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A full time four-year course (8 semesters) is offered. The type of teaching is a
combination of both product-oriented and patient-oriented learning. The Faculty
of Medical Laboratory Sciences offers a four-year professional degree programme.
Other than the choice of the specialization subject offered at the beginning of
the fourth year, all other subjects are compulsory. This fully integrated programme
consists of three phases:
• Phase I (Basic Medical Sciences):
The major objective of Phase I (Semester 1 &2) is to acquire a comprehensive
understanding of the normal form and function of the human body. There will be an
increasing, ongoing application of what you are learning to examples of medical
importance.
Semester 1: During this semester, the students will follow a programme of courses
in Biology, Chemistry and Physics in the Preparatory College as well as a few basic
sciences courses from the Faculty of MLS and Faculty of Computer Sciences. English
courses will also be taken during this time.
Semester 2: The organs of the body work together in systems. You must learn what
they are and how they function by understanding anatomy (form) and the biochemistry
and physiology (function) of the system. Introductory/Foundation Courses are mainly
in Semester 2, which are considered the building blocks for the Medical laboratory
Sciences courses which follow.
• Phase II (Basic Medical Laboratory Sciences): The major objective of Phase
II (Semesters 3, 4, 5 & 6) is to acquire a comprehensive understanding of the
Medical Laboratory Sciences (Hematology, Chemical Pathology, Parasitology, Microbiology,
plus others). There will be an increasing, ongoing application of what you are learning
to examples of laboratory importance.
• Phase III (Specialized Medical Laboratory Sciences): The major objective
of Phase III (Semesters 7 & 8) is to acquire a professional understanding in
one of the major modules of the Medical Laboratory Sciences (Hematology, Chemical
Pathology, Parasitology, Microbiology, and Histopathology & Cytology). Students
will acquire knowledge and skills at an internationally acceptable standard. Also
students will learn how to do research and to present it in a form of dissertation.
This will be achieved through many courses (Research Methodology, Biostatistics,
Laboratory Management, and presentation skills). The final year students are encouraged
to do voluntary work in hospital laboratories during their vacation in order to
familiarize themselves with the hospital laboratory activities.
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