Medical Laboratory Technician Essay

A Medical Laboratory Technician run test on blood and body fluids to help give doctors answers; answers that can help doctors diagnose what’s wrong with the patient before starting a treatment plan. Throughout these past four years, I’ve learned a lot, high school has taught me a variety of things, but it most importantly has taught me the different type of careers there are. Before I entered high school, I didn’t know what a Medical Laboratory Technician was, I didn’t even know that was a career; I thought doctors did all the job and that nurses were just female doctors. I had no knowledge towards the medical field, it interested me, but I never really took the time to do research on it.
As I got ready to enter high school, I myself had lots
My Junior year in high school Trio Upward Bound, program that provides opportunities for participants to succeed in their precollege performance and ultimately in their higher education pursuits, organized a visit to Idaho State University where we got to choose two fields we would like to learn more about. When I arrived there I knew I wanted to learn more about the medical field therefore I decided to go look at the Medical Laboratory class. As I was in the class, the instructor explained everything they learned there and some of the things they did, he even let me do some work that MLT’s do, like test what type of blood other patients had and look through microscopes to see what type of diseases each slide had. I honestly thought that was an amazing experience and at that moment I decided what profession I wanted to go into after high school. Another class that helped me discover what career I wanted to pursue was Health professions, the teacher Mrs. Collier pushed me into doing more research about the career I had found interesting at ISU, she even assigned me to go talk to a local MLT. Therefore when I got the opportunity I went in and talked to Kazmin Nye. In an interview with Kazmin Nye she said “Being a MLT is a very stressful job, especially when it gets busy because all the doctors want
As I’ve done research on this profession I’ve learned that in order into being a successful MLT you have to be able to communicate well with others, be able to work with other people, be able to reason and solve problems, need to know how to manage time wisely, and last know how to work things. I’ve also learned that it requires a lot of physical demands such as having to sit or stand for a long period of time, repeating the same movements, and using your hands to handle, control, or feel objects, such as tools, or controls. By doing this research I’ve realized that I am capable of accomplishing these requirements along with the many others that this profession requires. I am highly interested in this profession and not for the salary, but because I will get to help doctors diagnose patients and perform a variety of tests. It interests me because I secretly will be a doctor behind the scenes also because I enjoy working independently, but enjoy being part of a team and collaborating with others. Although I know that this career is going to require a lot of me and is very stressful, I know I will be able to accomplish my dream career because I am very passionate about what I want to do and