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Acquire the essential expertise to perform research and leverage clinical studies for enhancing public health. National University's Bachelor of Science in Clinical Laboratory Science provides the necessary training for this career path, offering flexible online or on-campus completion options. You'll master techniques for creating medical methodologies, tools, and protocols for diagnostic applications and data interpretation, along with processing and examining biological specimens. Applicants for NU's Clinical Laboratory Science program must be California residents.
This curriculum fulfills the educational requirements for submitting a trainee application to California's Laboratory Field Services Branch under the Department of Health. Prospective students should carefully examine the Trainee License prerequisites from this regulatory body, detailed at https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/OSPHLD/LFS/Pages/CLS-Trainee.aspx. Graduates must subsequently complete a separate 52-week CLS training program before qualifying for California's Clinical Laboratory Scientist licensure examination.
Program Learning Objectives
Evaluate clinical laboratory operations by implementing acquired technical knowledge and theoretical understanding.
Detect clinical laboratory issues and formulate corrective strategies.
Differentiate between advanced laboratory techniques including analytical, immunological, microbiological, hematological, and molecular approaches.
Analyze laboratory protocol theories, methodologies, and findings.
Apply analytical reasoning in Clinical Laboratory scenarios.