Medical Technology/Clinical Laboratory Science Education

Vocabulary flashcards covering the curriculum, professional and general education courses, internship requirements, licensure policies, and assessment methods in Medical Technology/Clinical Laboratory Science Education.

Currere

The Latin root word of curriculum, which literally means 'to run.'

Curriculum (Glossary of Educational Reforms definition)

The knowledge and skills students are expected to learn, which include learning standards, lessons taught, assignments, materials, and methods used to evaluate student learning.

Commission on Higher Education (CHED)

The Philippine government agency under the Office of the President established on May 18, 1994, through Republic Act No. 7722, covering both public and private higher education institutions.

Republic Act No. 7722

The Higher Education Act of 1992, which created the Commission on Higher Education (CHED).

Technical Committee for Medical Technology Education (TCMTE)

A committee under CHED composed of leading academicians and practitioners responsible for setting standards and monitoring institutions offering BSMT/BSMLS programs.

CHED Memorandum Order (CMO) No. 13, series of 2017

The guide containing policies, standards, guidelines, program outcomes, and minimum course offerings for the BSMT/BSMLS program compliant with the K-12 Curriculum.

Lecture Unit Equivalent

One unit of lecture corresponds to 1 hour of class meeting per week, totaling 54 hours per 18-week semester.

Laboratory Unit Equivalent

One unit of laboratory corresponds to 3 hours of class meeting per week, totaling 54 laboratory hours per 18-week semester.

General Education (GE) Courses

Courses that cut across programs aiming to develop foundational knowledge, skills, values, humane habits, cultural diversity awareness, and self-understanding.

Principles of Medical Laboratory Science 1

A professional course introducing basic concepts of the profession, curriculum, clinical laboratories, continuing professional education, biosafety practices, and waste management.

Principles of Medical Laboratory Science 2

A professional course covering clinical laboratory assistance (different laboratory assays) and phlebotomy standard procedures, including pre-analytic, analytic, and post-analytic variables.

Community and Public Health for MT/MLS

A course covering community health foundations such as human ecology, demography, and epidemiology, emphasizing public health promotion and community immersion.

Cytogenetics

A course focused on heredity, inheritance, sex determination, and abnormalities or genetic disorders involving chromosomes and nucleic acids (DNA and RNA).

Human Histology

A course dealing with the study of cells, tissues, and organs, focusing on their microscopic characteristics, differences, and body system functions.

Histopathologic Techniques with Cytology

A course covering disease etiology, anatomic microscopic changes, and tissue sample preparation procedures (surgery, biopsy, autopsy) for diagnostic microscopic examinations.

Clinical Bacteriology

A 5-unit professional course dealing with bacterial physiology, morphology, pathogenesis, specimen collection, isolation, identification, and antimicrobial susceptibility testing.

Clinical Parasitology

A course examining human animal parasites, their pathophysiology, life cycles, epidemiology, prevention, control, and the diagnostic identification of ova and adult worms.

Immunohematology and Blood Bank

A course tackling red cell antigens and antibodies, inheritance, laboratory identification, compatibility testing, transfusion medicine, and transfusion reaction work-ups.

Mycology and Virology

A course dealing with fungi and viruses as disease agents, emphasizing epidemiology, laboratory identification, characterization, prevention, and control.

Clinical Microscopy

A course focused on the macroscopic, microscopic, and chemical analysis, formation, and clinical correlation of urine and other body fluids (excluding blood).

Clinical Chemistry 1

A course covering physiologically active soluble substances and waste materials in body fluids (primarily blood), including laboratory analyses, reference values, instrumentation, and quality control.

Clinical Chemistry 2

A continuation of Clinical Chemistry 1 covering endocrine glands, hormones, therapeutic drug monitoring, toxic substances, and drugs of abuse.

Molecular Biology and Diagnostics

A course focusing on nucleic acid and protein interactions, gene regulation, replication, transcription, translation, and molecular techniques used in disease diagnosis.

Clinical Internship Training

A fourth-year rotation in CHED-accredited laboratories requiring 32 duty hours per week, up to a total of 1,664 hours across clinical sections.

Professional Regulatory Board (PRB) for Medical Technology

A body under the PRC that prepares and administers the licensure examination, consisting of a licensed pathologist chairperson and two registered medical technologists.

Republic Act No. 5527

The Medical Technology Act of 1969, which governs the practice of medical technology and sets licensure examination provisions in the Philippines.

Medical Technologist Licensure Passing Criteria

Attaining a general weighted average of at least 75%, having no rating below 50% in any major subject, and passing at least 60% of the courses by weight.

Medical Laboratory Technician Qualification

A certification eligibility awarded to examinees who fail the Medical Technologist Licensure Examination but earn a general weighted average between 70% and 74%.

Formative Assessment

A planned process carried out during instruction where gathered evidence is used to adjust ongoing instructional procedures or student learning tactics (e.g., quizzes, reflection papers).

Summative Assessment

An assessment of learning conducted at the end of an instructional period or term to determine student achievement and outcome attainment (e.g., final exams, term papers).

Diagnostic Assessment

An assessment administered prior to instruction to gauge what students already know and do not know about a given topic.

Performance Tasks

Assessment tools used primarily in laboratory courses to measure psychomotor skills necessary for performing practical procedures (e.g., practical exams, OSCE, return demonstrations).

Rubric

An assessment tool evaluating student work based on written criteria and standards, providing an enhanced and versatile version of a checklist rating scale.

Perfusionist

A career role open to BSMT/BSMLS graduates involving the operation of a heart-lung machine.