MEDICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES

PURPOSE: To train adequate and qualified intermediate staff, in terms of knowledge and experience, to work at health care facilities and laboratories, particularly hospitals.

SHORT INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROGRAMME:

In this programme, technical staff is educated in the field of methods of the clinical and other research laboratories and the performances of the tests. The graduates are not authorised to work individually but may work at private or public organisations. The theoretical and some practical courses are applied in the present faculty, however the internship and other applications are done at G.U. Faculty of Medicine. Courses are given by the members of the programme staff and the members of the G.U. Faculty of Medicine. In parallel to developed technology and increased population the future of the profession is bright and the graduates who succeed in the DMS/KMS examinations may easily be employed in the public institutions. Besides, the graduates may be employed in the private laboratories.

DURATION OF EDUCATION: 2 years

TYPE OF DIPLOMA: Front lisence

HEAD OF THE PROGRAMME: Assoc. Prof. Dr. E. Arzu KOÇKAYA

PROGRAMME STAFF:
Assoc. Prof. Dr. E. Arzu KOÇKAYA
Assoc. Prof. Dr.Birsen KAPLAN
Assist. Prof. Dr. H. Cengiz GÜLSAYIN
Assist. Prof. Dr. Lale TÜRKMEN

NUMBER OF CLASSROOMS: 2

NUMBER OF LABORATORIES: 1

THE REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS OF THE STUDENTS:

Physical Properties: Although a legal restriction is not present, as hand and eye skills are important in this profession, disability of these organs should not be present for the post-graduate success. The presence of an orthopedic disability should be taken into account as the work may require night and/or day shifts and as prolonged standing may be required.- Talent: To be prone to jobs that require manual dexterity and patience and not to be effected from working with blood, sputum, urine, feces, semen and other biological fluids and operation products.- Interest: To have an interest in technical equipment, computers and automation devices. 

INTERNSHIP APPLICATIONS AND THEIR DURATIONS DURING THE EDUCATION PERIOD IN THE SCHOOL OF HEALTH SERVICES:

In the summer period of the 1^st and 2^nd classes of all programs, 20 days mandatory application and in the spring period of the 2^nd class 5 days of the week (A total of 14 weeks) hospital applications are performed.

TITLES AND WORK AREAS OF THE GRADUATES:

The graduates of this programme receive the title of “health technician”. Their work areas are all the medical analysis laboratories in the official and special institutions.

JOB OPPORTUNITIES: In the condition of winning the KPSS examination and appointing,the graduates may work as health technician in the medical analysis laboratories of the state hospitals, health centers, univercity hospitals and S.S.K. Hospitals as well as the hospitals, medical laboratories and polyclinics of the private sector.

THE FUTURE OF THE PROFESSION:

The number of medical laboratories belonging to private and public sector are increasing every day. In the past years, as trained medical laboratory personnel was not available, high school graduates and chemistry and biology graduates were employed in these laboratories. However, from now on, private institutions prefer to employ people with 2-year laboratory training who can work at lower costs instead of 4-year school graduates. The fact that a great number of medical laboratory graduates working in this area confirms this situation. Therefore the department and its graduates are expected to be more valuable in the future.