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Clinical Laboratory Sciences Director: Barbara Swanson
Clinical professor: Alan D. Junkins
Clinical associate professor: Mark A. Bowman
Lecturer: Pamela Roberts
Undergraduate degree: B.S. in Clinical Laboratory Sciences
Web site: http://www.medicine.uiowa.edu/clsp The Clinical Laboratory Sciences Program is one of five academic units in the Division of Associated Medical Sciences. For information on the division's general academic policies, see Associated Medical Sciences in the Catalog. Clinical laboratory scientists and medical technologists perform the laboratory tests that provide physicians with information vital for accurate diagnosis and proper treatment of disease. They are in demand in hospital, private, and government laboratories; clinics; physicians' offices; and industrial, pharmaceutical, biological, and environmental research laboratories. Clinical laboratory scientists and medical technologists are highly skilled health team members who use a battery of sophisticated procedures and instruments in their work and who possess specialized knowledge and skills acquired through completion of a formal program of academic and clinical study. Undergraduate Program The University of Iowa offers a Bachelor of Science in clinical laboratory sciences through a partnership with the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC). The UNMC program is fully accredited by the National Accrediting Agency for Clinical Laboratory Sciences. All graduates are eligible for national certification examinations in clinical laboratory sciences and medical technology. Bachelor of Science The Bachelor of Science in clinical laboratory sciences requires 131 s.h., including 86 s.h. of preparatory study and the 45 s.h. professional (clinical) program, which consists of 12 months of didactic and practical instruction and clinical rotations. Bachelor of Science students who have completed all preparatory study (years one through three) begin the fourth-year professional program with an 11-week summer term of lecture and student laboratory courses at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, in Omaha. They return to the University of Iowa campus for the fall and spring semesters to do clinical rotations in the laboratories of University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics and the Veterans Affairs Iowa City Health Care System. They also complete additional UNMC course work online during fall and spring. University of Iowa students who successfully complete the 12-month professional program graduate with a Bachelor of Science from The University of Iowa and a letter of completion from the UNMC clinical laboratory sciences program. Non-University of Iowa students may enroll in a clinical laboratory sciences certificate-only program if they hold a baccalaureate degree from an accredited institution of higher education or are enrolled at an affiliated institution that will grant them a baccalaureate at the completion of the certificate program. Contact the Clinical Laboratory Sciences Program for more information. FOURTH YEAR (PROFESSIONAL PROGRAM) The professional program requires the following course work. Students must have completed 86 s.h., including all prerequisites (see Admission below), in order to enter the professional program.
| 069:150 Clinical Laboratory Skills |
6 s.h. |
| 069:152 CLS Theory, Application, and Correlation |
5 s.h. |
| 069:154 Clinical Chemistry I |
4 s.h. |
| 069:155 Clinical Chemistry II |
3 s.h. |
| 069:156 Clinical Hematology I |
4 s.h. |
| 069:157 Clinical Hematology II |
3 s.h. |
| 069:158 Clinical Microbiology I |
4 s.h. |
| 069:159 Clinical Microbiology II |
3 s.h. |
| 069:160 Clinical Immunology and Molecular Diagnostics |
1 s.h. |
| 069:162 Clinical Immunohematology I |
3 s.h. |
| 069:163 Clinical Immunohematology II |
2 s.h. |
| 069:166 Urine and Body Fluid Analysis |
1 s.h. |
| 069:170 Clinical Laboratory Management I |
2 s.h. |
| 069:171 Clinical Laboratory Management II |
3 s.h. |
Admission Admission to the clinical laboratory sciences professional program is competitive; enrollment is limited to 10 students. Applications are reviewed yearly beginning October 15 for students planning to begin the program the following summer. Applications are accepted until the class is filled. Applicants must have completed all of the following prerequisites and must have earned at least 86 s.h. of college credit by the beginning of the professional program (fourth year).
| Biological sciences--must include microbiology |
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| (with lab), genetics, and immunology |
16 s.h. |
| Chemistry--must include two semesters of general |
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| chemistry, one semester of organic chemistry I, and |
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| one semester of organic chemistry II or biochemistry |
16 s.h. |
| Mathematics through precalculcus level |
3 s.h. |
| Public speaking/oral communication |
3 s.h. |
University of Iowa students satisfy the English and public speaking requirements by completing the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences rhetoric requirement (General Education Program). Applicants must have a cumulative grade point average of at least 2.70 both overall and in science. Students must satisfy any English as a Second Language requirements specified by the University before beginning the professional program. Those who intend to receive a Bachelor of Science from The University of Iowa must complete all College of Liberal Arts and Sciences General Education Program requirements before beginning the professional program. Students should consult with a Clinical Laboratory Sciences Program adviser as early as possible to plan preclinical studies that meet all requirements. Expenses
Students are responsible for buying textbooks and paying University of Iowa
tuition and student fees. Students who intend to receive a Bachelor of Science
in clinical laboratory science from The University of Iowa at the end of
the professional program must pay full-time study University tuition and
fees. Students in the clinical laboratory sciences certificate-only program
may pay reduced tuition and fees. Contact the Clinical
Laboratory Science Program for more information.
Students must arrange and pay for their own meals and housing, including meals and lodging during the summer term in Omaha. The Clinical Laboratory Sciences Program provides laboratory coats for professional program students.
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