Medical Technologyy Diagnosis & Therapeutic application of science & technology

to manage health conditions.

y Application: information, devices, procedures; doing highly

sophisticated solutions to solve medical problems: prevent disease, and manage health conditions.

y Challenges of diagnostic medicine; basic science: biology,

chemistry, clinical science career.

leads to a successful/professional

Clinical Laboratory Scientist/Medical Technologisty Perform test: immunologic, hematological, bacteriological, chemical, biological y Make cultures of body fluids & tissue samples. y Analysis of sample for chemical content. y Determine the concentration of compounds y Examine blood/ boy fluids y Cross match blood samples y Involved in: collaborating for diagnosis, care, treatment of the patient. Sample analysis. Direct & supervise the lab. y Medical investigators who perform sophisticated analysis using state of the art instruments to obtain accurate test results.

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Medical Technologist professionscience discovery.y Profession in high demand y Unlimited practice setting: y Hospitals y Physician s office y Industry y Sales y Biotechnology y Research y laboratory

y Dynamic medical profession, at the forefront of medical

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Profession within the Clinical Laboratoryy Clinical laboratory practitioners:y y

Medical technologist/ clinical laboratory scientist Medical technician/ cinical laboratory technician

OTHER LABORATORY PRACTITIONERS: 1. PHLEBOTOMIST draws blood 2. Cytotechnologist examines human specimens cencer/malignant cells 3. Cytogenetic Technologist culture cells/body fluids chromosomal analysis 4. Histological Technician biopsy/tissue samples stain, process, & prepare 5. Histotechnologist complex in processing, identifying, staining 6. Categorical practitioner trained & educated in one laboratory discipline. 7. Specialtist worked a number of years in one laboratory discipline, having extensive knowledge. (take & pass exam)

yVivian Herrick - 1550

yProf. M Ruth Williams

urnialysis was a fad during medieval period (1096-1438)

th y14

Century Dr. Anna folgelson (Italian Physician) hired Alexandra Gilliani to perform task of a medical technologist

th y17

Century anton van leeuwenhock first microscope

y1800

Dr. William

Occam

y Science was highly developed in the

USA

yFirst chemical laboratory

University of Michigan

yDr. Douglas

Made the first laboratory instruction

y1854

similar laboratories University of St. Bartholomew

y1858

clinicians reinforces to be teachers; new laboratory methods and medical practices.

y University College of Cambridge.

y1878

Dr. William Welch first laboratory in Bellevue Hopsital University College . yGave & taught microscopical courses.

yDr. Welch became the first

pathologist in John Hopkins University.

yTaught bacteriological studies /

autopsies. y1885

y1885 - Burdon Sunderson

used laboratory methods which gave significant results in his practice in medicine.

y 1887

Sunderson concluded that the use of laboratory methods in clinical methods elucidates pathological problems.

y first clinical laboratory was established/built

in 1896.

y John Hopkin s Hospital

a 12x12 room ; equipped with

the cost of $50

y Comac s Article a clinical laboratory was built in the university of Pennsylvania called William Pepper s laboratory.

y1900 census

listed 100 male technicians as development that laboratories had been established.

yDr. James C. todd- Manual of Chemical Diagnosis. yDr. Arthur Stanford Clinical diagnosis by laboratory methods.

y 1911- complete revolution development of laboratory

science - diagnosis was formally accepted.

1915 sylva ia Stat l gislat r f a a L W: yHospitals must have an adequate lab.yHire full-time technicians

1940 yUSA required a 2 year

collegiate education. & 12 month training.

1950yA standard curriculum

formalized BACHELOR OF SCIENCE DEGREE

Philippinesy The 26th Medical Laboratory of the 6th Unites States

Army (Quiricada St., Sta. Cruz, Manila) at the end of WWII.

June 1945y The 26th medical laboratory of 6th United States Army

left the Philippines

y Dr. Alfredo Pio de Roda decided to preserve the

remnants of the laboratory.

y Dr. Mariono C. Icasiano accepted the proposal of Dr.

de Roda to build a laboratory under the city health department.

y- October 1, 1945 yPublic Health Laboratory built, and

formally organized.

y1947 yDr. De Roda & Dr. Prudencia C. Sta. Ana headed the training for medical technology

y1954 ySYLLABUS WAS PREPARED

==== 6 MONTHS TRAINING, AFTERWARDS A CERTIFICATE GIVEN

yDr. Tirso Briones joined

the two doctors.

y1954 yPhilippines Union College of Baesa headed by FilipinoAmerican teachers offered BS Medical Technology ~ a 4 year medical course

y 1957 y Dr. Antonio Gabriel and Dr. Gustavo Reyes of UST Pharmacy offered an elective for Pharmacy graduates to proceed to BS Medical Technology.

y1960

Centro Escolar University

yMrs. Purificacion Sunico-Suaco

y1961 yFar Eastern University