This document provides an overview of Keisha Napper's career map to become a medical laboratory technician (MLT). It describes the duties of an MLT as examining and analyzing body fluids, cells, and tissues to diagnose diseases. It notes that 70% of medical decisions rely on laboratory data, showing the important role of MLTs. Keisha's personal goals are to graduate from her MLT program and pass her certification exam. Her professional short-term goals are to gain clinical experience and graduate from her program, and her long-term goals are to obtain employment as an MLT and continue her education.

1. MLT CAREER MAP
KEISHA NAPPER
MLT- 2015
PRESENTATION FOR PROFESSOR GILL
NOVEMBER 3, 2014

2. WHAT A CAREER AS AN MEDICAL
LABORATORY PROFESIONAL
ENTAILS
DUTIES OF A LABORATORY
PROFESIONAL
EXAMINE AND ANALYZE BODY FLUIDS
AND CELLS.
DIAGNOSTIC ANALYSIS OF HUMAN
TISSUE, BONE, AND BODILY FLUIDS FOR
ABNORMALITIES, OR EVIDENCE OF
DISEASE OF INFECTION.
OBSERVE SPECIMEN FOR
MICROORGANISMS, THE CHCEMICAL
CONTENT OF FLUIDS; MATCH BLOOD
FOR TRANSFUSIONS; AND ASSIST IN
MONITORING THERAPUTIC DRUG
LEVELS IN PATIENTS RESPONSE TO
TREATMENT
WORKS WITH THE LIVING AND
DECEASED
IMPORTANCE OF LABORATORY
MEDICINE
CRITICAL TO THE ACCURATE DIAGNOSIS
OF THE PATIENT IN THE CLINICAL
SETTING.
RESEARCH HAS SHOWN THAT 70% OF
ALL MEDICAL DECISIONS RELY ON
SOME FORM OF LABORATORY DATA.
INTERGRAL ROLE IN THE PROCESSING
AND ANALYSIS OF THE PATIENTS
SAMPLE, THEREFORE CONTRIBUTING
TO THE QUALITY OF PATIENT CARE.
DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF DEATH IN
THE DECEASED.

3. Medical laboratory
scientist
Medical laboratory
technician
Cytotechnologist
Histotechnologist
Phlebotomist
Molecular biologist
Pathologists' assistants
Clinical chemist
Technologist in
cytogenetics

4. PERSONAL CAREER MAP FOR BECOMING
A MEDICAL LABORATORY PROFESSIONAL

5. PERSONAL AND
EDUCATIONAL GOALS
BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE A GOOD LIFE FOR MYSELF AND
FAMILY BY WORKING IN A PROFESSION THAT I LOVE.
APPLYING THE SKILLS I LEARNED AS A PHLEBOTOMIST
INTO MY NEW PROFESSION AS A MEDICAL LABORATORY
TECHNICIAN
GRADUATE FROM CSM’S MLT PROGRAM
PASSING THE ASCP BOARD OF CERTIFICATION EXAM
INCREASE OR MAINTAIN MY CLINICAL LABORATORY
SKILLS BY COMPLETING APPLICABLE CONTINUING
EDUCATION COURSES.

6. PROFESSIONAL GOALS FOR
A CAREER AS AN MLT
SHORT TERM
GAIN PRACTICAL
EXPERIENCE FROM
CLINICAL COURSES.
GRADUATE FROM THE MLT
PROGRAM AT COLLEGE OF
SOUTHERN MARYLAND.
PASS THE ASCP BOARD OF
CERTIFICATION EXAM
LONG TERM
GAINING EMPLOYEMENT AS
A MEDICAL LABORATORY
PROFESSIONAL
ENROLLING IN CONTINUING
EDUCATION COURSES TO
MAINTAIN MY ASCP
CERTIFICATION.
OBTAIN A BACHELOR’S
DEGREE IN MEDICAL
LABORATORY SCIENCE FROM
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND.

9. REFERENCES