Medical Laboratory Science Careers

What is cytotechnology and what does a cytologist do ? In this podcast, listen to a veteran cytologist describe her career and many of the tasks she performs to diagnose and treat patients.

Laura Severs, MHA, MLS (ASCP) is the Director of Clinical Operations at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri.Her 15-year career as a medical laboratory scientist, transfusion services leader, and point-of-care coordinator, and laboratory leader positions Ms. Severs to provide solid guidance to the opportunities available to those considering a medical laboratory science (MLS) career.Listen to this podcast as Laura discusses medical laboratory science as a service career, the MLS internship, provides guidance to college science majors, and discusses the best and worst parts of an MLS career.

College students who are biology, chemistry, microbiology majors:  A medical laboratory science career can be a successful career choice for you.This 3 minute podcast outlines reasons to consider a career as a medical laboratory scientists.  Contact me at gary@mls2030.com for more information and free career guidance.

Theresa Cordonier, from Timberland High School (St. Charles County, MO), provides guidance to parents and students on health care science careers with a focus on medical laboratory scientists careers.

Alese Thompson discusses the medical laboratory scientist career, education, training and her program a the University of Missouri.Here is a link to the University of Missour MLS program.

During the course of 2023 and beyond, I will continue to come back to the process of becoming a medical laboratory science professional. It is important for listeners of this podcast series to understand the career as they consider their options.Research shows that 70% of all medical diagnoses and treatments are dependent on laboratory test results, If you are interested in a health care career with meaningful work and career growth, consider the medical laboratory as one of your options.

When we get on an airplane, we trust the pilot, the air traffic controller, mechanic and many others we don't see to get us to our destination.If you are looking for a behind-the-scenes career in health care, the medical laboratory scientist is one of the careers to consider.This podcast draws comparisons to what airline pilots and medical laboratory scientists do to get their passengers/patients to their respective end destinations.

Career decisions should be based on gathering as many facts and perspectives as possible. In this podcast, I will compare and contrast physical therapy careers versus those in a hospital's medical laboratory.

Career decisions should be based on gathering as many facts and perspectives as possible.In this podcast, I will compare and contrast nursing careers versus those in a hospital's medical laboratory.

Medical Laboratory Scientist (MLS)  v. Medical Laboratory Technologist (MLT) – Which one to choose?There are benefits and considerations to consider when choosing your medical laboratory career path. In this podcast, I step you through the differences between the MLS and MLT (CLT) college routes to a medical laboratory career.To schedule a career discovery interview, email gary@mls2030.com

Here is a link to the MLS course requirements at Marquette University. This list is strongly representative of other BS college MLS programs.Here is a link to a list of all medical laboratory science college programs in the U. S.

You are a junior or senior college student working toward a BS in biology, chemistry, microbiology or other science degree.You are looking for options to leverage your degree into a well-compensated career with meaningful work.Listen to the podcast.If you want to schedule a courtesy 1:1 virtual meeting, drop a note to gary@mls2030.comIf you want to receive theses podcasts directly to your inbox, click here.

The medical laboratory in the hospital your family uses or the one your physican uses when ordering lab tests is a place of black-box mystery.  Our blood and body fluids are sent there and, as if by magic, a health determing normal or abnormal result is released for your health care provider to use for your diagnosis and treatment.The medical laboratory scientist (MLS) who performs all of those tests is a 'hidden profession'.  Yet, the demand for his and her work constitutes about 70% of all of the data needed to diagnose and treat patients.  This hidden profession needs many more educated and trained medical laboratory scientists - and they are needed yesterday.I embarked on this  MLS career awareness journey because I am one.  I am paying forward my career to those looking for their career in a setting where the work is meaningful and the career growth is strong.