成为医疗保健侦探.
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探索你的选择——上课、实习、研究和出国留学. 找到你感兴趣的, 发现你的所爱, 并创造一个主要的经验，以启动你的未来利用 医学检验专业指南.
作为医学检验专业的学生, 你将学会分析血液, 尿液, 以及其他身体组织和体液来诊断疾病. Your work as a laboratory professional will help people take control of their health and contribute to vital research. Don’t be surprised if you’re hired before graduation — this is a career field in high demand.
结对课程，如微生物学, 临床化学和分子生物学 with clinical training at the Austin State Hospital. 在那里, you’ll learn medical testing procedures like phlebotomy, 免疫学 and urinalysis. Get hands-on experience that prepares you to immediately start your career in a hospital or clinical research laboratory, 或者在一家生物技术公司, 政府机构或法医实验室. You’ll use your scientific knowledge to help advance human health — at the individual and societal level.
我们的毕业生做什么?
With a 医学化验学 major, you can go on to a variety of careers and graduate schools. 这里有一个例子.
- 研究协调员
- 实验室管理人员
- 消费品测试仪
- 研究开发人员
- 犯罪实验室专家
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课堂内外
The 医学化验学 program prepares you to spend your last year of college immersed in a hands-on, 基于医院的临床培训计划. 你在圣. 爱德华的学校会有很多带实验的科学课程, 研究的机会, and time to build relationships with fellow Hilltoppers through clubs focused on science, 服务和健康.
体验式教育
You’ll learn the fundamentals of laboratory research and the scientific method in your science courses at St. 爱德华的.
在你大一的生物实验室里, you’ll start to develop your laboratory skills and learn how to construct and answer a scientific question. Previous classes have collected and analyzed water samples from locations near campus and used their data to answer distinct research questions. At the conclusion of your work, you’ll learn how to present your findings to your peers.
在微生物学, you’ll continue to build your lab skills through a project like determining whether a particular plant extract inhibits bacterial growth. 尽管圣. 爱德华的 students have been testing plant extracts for antimicrobial properties for many semesters, 你将测试一个以前没有分析过的. This project gives you a chance to experience real-life research, where no one knows the outcome.
名助教奖学金
Students with an affinity for teaching and mentorship can assist younger students by serving as teaching assistants. 在圣. 爱德华的, 所有课程都由教授授课, but student teaching assistants help their fellow students develop lab skills and technique. You’ll expand your communication skills and improve your own lab skills by helping other people learn the material.
学生组织
圣. 爱德华所在的德州科学院分会支持学生的研究, 包括演讲和出版的机会. 成员们还会在科学方面提供指导，并完成其他服务项目.
Students with strong academic achievement in the sciences are eligible to join the St. 爱德华的贝塔贝塔分会，国家生物荣誉协会.
The student chapter of the American Society for 微生物学 attends regional ASM meetings together and took a field trip to UTMB to learn about the master’s program and life in Galveston. 该组织邀请演讲嘉宾, watches documentaries (such as about antibiotic resistance) and plans special events like a reception with fermented foods.
学位要求
课程建立了微生物学等学科的基础知识, 血液学, 免疫学, 临床化学和分子生物学. 研究 and clinical training at the Austin State Hospital allow students to pursue personal interests and develop skill sets that align with professional objectives.
主要要求: 医学实验室科学学士学位需要53-54学时的专业课程. 要求包括生物、化学和数学. 除了, 在奥斯汀州立医院学习30个小时的课程, 包括微生物学, 血液学, 临床化学, 凝固, 放血, 血库/免疫学/血清学, 和尿液.
通识教育要求: 除了专业课程要求外，所有学生还必须满足 通识教育要求. Talk with your success coach and faculty advisor about which courses are right for you.
查看并下载完整版 医学检验科学专业学位计划 (PDF).
本专业学生所修课程的几个例子:
- 微生物学 微生物学是一门研究微生物的学科，主要研究微生物的结构, 函数, 以及在疾病中的作用, 健康和研究. 同时注册BIOL 3139或教员批准是必需的. 先决条件:八小时生物学编号BIOL 1307或以上和BIOL 2334
- 免疫学 - 免疫学 is the scientific discipline that seeks to understand the nature of the human immune system. 免疫系统对人类的成功至关重要，
as the human body is inundated daily by a multitude of potentially pathogenic microorganisms that left unchallenged would quickly destroy all human bodies. Throughout this course the student will discover the molecular nature of the human immune system including the cellular and noncellular components involved and how these factors interact to combat disease. 前提条件:BIOL 2334. 春天，奇数年.
有兴趣获得临床实验室科学硕士学位? 了解更多关于我们的双学位课程.
研究
All 医学化验学 students have the opportunity to conduct research and present their work at symposia on campus or at conferences like the Texas Academy of Science. 本科 research teaches you to work independently and analyze scientific literature, 是什么让你在加尔维斯顿UTMB的3+2项目中取得成功.
优秀学生完成本科生研究经历, in which they join the lab of a professor at a major research university over a summer. 这些竞争性的10周体验, 由国家科学基金会资助, introduce you to research with different mentors and help you evaluate whether a research career is right for you.
实习
You’ll finish your degree by completing classes and rotations at one of three clinical sites, 你在大三的时候申请的. 在这里, 你会做和专业人士完全一样的工作, 让你成为该领域工作的有力候选人.
奥斯汀州立医院是一家公共精神病院，位于圣路易斯市北部几英里处. 爱德华的. If you enter this clinical program, you’ll study in classes with fewer than 10 other students. 在灰, 您将学习如何分析用于监测患者药物水平的样本, 检查是否有副作用的标记, 评估病人的整体健康状况. 你还将在其他地点完成轮换, 比如当地的血库, 你会在那里学习如何做血型和分析血液化学, 戴尔·西顿医疗中心, 奥斯汀的安全网和教学医院. 在那里, 你将在包括血液化学在内的部门工作, 微生物学, 寄生虫学，血液和组织分型.
加尔维斯顿的德克萨斯大学医学分部与圣. 通过这个项目，学生可以在五年内获得两个学位. 学生在圣. 以及在犹他大学医学院两年的临床培训. 通过这个项目，你可以获得St. 并获得UTMB临床实验室科学硕士学位. 如果你成功地完成了圣. 爱德华的，你会自动被UTMB录取. 如果你走这条路, you will move to Galveston after your third year of college to experience life in a beach city and build a new network of colleagues and friends in the medical community.
St. 爱德华的 also has a partnership with Baylor Scott and White Medical Center in Temple, 你可以在大学的最后一年学习如何进行临床试验. 你的轮班将包括BS的实验室&W Medical Center as well as the healthcare system’s hospitals in Round Rock and Waco and the Veterans Affairs hospitals in Temple and Waco. 对于这个项目, you would probably move to Temple – an hour’s drive from Austin in light traffic – to reduce commuting time, 充分参与社区生活，并在该领域建立自己的网络.
我们的教师
“实验室人员是医疗团队的重要成员. They receive the latest training and provide evidence that is necessary to make diagnoses. These professionals are very much in demand and frequently hired before they finish their degree."
– Dr. Trish Bayham，医学实验室科学顾问