Major: Career Studies / Medical Laboratory Assistant at Northern Virginia Community College
The Career Studies Certificate in Career Studies / Medical Laboratory Assistant is part of the Clinical/Medical Laboratory Technician program at Northern Virginia Community College
The program is designed to prepare personnel who collect, process, and perform selected tests on samples for medical laboratory analysis. Medical Laboratory Assistants (MLAs) work in hospitals, medical clinics, and reference laboratories. The curriculum includes learning experiences: on-campus, online, and, in partnership, with affiliated clinical laboratories. Graduates are eligible to sit for the American Society for Clinical Pathologists (ASCP) Board of Certification (BOC) national examination to become certified as a Medical Laboratory Assistant (MLA).
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VCCS Plan Code: | 221-151-10 |
CIP Code: | 51.1004 |
This Major is offered as
- Camp - Career Studies Certificate in Phlebotomy (221-151-02)
- Danville - Career Studies Certificate in Phlebotomy
- Mountain Empire - Career Studies Certificate in Phlebotomy
- Northern Virginia - Career Studies / Medical Laboratory Assistant
- Northern Virginia - Career Studies / Phlebotomy
- Piedmont Virginia - Career Studies Certificate in Medical Laboratory Assistant
- Rappahannock - Career Studies Certificate in Phlebotomy
- Rappahannock - Career Studies Certificate in Pre-Medical Laboratory Technology
- Southwest Virginia - Career Studies Certificate in Phlebotomy
- Tidewater - Career Studies Certificate: Phlebotomy
- Virginia Highlands - Career Studies Certificate in Phlebotomy
- Virginia Western - Career Studies Certificate in Health Professions: Introduction to Medical Laboratory Technology
- Virginia Western - Career Studies Certificate in Phlebotomy
- Wytheville - Career Studies Certificate in Phlebotomy