Medical laboratory technicians (MLT) are vital healthcare detectives, uncovering and providing laboratory information from analyses of blood, body fluids, and other biological specimens which assist physicians to detect, diagnose, treat, and monitor disease. These professionals use applied science and critical thinking skills to test, analyze, and interpret laboratory results. Clover Park Technical College offers a two-year Medical Laboratory Technology (MLT) program leading to an Associate of Applied Technology degree (AAT). The MLT program includes both theoretical and practical experience in blood collection and processing, hematology, hemostasis, clinical chemistry, clinical microbiology, urinalysis, immunology, serology, and immunohematology. The curriculum includes collecting, processing, and analyzing biological specimens; principles and methodologies; performance of assays; problem‐solving; troubleshooting techniques; significance of clinical procedures and results; and principles and practices of quality assessment for all major areas in the contemporary clinical laboratory. Clinical courses provide students with real life, hands-on experience performing laboratory tests in local affiliated hospital and laboratories in the surrounding area where students achieve entry-level competency in all skills required of a professional. Enrollment is limited to fourteen on-campus students. A distance learning option is available for students who have a guaranteed sponsorship at a clinical laboratory. This requires a legal agreement between the college and the laboratory. Contact the program director or MLT student advisor for additional information. Students must complete all general education requirements to be eligible to register for MLT courses. Registration is “first come, first served."