This is yet another healthcare career that I've never heard of. Check it out!
What Does a Cytotechnologist Do?
- Study cells and cellular anomalies
- Using a microscope, they examine slides of human cells for any indication that a cell is abnormal and/or diseased (i.e., cancerous or precancerous lesions, infectious agents or inflammatory processes)
- Often play a crucial role in helping patients to recover from illness by identifying a disease while it is still at a treatable stage
- Examine slides microscopically, mark cellular changes that indicate disease and submit a report to the pathologist for final evaluation
- Michener is the only school in Ontario that offers this program. Cytology programs are also offered at SIAST, Rosemont, NAIT, Dalhousie. I'll list the prerequisites for the Michener program here
- You must be a Canadian certified Medical Laboratory Technologist or have an undergraduate degree in science
- If you have an undergraduate degree, you must have taken 1.0 courses in anatomy, and 1.0 courses in physiology with a minimum grade of 70%
- You must have a minimum GPA of 70%
- Top-ranked applicants are invited to an interview
- Admission offers are determined using the following formula: CGPA (35%), professional and academic experience (15%) and the Multi Mini Interview (50%)
- Application for Michener is due February 1st on the Ontario Colleges website
