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MEDICAL
TECHNOLOGY

Career
Overview
o Medical technologists perform a variety of
tasks including everything from simple premarital blood tests, to more complex tests
to uncover diseases such as HIV/AIDS,
diabetes, and cancer.
o Medical technologists do not often interact
directly with patients, the work completed by
medical technologists directly impacts patients
lives.
o Physicians rely on the information provided by
medical technologists to determine the diagnosis
and treatment of their patients.

Some of the Career

Opportunities
Cytotechnolog

ist

Analytical
Chemist

- Develop
techniques for
the analysis of
drug products
and chemicals

- Prepare and
examine slides under
the microscope,
looking for
abnormalities such
as cancerous cells,
pre-cancerous
cells, or infectious
disease cells.

Some of the Career

Opportunities
Histotechnicia

Phlebotomist

- Draw blood
from patients
for various
lab tests and
procedures.

- Prepare human
body tissue
for examination
by other
laboratory
professionals.

Some of the Career

Opportunities
Clinical
Clinical

Laboratory
Technician
- Perform less

complex tests

chemical and

and laboratory

hormonal

procedures than
technologists do.

Chemistry
Technologist

- Analyze the

contents of
body fluids.

Some of the Career

Opportunities

..

Blood Bank
Technologist

- Collect,
type and
prepare
blood for
transfusion.

Microbiolo
gist

- Examine and

identify
bacteria,
fungi, viruses
and parasites.

Some of the Career

Opportunities

Pharmaceutical
Sales

Representative

- Persuade
doctors to
prescribe their
drugs to
patients.

Public Health
Specialist

- Investigate and
assess human
exposure to
hazardous
chemicals, evaluate
remedial activities,
and communicate
health assessments .

Some of the Career

Opportunities

Quality Control
Specialist
- manage the
system and
procedures that
prevent
mistakes and
help avoid
problems.

Bacteriologist
- prevent,
diagnose and
prognostic of
diseases

Some of the Career

Opportunities

Medical

Laboratory

Technician

- assist physicians in
the diagnosis and
treatment of
diseases by
performing tests
on tissue, blood
and other body
fluids.

Toxicologist

- tests bodily
fluids and tissue
samples during
autopsies
looking for the
presence of
chemicals.

Some of the Career

Opportunities

Parasitologist

- alleviate problems
by researching the
evolution, life cycle,
taxonomy, biology,
ecology, pathology,
and epidemiology of
parasites, as well as
the treatment of
infections caused
by parasitic
interactions.

Crime Lab Analyst

- analyzing
evidence used
to solve crimes
and convict
violent
criminals.