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- Aultman Hospital, Canton, OH
- Lima Memorial Hospital, Lima, OH
- Hardin Memorial Hospital, Kenton, OH
- New Vision Medical Lab, Lima, OH
- Blanchard Valley Regional Health Center – Bluffton
- Wilson Memorial Hospital, Sidney OH
- Wright-Patterson AFB, Fairborn, OH
Welcome to the profession of the clinical laboratory! It’s a world where highly skilled medical professionals investigate disease and confront life and death issues head-on. Using complex electronic equipment, advanced technology and computers, clinical laboratory professionals investigate health and disease, and provide data vital to the care and treatment of the sick and injured. The fact is that the practice of modern medicine is not possible without the medical information provided through the tests performed in the medical laboratory.
Clinical laboratory scientists (CLS) are key members of the medical investigation team. What these medical professionals do can mean the difference between life and death for the critically ill or injured, because the information provided to physicians and other healthcare providers influences the care and treatment received.
ONU’s Department of Biological and Allied Health Sciences offers both a baccalaureate degree and a post baccalaureate certificate in Clinical Laboratory Science. Partnered with community medical laboratories like the one at Lima Memorial Hospital, the university graduates scholastically accomplished and skilled medical laboratorians who are in high demand throughout Ohio, the United States and around the world!
Bachelor of Science Clinical Laboratory Science Additional Information Ohio Northern University (ONU), Department of Biological and Allied Health Sciences offers a Bachelor of Science degree in Clinical Laboratory Science (CLS). This degree is designed for students who want a baccalaureate degree and seek national certification in clinical laboratory science. Those who complete the degree may pursue career opportunities in various laboratory settings including medical, research and public health or choose to continue their education in graduate or professional school (e.g., medical, dental, etc.)
The BSCLS degree at ONU centers on student learning using community-partnered curriculum. Students are expected to complete all degree requirements including (a) a minimum of 56 quarter hours of approved general education coursework, (b) a minimum of 49 quarter hours of biology requisites, (c) a minimum of 31 quarter hours of chemistry cognates, (d) participation in the college assessment program, and (e) a minimum of 62 quarter hours of clinical laboratory science core coursework (clinical training program). Students are encouraged to include recommended science electives as time and scheduling permit. Full-time students can complete the curriculum in 13 quarters (four years).
The last year of study requires that the student apply for admission to and complete a clinical training program. Students admitted to ONU’s resident training program (West Central Ohio Clinical Laboratory Science – WCOCLS) continue their didactic coursework in the Department of Biological Sciences and complete applied clinical coursework at area affiliates including Lima Memorial Hospital, Lima, Ohio.
Post Baccalaureate Certificate The Department of Biological and Allied Health Sciences offers a Post Baccalaureate (PB) Certificate in Clinical Laboratory Science (CLS). The certificate is designed for individuals with a baccalaureate or advanced degree from an accredited institution and who have completed required coursework in biology, chemistry and mathematics. Those who complete the certificate may pursue career opportunities in various laboratory settings including clinical, industrial and public health or choose to continue their education in graduate or professional school (e.g., medical, dental, etc.)
The ONU certificate in CLS focuses on educating academically qualified individuals in the clinical laboratory sciences using community - partnered curriculum. Specifically, students must complete a minimum of 62 - quarter hours of clinical laboratory science core coursework including a supervised applied clinical experience. Those wishing to pursue this certificate must possess a baccalaureate or advanced degree from an accredited college or university and have completed requisite coursework in biology, chemistry, mathematics, and computer science. Courses cannot be survey or remedial ones and must have been completed within seven years prior to beginning coursework at ONU. Upon satisfactory completion of the prescribed course of study, students receive a certificate in clinical laboratory science and are eligible to seek professional certification from the American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP) and/ or the National Certification Agency for Laboratory Personnel (NCA).
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