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 Thought
About Labs?
Do you want to make a difference in peoples' lives? Interested
in a career in health care? Ontario's community-based medical
laboratories employ thousands of highly skilled knowledge
workers. From pathologists to laboratory assistants, each
has an important role to play. You could be part of that team.
If you have an interest in science
and want to help others, a career in the medical laboratory
field may be right for you.
Encouraging young
people to pursue careers in the medical laboratory industry
is the theme of the OAML's "Thought About Labs?"
campaign. Copies of the poster have been distributed to 2,500
science teachers in Ontario's high schools through our partnership
with Sci-Tech Ontario and have also been distributed to high
school guidance counsellors with their 2004 Ontario School
Counsellors Association Directory.
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Working in the highly automated, high tech world of laboratories,
MLT's conduct tests on human specimens and interpret test
results. Their analyses provide doctors and their patients
with critical diagnostic information to help them in their
decision making.
MLT's are graduates of accredited training programs at colleges
or university and are certified by the Canadian Society for
Medical Laboratory Science (CSMLS). Some also hold undergraduate
science degrees. CSMLS certifies medical laboratory technologists
in General Medical Laboratory Technology, Diagnostic Cytology
and Clinical Genetics.
MLT's are governed by the Regulated Health Professions Act
and by their professional body, the College of Medical Laboratory
Technologists of Ontario (CMLTO).
For information about specific training programs for MLT's,
contact:
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St. Clair College of Applied Arts & Technology
(in association with the University of Windsor)
2000 Talbot Road West
Windsor, Ontario N9A 6S4
(519) 972-2727
www.stclaircollege.ca
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The Michener Institute of Applied Health Sciences
222 Patrick Street
Toronto, Ontario M5T 1V4
1 (800) 387-9066
www.michener.on.ca
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St. Lawrence College
PO Box 6000 Station Main
Kingston, Ontario K7L 5A6
(613) 544-5532
www.sl.on.ca
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Cambrian College
1400 Barrydowne Road
Sudbury, Ontario P3A 3V8
(705) 566-8101
www.cambrianc.on.ca
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You can also contact the CSMLS
directly at www.csmls.org
The University
of Ontario Institute of Technology offers a four-year
program leading to a Bachelor of Health Sciences (Honours)
in Medical Laboratory Science degree.
University
of Ontario Institute of Technology
2000 Simcoe
St. North
Oshawa, Ontario
L1H 7K4
(905) 721-2000
www.uoit.ca
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Medical Laboratory Assistants/Technicians
Medical Laboratory Assistants provide pre-analytical services,
often directly working with patients in patient service centres,
collecting specimens. Medical Laboratory Assistants also work
in laboratories, processing specimens and preparing reagents
for use in testing. Students receive training at vocational
or community colleges and may be certified by the Ontario
Society of Medical Technologists (OSMT).
OSMT approved training
programs are available from a variety of private, vocational
and community colleges.
Ontario's community laboratories provide clinical placements
for Medical Laboratory Assistant students.
For more information about training
programs for MLA/T's contact:
| Everest (formerly CDI) College of Business, Technology
and Health Care has locations in Hamilton, Toronto,
Ottawa, Barrie, Sudbury, Brampton, Kitchener, London,
Windsor and Mississauga.
Visit www.everest.ca
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C & J Healthcare Support College
has locations in Scarborough and Etobicoke.
Visit www.cjcollege.com |
| St. Lawrence College is in Kingston.
Visit www.sl.on.ca
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Robetech Institute is in Toronto.
Visit www.robetech.com |
| Trillium College is in Oshawa.
Visit www.trilliumcollege.ca
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Centennial College is located in Scarborough.
Visit www.centennialcollege.ca |
St. Clair College
of Applied Arts & Technology
2000 Talbot Road West
Windsor, Ontario N9A 6S4
(519) 972-2727
www.stclaircollege.ca |
Medix
School has locations in Toronto, London and Kitchener.
Visit www.medixschool.ca |
Mohawk College
is located in Hamilton.
Visit www.mohawkcollege.ca |
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The National
Academy of Health & Business is located in Mississauga.
Visit www.nahb.ca |
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You can also
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Medical Laboratory Scientists
Medical laboratory scientists usually hold post-graduate university
degrees, often at the doctoral level, and may work in fields
as varied as microbiology, biochemistry, genetics or bacteriology.
They may be engaged in cutting-edge genetic research or developing
new, molecular diagnostic methods for testing for emerging
pathogens found in our drinking water supply. Medical laboratory
scientists are in the forefront of our battles against SARS,
West Nile virus and Lyme disease. They support their colleagues
in the laboratory and physicians in caring for their patients
with their highly specialized expertise. If you have a talent
for scientific inquiry and an interest in helping others,
the medical laboratory sciences offer exciting challenges
and opportunities for discovery and innovation.
Medical Laboratory Physicians (Pathologists)
Medical Laboratory Physicians are medical doctors who have
chosen as their career specialty the practice of medicine
in a laboratory setting. Pathologists are detectives, studying
the disease processes in people and trying to determine the
underlying causes. In the medical laboratory setting, medical
laboratory physicians use a variety of highly sophisticated
techniques to try to determine the underlying causes of disease.
Pathology is a multi-disciplinary field; pathologists may
work in areas as diverse as virology, molecular and cellular
microbiology, parasitology, genomics or histopathology. Medical
laboratory physicians are technical experts in their fields,
able to serve as a resource to their colleagues in the laboratory
and to primary care physicians in the community.
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