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| Philosophy |
The University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences (SMHS), Clinical Laboratory Science (CLS) program, is committed to providing an educational program consistent with the Clinical Laboratory Scientist standards outlined by the National Accrediting Agency for CLS (NAACLS) which is located at 8410 West Bryn Mawr, Suite 670 , Chicago Il . 60631. Our purpose is to provide a professional learning environment for students enrolled in CLS in a university and hospital setting; to provide them with the opportunity for personal as well as professional growth; and to set examples that foster respect for others, themselves, and the medical community.
Our program is:
- Dedicated to graduating Clinical Laboratory Scientists with a high degree of professional integrity and expertise in Clinical Laboratory Science.
- Committed to advancing knowledge and therefore humanity through an active program of basic and applied research in the various areas of laboratory medicine.
- Committed to the ideal of professional education as a lifelong learning process and the belief that the University of North Dakota and Clinical Laboratory Science has a responsibility to provide educational opportunities for the laboratory professional beyond graduation.
- Committed to providing a Master of Science degree in Clinical Laboratory Science that is of high quality, flexible to the student's needs and reflective of present and future employment opportunities in Laboratory Medicine.
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| Program Gaols |
- To provide sufficient clinical laboratory science professionals to meet the need of the state, city, and rural communities.
- To train graduates to work not only in large facilities but also in small clinical laboratories.
- To encourage the University of North Dakota clinical laboratory science graduate to remain in the region by providing sufficient clinical experiences within the region and to maintain affiliations outside the region to meet the needs of laboratory professionals in other areas of the United States .
- To increase the depth of learning in various major fields of clinical laboratory science.
- To provide instruction and evaluation based on identified competencies and content of clinical discipline that is responsive to individual student needs.
- To provide the student with adequate knowledge and background experience to qualify for national certification examinations appropriate to their level of training.
- To provide the student with the job entry level competencies needed to work as a BS. degreed clinical laboratory scientist.
- To further knowledge in many subspecialties of clinical laboratory science through active research efforts of clinical laboratory science graduate and undergraduate students.
- To provide a Master of Science degree in clinical laboratory science so that those laboratory professionals with the interest, skills, and dedication can gain advanced skills in a formal education program beyond the Bachelor of Science degree.
- To provide continuing education for area clinical laboratory scientists in the form of seminars, workshops, and college course work; to provide these programs to the clinical laboratory scientist at their place of employment without significant loss of work time and money, to provide learning programs that are asynchronous for clinical laboratorians; and to provide an opportunity for the advancement of laboratory personnel from one level of education to another without the repetition of previously learned skills.
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