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[3] [4] Approximately 65,000 people took the exam, and approximately 31,000 passed. [5] Several other allied health profession proficiency examinations were included in the original act, but only the laboratory examination was renewed. [4] The qualifications for the HEW exam were a GED and 4 year of on-the-job laboratory experience. [5]
In Canada, three-year college or technical school programs are offered that include seven semesters, two of them comprising an unpaid internship. The student graduates before taking a standard examination (such as the Canadian Society for Medical Laboratory Science, or CSMLS, exam) to be qualified as a medical laboratory technologist. [10]
The United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) is a three-step examination program for medical licensure in the United States sponsored by the Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) and the National Board of Medical Examiners (NBME). [9]
In 1935 the title Medical Technologist (MT) automatically to those certified Laboratory Technicians with college degrees. [9] In 1936, the "Laboratory Technician" designation is retired and subsequent registrants are designated Medical Technologists and the academic requirements were raised to two years of college. [9]
The American Medical Technologists (AMT) is a professional association that encompasses 80,000 allied health professionals. It was founded in 1939. [1] [2]The organization published a bi-monthly journal entitled The Journal of American Medical Technologists. [3]
The National Credentialing Agency for Laboratory Personnel (NCA) was a professional association for medical laboratory professionals. It was founded 1978 by members of American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science to enable members of the medical laboratory profession to control the certification process.
Clinical pathology is a medical specialty that is concerned with the diagnosis of disease based on the laboratory analysis of bodily fluids, such as blood, urine, and tissue homogenates or extracts using the tools of chemistry, microbiology, hematology, molecular pathology, and Immunohaematology. This specialty requires a medical residency.
Clinical laboratory in a hospital setting showing several automated analysers.. A medical laboratory or clinical laboratory is a laboratory where tests are conducted out on clinical specimens to obtain information about the health of a patient to aid in diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease. [1]