Medical Laboratory Techniques Program

Accurate diagnosis and treatment of diseases are one of the main goals of health sciences. Early diagnosis and treatment of diseases are extremely important in order for society to consist of healthy individuals. In this early diagnosis and treatment process, medical laboratory methods provide very valuable data to physicians. Reaching the target of medical laboratory results efficiently is possible with the presence of well-trained equipped medical laboratory technicians in the field.

The duties of a medical laboratory technician, who is an important element of the health sector, include performing routine checks of devices to be used in the laboratory, maintaining and cleaning laboratory materials, preparing samples necessary for analyses and chemical liquids and mixtures necessary for their analysis, performing analyses and reporting the analysis results. The duties of a medical laboratory technician are to perform routine checks of devices to be used in the laboratory, to perform maintenance and cleaning of laboratory materials, to prepare samples necessary for analyses and to prepare chemical liquids and mixtures necessary for their analysis.

Fields of Study

Medical laboratory technicians can work in all public and private hospital laboratories (Microbiology Laboratory, Biochemistry Laboratory, Immunology Laboratory, Hematology Laboratory, Blood Bank, Molecular Biology Laboratory, Parasitology Laboratory, Medical Biology Laboratory, Forensic Medicine, Genetics Laboratory, Pathology Laboratory, Serology Laboratory), genetic diagnosis centers, community clinics, Red Crescent institution, private analysis laboratories, research centers of health institutions, companies providing R&D services, laboratories affiliated with pharmaceutical companies, companies producing or marketing medical laboratory materials, and laboratories of food industry facilities. In addition, they can work as health technicians in textile and chemical laboratories and nursing homes.

Undergraduate Departments that Can be Transferred with DGS:

Emergency Relief and Disaster Management

Biology

Bioengineering

Biotechnology

Genetics and Bioengineering

Nursing

Molecular Biology and Genetics

Health Management

* These are the sections included in the 2024 OSYM manual.