About Us

Our Medical Laboratory Science program provides the educational environment necessary to produce professional entry-level medical technologists through our didactic lectures and hands-on experience. Students experience all aspects of the daily operation of Eisenhower’s state-of-the-art clinical laboratory. The laboratory is licensed by the State of California and is accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations and the College of American Pathologists. Three pathologists who are board certified in clinical and anatomical pathology direct the laboratory and administrative functions are carried out by the laboratory director and leadership team. Over one million procedures are performed annually. Services are provided to the emergency department, critically ill in-patient population and a busy outpatient services department.

Students spend 12 months learning the specialties of each area of the clinical laboratory. Interpersonal skills are fostered through interactions with patients, physicians, clients, and colleagues. The Education Facilitators, or appropriate designees, supervise instruction and training. The importance of quality control and quality assurance is strongly emphasized. Safety in the laboratory is a priority, both for students and all laboratory personnel.

Training Program Learning Outcomes

The Program Learning Outcomes of Eisenhower Health's School of Medical Laboratory Science are:

1. To develop and prepare students to assume employment as responsible, competent, and professional medical technologists/clinical laboratory scientists.
2. To instill in the students the realization that continuing education is a necessity for their professional growth.
3. Demonstrate interpersonal skills and attitudes needed to interact well with patients, laboratory staff members and other medical disciplines.
4. To provide a highly structured mechanism of learning processes which are necessary to perform as an entry level Medical Laboratory Scientist.
5. Students will apply critical reasoning to solve laboratory problems and interpret laboratory results accurately and effectively.

Training Program Goals

The ultimate goal of the program is to graduate professional entry-level clinical laboratory scientists/medical laboratory scientist of the highest caliber who will:

1. Exhibit attitudes of honesty and integrity in the performance of all laboratory procedures, with an understanding of the ultimate consequences gained from a knowledge of medical ethics.
2. Describe and relate the theoretical and practical aspects of each test performed in the laboratory.
3. Relate normal, abnormal and critical values with their significance by demonstrating correct follow-up actions.
4. Operate and maintain laboratory instruments and test equipment with the utmost care and conscientiousness.
5. Demonstrate safety precautions, derived from the institutional and laboratory safety policies, for each and every individual involved, including patients.
6. Gain the knowledge and practical skills to pass a certification exam.
7. Find successful employment in a lab environment.

Training Program Mission Statement

Our mission is to provide students with exemplary training and the opportunity to develop the skills and knowledge necessary to become licensed Clinical Laboratory Scientists and/or Medical Laboratory Scientists of the highest caliber. This is achieved by providing a highly structured mechanism of learning processes to aid the development of students’ skills, knowledge and techniques of medical laboratory sciences as described in the Program Goals and Learning Outcomes.

Tuition Fees & Benefits

There is a $72 application fee paid to AHCAS. Students currently receive a monthly stipend of $1400. This amount may vary each year. Class size is currently two to four students, which allows for one-on-one instruction.

Seven holidays and six personal days/sick days per year are standard benefits. Emergency health care is available and professional liability insurance is provided by Eisenhower Health. Personal health insurance is not provided by the medical center. Each student should obtain health insurance for the duration of the CLS/MLS training program.

Required textbooks are provided by the School of Medical Laboratory Science. Students have access to additional resources located in the School office and the Clinical Laboratory.

Contact

• Eisenhower Health
  School of Medical Laboratory Science
  39000 Bob Hope Drive, Kiewit 402
  Rancho Mirage, CA 92270
• smls@eisenhowerhealth.org
• 760-773-4525