Students in the Medical Laboratory Technology Program at Shawnee State University must possess certain standards to be able to successfully perform on the job. A list of these requirements essential to performance as a Medical Laboratory Technologist include standards in each of three domains: cognitive, affective, and motor or physical.
The successful student must be able to demonstrate the following characteristics:
- Understand and follow directions
- Have ability to demonstrate accuracy and dependability
- Demonstrate strong analytic judgment
- Have ability to pay close attention to detail
- Ability to communicate in person to person, telephone, and electronic media
- Demonstrate visual ability that allows for reading and interpreting of colors
- Ability to hear sounds and respond to them appropriately
- Ability to bend and move around the patient's bedside and in the laboratory
- Exhibit both punctuality and dependability
- Ability to work well as a team as well as independently
- Ability to follow policies and procedures as the laboratory environment demands