What is a Diagnostic Cytologist?
Our program meets the academic and clinical requirements for health professional education through core, interdisciplinary, discipline-specific and basic sciences courses. Core courses in the school of health sciences include: • Anatomy & Physiology • Introduction to Health Professional Practice • Communications • Ethics • Statistics • Research Methods • Leadership In the professional stream of Diagnostic Cytology, learning is focused on both laboratory applications and microscopic analysis of specimens. This work exposes individuals to certain chemicals and reagents and also requires the technologist to spend extended periods of time using a microscope. Courses include laboratory techniques, cytopathology, histopathology and microanatomy. There is an 8 – 10 week Clinical Practicum in May and June of Years I, II, and III of the program.
