Kutztown University, Department of Biology, Medical Technology Program, Clinical Internship


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				PROSPECTIVE STUDENTS: This program is in moratorium. Medical Technology as a Career Kutztown University Program Requirements Students have graduated from this program since 1976 and are working throughout the state in hospital laboratories and in large and small industries. It is a four-year program in which students are required to complete: 42 credits of General Education in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. 23 credits in Biology including: principles of biology, zoology, microbiology, medical microbiology (with a strong emphasis on immunology), genetics, and physiology. 26 credits in Physical Science and Mathematics including: inorganic chemistry, organic chemistry, biochemistry (strongly recommended), algebra, and statistics. 30 credits--one calendar year--of Clinical Internship at a cooperating hospital including courses in the following: clinical chemistry, clinical microbiology, clinical immunology/serology, clinical immunohematology, clinical hematology/coagulation, and clinical seminar. The three years of coursework on campus must be completed before the student begins their clinical year. It is the student's responsibility to apply for admission to the hospital program, although the Medical Technology Coordinator assists students in this process. Admission is on a competitive basis. After completion of the program, students are eligible to sit for national registry certification examinations. The following hospitals have affiliation agreements with Kutztown University, and their directors are considered cooperating faculty members. Lancaster General College of Nursing and Health Sciences Lancaster General Hospital 410 N. Lime Street Lancaster, PA 17602 Program Director: Marie Wood 717-544-7208 mewood@lancastergeneral.org Clinical Laboratory Science Program The Reading Hospital and Medical Center Sixth Avenue and Spruce Street P. O. Box 16052 Reading, PA 19612 Program Director: Deborah Evans, MT(ASCP)SM, SM(AAM) 610-988-5951 evansd@readinghospital.org Allied Health Education York Hospital 1001 South George Street York, PA 17405 Program Director: Carolyn Darr, MA, MT(ASCP) 717-851-2473 cdarr@wellspan.org Pennsylvania Hospital School of Medical Laboratory Science 800 Spruce Street Philadelphia, PA 19107 Program Director: Jean Buchenhorst, MS, MT(ASCP) (215)829-7634 Jean.Buchenhorst@uphs.upenn.edu St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children Medical Lab Science 3601 A Street Philadelphia, PA 19134 Program Director: Leah Coppolino, MPH, MLS(ASCP), CLS(NCA) Phone: 215-427-5050 Fax: 215-427-5511 leah.beck@tenethealth.com www.stchristophershospital.com Other affiliations have been made with two programs in Philadelphia: Graduate Hospital, and Thomas Jefferson University. For general information regarding admission to undergraduate programs at Kutztown University, contact the Admissions Office. For additional information regarding the Medical Technology Program at Kutztown University, contact Dr. Cristen L. Rosch, Medical Technology Coordinator, Department of Biology at (610) 683-4313 or e-mail at rosch@kutztown.edu.