Medical Health Information: Medical Laboratory

What is Medical Laboratory Technician

The profession of laboratory technician, female 80%, has an unemployment rate (3%) lower than the national average (7%). The rate of employment growth is also expected to be above average, due to current trends: the growing and aging population leading to increased demand for health services, the emergence of new technologies for diagnosis and treatment, and increased government investment in health. However, the increased use of automated procedures for diagnosis and treatment will likely slow job creation. The highest concentrations of medical laboratory technicians are in Alberta and Quebec and lowest in Newfoundland and New Brunswick.

Medical Laboratory Technician Description

Medical laboratory technicians work in medical laboratories in hospitals, clinics, research institutes and universities and in government research laboratories.

Medical Laboratory Technician Main tasks

Collect samples of blood or other samples from patients;
Receive tissue samples from patients;
Note the patient samples and prepare them for testing;
Prepare the medical laboratory equipment;
Perform routine laboratory tests and analyze the samples;
Clean and maintain medical laboratory equipment.

Medical Laboratory Technician Degree

For medical laboratory technician, you must have a high school diploma and have received training in the workplace, or have completed a technician or assistant for a period of six to fourteen months. For medical laboratory technician and radiology, you need training combined laboratory technology and radiology.
Most new workers in the field have a college diploma, and almost 40% have an undergraduate degree.

Medical Laboratory Technician Skills and abilities

Learn teamwork
Have business skills
Have communication skills
Computer skills

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Medical Laboratory Technician Salary

The hourly wage of the laboratory technician ($ 23.00) is close to the national average ($ 21.00) and its growth rate is above average.

Medical Laboratory Technician Professional development

Clinical and private laboratories offer good job opportunities. Regularly refresh your knowledge of new medical technologies and improve your communication skills, this will allow you to distinguish you from other candidates.

How to Become a Medical Laboratory Technologist

Become a medical laboratory technologist in Canada

If you want to work in the province of Quebec, you must contact the Professional Order of Quebec medical technologists for requirements for certification.

In another provinces, there are three steps to become a medical laboratory technologist:

∙ Be declared eligible to take the national certification examination Canadian Society for Medical Laboratory Science. To qualify, you must:
* successfully complete an educational program, approved by the Canadian Medical Association or
* successfully complete the process of PLA Canadian Society for Medical Laboratory Science.

∙ Pass the national certification examination Canadian Society for Medical Laboratory Science
* You must apply for the exam and pay the appropriate fees.
* The exam is offered three times a year across Canada.
* It is not necessary that you live in Canada to pass the exam, but you must come to Canada to pass.
∙ If you want to work in a province where the profession is regulated after the exam, you should contact the regulatory body for the province in question to determine its requirements for membership.

Before you arrive in Canada

During your waiting period before your arrival in Canada, there are many important things you can do to improve your chances of success.

The Referral Office to foreign credentials is an organization of the Government of Canada that provides useful resources such as the guide you want to work in Canada and the Working in Canada Tool . Use these resources to find information important to develop and plan your job search.

You will demonstrate your knowledge of English or French or a test. You will find information at the following address: www.language.ca . If you need to improve your language skills, start before coming to Canada.

Start your Prior Learning Assessment (PLA) with the Canadian Society for Medical Laboratory Science. The PLA considers your academic learning from experience (practice), your professional and your work history to determine your equivalency compared to the national standard. You can finish your assessment before coming to Canada, but you have to come to Canada to pass the certification exam Canadian Society for Medical Laboratory Science.

Your education materials, labor, and official identification are important. It is much easier for you to collect and organize your documents while you are in your country. Canadian Society for Medical Laboratory Science recommends that your college / university send the documents in English or French, if possible.

Find a Job in Canada

You should take the time to research the requirements for employment and develop a plan to find work. You should seek help.

Many hospitals and health centers display a list of employment opportunities on their website. Canadian Society for Medical Laboratory Science has a bulletin board of job opportunities for its members.

Membership in professional associations is useful to learn about the profession in Canada.

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Medical Laboratory Science in Canada

You can live and work anywhere in Canada. There is requiring for medical laboratory technologists in mutually huge cities than in minor communities. The majority medical laboratory technologist’s working in hospitals, but the works are available in private laboratories, clinics, community health, public health facilities, university research laboratories, biotechnology companies and laboratories. Branches are clinical chemistry, hematology, clinical microbiology, transfusion science, diagnostic cytology, clinical genetics, histotechnology electron microscopy, immunology, virology, flow cytometry and parasitology.

Certification is time-honored Canadian Society for Medical Laboratory Science across Canada. Occupational health laboratory technologist is a health profession regulated by Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. In this provinces, you will need a license to work. Profession is not regulated in British Columbia in Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland and Labrador and the territories. It is your responsibility to contact the appropriate regulatory authority to establish the conditions for granting the license.