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Mission Statement
The certificate CLS Internship Program provides the academic and practical experience necessary to attain entry-level competency in the practice field. This educational model has a strong academic structure and offers intensive technical development. This model also emphasizes the critical importance of leadership in the field of clinical laboratory science through the application of principles related to problem solving and evaluation, education, communication, research and management.
The faculty of the CLS Internship Program has a responsibility for the impact the student enrolled in the CLS Internship Program may have on patient testing. In order to fulfill this responsibility, the program has established minimum technical standards that must be met, with or without reasonable documented accommodation, in order to participate in the program and graduate. The program is committed to the principal of equal opportunity. The program does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, disabled veteran or Vietnam-era veteran status.
Goals
The overall goal of the program is to prepare graduates who are knowledgeable and respected clinical laboratory scientists, and who are lifelong learners with the potential for leadership as supervisors, managers, and educators.
CLS Resource Links
State of California-Health & Human Services Agency, Department of Health Services:
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Excerpts from the California Code of Regulations, Title 17, relating to Clinical Laboratory Scientist and Trainee.
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Application for Clinical Laboratory Scientist Trainee, State of California-Health and Human Services Agency, Department of Health Services.
Articles & Reports:
- The Worsening Shortage of Lab Staff: What's Being Done to Turn it Around? Kibak, Phil. Clinical Laboratory News, 14(5) May 2008.
- The Clinical Laboratory Workforce: The Changing Picture of Supply, Demand, Education, and Practice. U. S. Department of Health and Human Services. July 2005.
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The Clinical Laboratory Workforce in California. Lindler, Vanessa & Chapman, Susan. UCSF Center for the Health Professions, 2003.
- Hospitals put cash up front: Lab workers wanted. Thomas, Susan L. East Bay Business Times, April 7, 2006.
