Bachelor of Science [B.S] [Medical Technology] From Old Dominion University

The program, the oldest health science program at the university, originated from two hospital-based programs that were started in the late 1920s and early 1930s at then DePaul and Norfolk General Hospitals. Leading to the B.S. in Medical Technology degree, this curriculum provides the fundamentals of a liberal education in the first years and professional studies in medical technology/medical laboratory science in the junior and senior years.

In the junior and senior years, pre-clinical laboratory training and didactic instruction at the University are integrated with clinical experience at several area hospitals and clinics. When the B.S. in Medical Technology (B.S.M.T.) degree requirements are successfully completed, the graduate is eligible for examination and certification through the Board of Certification of the American Society for Clinical Pathologists (ASCP).

The major responsibilities of a medical technologist/medical laboratory scientist sample analyses and the inrepretation, evaluation and validation of data obtained in medical laboratory disciplines.

Molecular diagnostics is an emerging laboratory discipline in which the application of sophisticated methodologies and techniques leads ot data used in the diagnosis, treatment and prognosis of genetic disorders, malignancies and infectious diseases.