The Seminole State College Medical Laboratory Technology Program held its annual Advisory Committee meeting late July.
In attendance were laboratory managers and education coordinators from SSC hospital affiliates where MLT students spend 16 weeks in clinical internships.
Medical technologists work in all areas of the clinical laboratory including blood banking, chemistry, hematology, immunology and microbiology.
They perform a full range of laboratory tests, are responsible for confining the accuracy of tests results and reporting laboratory findings to pathologists and other physicians.
The graduates of SSC’s MLT program are responsible for performing laboratory tests efficiently and accurately for high-quality patient care.
The information gained by the physician from a laboratory test influences more than 80 percent of medical decisions in the treatment a patient will receive.
“Quality patient care and patient safety are of the utmost importance in the training they receive on the campus and in our affiliated hospitals,” said Perthena Latchaw, director of SSC’s MLT program.
“Our graduates are facing increasing opportunities for an excellent career in laboratory medicine.”
A labor market survey by the Oklahoma Healthcare Workforce Center showed the demand for health professionals in Oklahoma is outpacing the supply.
By 2012, Oklahoma will likely face a shortage of more than 500 medical technologists and technicians, the survey showed.
“All of our students who want to work are finding jobs upon completion of the Medical Laboratory Technology program,” Latchaw said.
Following the lunch and meeting, the committee members toured the MLT lab and saw the new technology acquired through congressional grants.
For more information about MLT, call Latchaw at 382-9581 or e-mail p.latchaw@sscok.edu or call MLT instructor Malinda Browning at 382-9286 or e-mail m.browning@sscok.edu.
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The Seminole State College Medical Laboratory Technology Program held its annual Advisory Committee meeting late July.
In attendance were laboratory managers and education coordinators from SSC hospital affiliates where MLT students spend 16 weeks in clinical internships.
Medical technologists work in all areas of the clinical laboratory including blood banking, chemistry, hematology, immunology and microbiology.
They perform a full range of laboratory tests, are responsible for confining the accuracy of tests results and reporting laboratory findings to pathologists and other physicians.
The graduates of SSC’s MLT program are responsible for performing laboratory tests efficiently and accurately for high-quality patient care.
The information gained by the physician from a laboratory test influences more than 80 percent of medical decisions in the treatment a patient will receive.
“Quality patient care and patient safety are of the utmost importance in the training they receive on the campus and in our affiliated hospitals,” said Perthena Latchaw, director of SSC’s MLT program.
“Our graduates are facing increasing opportunities for an excellent career in laboratory medicine.”
A labor market survey by the Oklahoma Healthcare Workforce Center showed the demand for health professionals in Oklahoma is outpacing the supply.
By 2012, Oklahoma will likely face a shortage of more than 500 medical technologists and technicians, the survey showed.
“All of our students who want to work are finding jobs upon completion of the Medical Laboratory Technology program,” Latchaw said.
Following the lunch and meeting, the committee members toured the MLT lab and saw the new technology acquired through congressional grants.
For more information about MLT, call Latchaw at 382-9581 or e-mail p.latchaw@sscok.edu or call MLT instructor Malinda Browning at 382-9286 or e-mail m.browning@sscok.edu.
