Training Opportunities

The Medical Laboratory Technology (MLT) program prepares individuals to work in a medical laboratory under the supervision of a medical technologist or pathologist and/or other physicians.If you want to work in the healthcare field but without much direct patient contact, you may be a great fit for a career in MLT. Lab professionals work behind the scenes but contribute up to 70% of the information physicians use to make diagnostic decisions.

Pre-requisites required:

Length of Program:
4 semesters

Summary of Program Requirements:

Skills Needed

Highly trained, skilled Scientists who perform complex laboratory testing to aid the Physician in the patient’s diagnosis of illness/disease.

Pre-requisites required:

Length of Program:

Summary of Program Requirements:

Skills Needed

MCC’s Medical Assisting Technology program gives students the knowledge and skills to help ensure job placement into the ever growing medical field. Medical Assisting is a multi-skilled allied health profession whose practitioners work primarily in ambulatory settings such as medical offices and clinics. Medical Assistants function as members of the health-care delivery team and perform administrative and clinical procedures. The business administrative duties include scheduling and receiving patients; obtaining patients’ data; maintaining medical records; handling telephone calls, correspondence, reports, and manuscripts; assuming responsibility for office care; and handling insurance matters, office accounts, fees, and collections. The clinical duties vary according to state law and include preparing patients for examination, obtaining vital signs, taking medical histories, assisting with examinations and treatments, performing routine office laboratory procedures and electrocardiograms, preparing and administering medications and immunizations, sterilizing instruments and equipment for office procedures, and instructing patients in preparation for X-ray and laboratory examinations. Both administrative and clinical duties involve purchasing and maintaining supplies and equipment.

Pre-requisites required:
Anatomy and Physiology I and II with lab and Computer Applications I are pre-requisites for admission into the program. 

Length of Program:
4 semesters

Summary of Program Requirements:
Anatomy and Physiology I and II with lab and Computer Applications I are pre-requisites for admission into the program. 

Skills Needed
Compassion, Communication, Ethics, Critical Thinking, Attention To Detail, Confidence, Adaptability, Hearing, and Visual