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Medical Laboratory Science Program - Mayo Clinic

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Medical Laboratory Science Program - Mayo Clinic

The Mayo Clinic Medical Laboratory Science Program is housed in our renowned Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology.

Medical laboratory scientists are medical professionals that develop, perform and troubleshoot the assays and methods for analysis of blood, tissue and body fluids in diagnostic laboratories.According to some experts, approximately 70 percent of the objective information that physicians and other health care providers use to make medical decisions comes from the clinical laboratory. Laboratory testing is used for diagnosis, prognosis or risk determination, and monitoring of therapy. A medical laboratory scientist must have a broad background in clinical biochemistry, microbiology, immunohematology (transfusion medicine), hematology and coagulation, and molecular diagnostics to function in today's modern diagnostic laboratory. Concepts in laboratory management, regulation and accreditation, and statistical concepts are also of fundamental importance. Additionally, once training is complete, students may choose to specialize in a particular area of diagnostics, such as molecular diagnostics, coagulation, hematology and microbiology. Not only do our students learn from our distinguished medical and allied health staff instructors, but we have also implemented progressive teaching strategies that incorporate online learning and make the most of our student's educational experience. The program gives students access to numerous specialized, cutting-edge diagnostic laboratories for training that allow them to get a head start on finding areas of special interest (for those who choose to focus on specific areas of testing after training). Our core laboratories also provide an outstanding training area for students interested in generalist positions after graduation.Our unique quality control course combines an online component offered by a world-renowned quality control expert (James Westgard) combined with in-class hands-on activities to reinforce concepts and teach day-to-day application. Medical laboratory scientists are in great demand and are highly sought after by clinical laboratories here and across the country, and the forecast for job opportunities remains excellent. Our program prepares students for a career in one of the most rewarding and fastest growing areas in health care — medical laboratory diagnostics.

10/26/2025

Our MLS students had a great time promoting Medical Laboratory Science at the annual Mayo Clinic School of Health Sciences Open House today.

10/15/2025

Fun Sock Wednesday in the MLS Program!

09/23/2025

Our MLS students are learning to identify cells in normal bone marrow this week. We are lucky to have MLS graduate, Dustin Peskey, to teach them cell morphology at the projection microscope during student lab and in small groups at our 10-headed microscope.

09/18/2025

Our Prothrombin team was the winner of our annual MLS Hemostasis Jeopardy review game today, making a huge comeback in the Final Jeopardy round to win. In an after game interviewed they stated, "Never give up."

09/17/2025

Our MLS students are continuing coagulation testing this week with Factor V Assays, D-Dimer testing, Thrombin Times, Fibrinogen levels and Factor XIII screens.

09/12/2025

The MLS students started Hemostasis this week and are on the look out for clots! We tested the PT and APTT manually today, using the waterbath and a mechanical stopwatch.

09/09/2025

Our MLS students are perming Creatinine testing, comparing Enzymatic versus Jaffe methods in their Clinical Chemistry lab today.

08/20/2025

Our MLS students started their Clinical Chemistry I class this week. Today they worked on learning the correct order of draw for phlebotomy tubes.

08/11/2025

The MLS students are learning about automation in Hematology this week and got to practice their cell identification skills using Cellavision today.

07/30/2025

Our MLS students are identifying gram-negative bacilli that belong to the Family “Enterobacterales” this week in their Clinical Microbiology course.

07/21/2025

Our MLS students started their Renal Analysis class today. They jumped right in performing physical examination of urine in lab today and will be completing a full urinalysis by the end of the week.

Address

200 1st Street SW
Rochester, MN
55902

Opening Hours

Monday	8am - 5pm
Tuesday	8am - 5pm
Wednesday	8am - 5pm
Thursday	8am - 5pm
Friday	8am - 5pm

Website

http://www.mayo.edu/mshs/careers/laboratory-sciences/clinical-laboratory-science-program-florida-and-minnesota/admission

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