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Clinical Medical Technology

The program is designed to provide graduates with the entry-level competencies required to succeed in the clinical laboratory. Students gain understandings of clinical laboratory science by correlating laboratory results with the diagnosis, prognosis, and disease management of patients in the clinical setting.

The 35.5-credit, full-time program consists of a fall and a spring semester. The curriculum is made up of didactic and clinical learning experiences in pre-analytic, analytic, and post-analytic concepts of: clinical chemistry, clinical hematology and hemostasis, immunohematology, microbiology, and urinalysis and body fluids. Oversight of the program is managed by the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine. The learning experiences occur Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. over a 39-week period. (This includes three weeks of vacation.) Clinical practicum is scheduled daily from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., and lectures are held from 2 to 4:30 p.m.

Graduates must pass the American Society of Clinical Pathology Board examination and achieve a state license to practice the profession of clinical laboratory technology in New York State. The Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine (UR Medicine Labs) is a division of URMC that provides clinical laboratory services to Strong Memorial Hospital and its affiliates. UR Medicine Labs is the largest medical laboratory in the region with 1,200 members, including pathologists, research faculty, licensed laboratory professionals, and over 400 employees in pre-analytic operations and support. The department encompasses 28 clinical laboratories, 16 research laboratories, 5 satellite laboratories for the Wilmot Cancer Institute, a pathology residency program, and a PhD program in pathology. The department bills over 10 million tests per year on average.

UR Medicine Labs has 157,000 square feet of clinical and research laboratories, offices, and conference rooms. The labs are in two locations: The Core Labs are at Strong Memorial Hospital, and the Central Labs are in suburban Henrietta. UR Medicine Labs provides the personnel, faculty, lecture space, clinical training space, support personnel, finances, laboratory equipment, tools, and supplies necessary to support the program mission.

Information about faculty and research can be found on the Clinical Medical Technology website.

AdmissionsLink to section

Applying to Advanced CertificatesLink to section

Enrollment in the program occurs once a year in mid-August (fall semester). The application system opens in September for the following academic year, and final decisions are made by May of the following year. Admissions occur on a rolling basis.

Academic requirements: a bachelor’s degree in the biological, chemical, or physical sciences with successful completion of the following courses and subject areas that include laboratory content prior to the first day of class: inorganic chemistry; analytic chemistry and/or biochemistry physiology, with anatomy content; molecular biology and diagnostics; and microbiology. The following courses are also required: organic chemistry, statistics, and immunology. Minimum qualifications are an overall GPA of 3.0 and a math/science GPA of 2.8.

Required Application Materials
  • Completed online application
  • Copy of transcript(s) (an unofficial transcript will suffice during the application process)
  • Two professional letters of recommendation
  • CV/resume
  • Personal statement
  • $60 application fee

AcademicsLink to section

Advanced Certificates and RequirementsLink to section

The two-semester advanced certificate program in clinical/medical technology is designed specifically for graduates to be eligible for careers as clinical laboratory technologists, also known as medical laboratory scientists. The program meets both national accreditation and New York State licensing standards and regulations. The program admits only for the fall semester and is completed the following spring semester.

The program consists of 18.5 credit hours of clinical training and 17 credit hours of didactic coursework.

Graduate Course TitlesLink to section

The following courses are required:

  • CMT 401: Essentials of Clinical Laboratory Science
  • CMT 402: Clinical Practicum I
  • CMT 403: Clinical Practicum II
  • CMT 404: Special Topics in Clinical Laboratory Science
  • CMT 405: Laboratory Management and Operations
  • CMT 411: Clinical Chemistry I
  • CMT 412: Clinical Hematology I
  • CMT 413: Principles of Immunohematology I
  • CMT 414: Clinical Laboratory Microbiology I
  • CMT 421: Clinical Chemistry II
  • CMT 422: Clinical Hematology II
  • CMT 423: Principles of Immunohematology II
  • CMT 424: Clinical Laboratory Microbiology II