowledge level, along with excellent soft skills (pleasant to be around, interested in learning new concepts, quick to learn, but pay attention to detail, show up to work on time, and do their job efficiently and correctly).
How Long It Takes:
Medical Lab Technician AAT Degree: 4 quarters
The program is designed so students take the General Education classes before they start the MLT-specific classes. There are nearly 30 credits of GenEd courses. It would take 2-3 quarters for students to complete those.
The MLT-specific courses can be completed in four quarters. If a student transfers in all of the required GE courses, then they could conceivably complete in 4 quarters.
Accreditation
The Clover Park Technical College Medical Laboratory Technician program is accredited by the National Accrediting Agency for Clinical Laboratory Sciences (NAACLS)
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Potential Careers
Medical Laboratory Technician
Medical Laboratory Technician Career & Wage Details
This is not a guarantee of employment or a certain wage. Full career data available at careeronestop.org.
NAACLS Program Outcomes
As a program accredited by the National Accrediting Agency for Clinical Laboratory Sciences (NAACLS), the Clover Park Technical College (CPTC) Medical Laboratory Technician (MLT) Program must make outcome measures for the past three years available to prospective and enrolled students. The outcome measures defined by NAACLS include completion rates, placement rates and the American Society for Clinical Pathology Board of Certification (BOC) Exam pass rates.
Additional data has been provided for the certification exam comparing CPTC program mean scores with the national program scores mean. The minimum score to pass the exam is 400
| Outcome |
NAACLS Requirement |
2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 3 Year Avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of Grads | NA | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 |
| Completion Rate | 70% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Placement Rate | 75% | 92% | 100% | 100% | 95% |
| BOC Pass Rate | 75% | 91% | 100% | 92% | 94% |
| Program Mean | Pass = 400> | 544 | 568 | 542 | NA |
| National Mean | Pass = 400≥ | 515 | 520 | 501 | NA |
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Brittany Smith
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Terry Kotrlam MS
MT(ASCP)BB MLT Program Director
terry.kotrla@cptc.edu
Medical Laboratory Technician Program Information Sessions usually occur at 3 p.m. on the second and fourth Wednesday of the month.
To learn more about information sessions, visit cptc.edu/info-sessions.
Visit the Academic Calendar at cptc.edu/academic-calendar to see when the next information session is scheduled.
Download the MLT 2022-2023 Student Handbook in pdf format.
