Introduction
Few are aware that about 70-80 % of all medical decisions are based on laboratory test results of patients. The discipline related to the testing of human tissues has been called pathology or, more recently, laboratory medicine.
Both medically qualified pathologists and others who are scientifically qualified work in the laboratory. The latter include degree-holding laboratory scientists such as clinical biochemists and medical microbiologists and biomedical scientists and diploma level medical laboratory technologists.
Each semester is 6 months long with 14 contact weeks of teaching. Instruction is by way of lectures and laboratory practicals and is conducted entirely in English.
MAHSA University College offers the following programmes for the training of laboratory personnel:
- The BSc (Hons) in Biomedical Sciences, University of Northumbria, UK (3+0). This 3+0 year programme is undertaken entirely at MAHSA in Kuala Lumpur.
- The Diploma in Medical Laboratory Technology (Dip MLT).
