HOW REWARDING IS A CAREER AS A Medical Lab Assistant ?
It may be rewarding if it’s something that one wants to do. A phlebotomy (drawing blood) course may train for the basics though not sure about medical lab assistant per se. A medical assistant does learn about phlebotomy and urinalysis techniques in the curriculum, however, there are not supposed to be too many jobs for the medical assistant (or medical biller or coder) or with that title. There are associate’s degree (2 yr) programs for medical lab tech. General info: http://www.bls.gov/oco and search ‘medical assistants’, ‘clinical laboratory technologists and technicians’ or such. Accrediting agencies for clinical lab sciences: http://www.naacls.org If wanting to get training for phlebotomy or MA, please look into the county vo-tech school or community college (perhaps non credit course) as opposed to a private $$ school. Please also steer clear of online, for profit schools such a
