The Medical Laboratory Technology Advanced Diploma program prepares students with the theoretical and practical knowledge and skills to become integral members of the health-care team as registered medical laboratory technologists. Through a blend of classroom learning, laboratory activities and clinical placements, students develop the knowledge, technical and critical thinking skills essential to safely and reliably collect, analyze and interpret patient specimens in a fast-paced clinical environment. Students develop the organizational and technical skills to perform their work with efficiency, accuracy and precision in accordance with quality assurance guidelines. 

Students in this in-demand, high-tech health-care program learn to operate sophisticated equipment in all five core disciplines: microbiology, clinical chemistry, transfusion medicine, histology and hematology. The integration of simulation and clinical practicums throughout the curriculum supports learners with gaining the proficiency needed to successfully challenge the CAMLPR field of practice competency assessments.  

Throughout the program, learners will participate in simulated and/or off-site clinical practicums beginning in Year 2 of the program, giving learners valuable hands-on experience. These mandatory professional practicums provide students with the opportunity to integrate medical laboratory technologist skills and knowledge in a supervised setting. Simulation activities at the Humber campus are a key component of practicums to ensure all learners have ample time and opportunity to practice and gain proficiency in all required competencies.  Simulated and clinical practicums will take place in Semester 3-7 and each practicum will focus on one of the five main disciplines within medical laboratory technology. Off-site clinical practicums will be within one of the many agencies Humber has a strong clinical relationship with. As a result, practicum experiences are diverse, covering a broad range of settings including, for example, private clinics and hospitals. 

In both the simulated and off-site clinical practicum, students will be supervised and supported by one of Humber’s experts in clinical practicum education.  

Medical Laboratory Technologists are currently in very high demand due to both a local and nationwide shortage. Upon completion of this program, you will be prepared for a career in any of the five disciplines of medical laboratory technology.