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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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