Lab Technologists

I recently met a registered medical laboratory technologist through work, so I decided to do some research on the career and post what I found.

What Does a Lab Technologist Do?

• Perform laboratory analyses and provide information to physicians
• Help physicians to diagnose and treat patients, as well as monitor and prevent disease
• Use medical devices to observe biological samples
• Determine the validity of the results they obtain
• Design new procedures to reflect the rapid pace of change in their workplace. 

How Do I Apply?

• There are two routes of going about it: college (apply on the Ontario colleges website) and university (apply on OUAC)

University Route

• Three universities in Ontario offer a program: Michener, UOIT, and Windsor
• You can get in right from high school. You need to take English, math, and science courses to apply. Check out each school for more details.
• The minimum GPA cutoff is high-70s

College Route

• Click here for an extensive list of programs
• In general, you need to take senior-level science courses in high school. The medical lab programs seem to be one of the more competitive programs at college
• Check out each program to see what is involved in the admissions process