Master of Science in Medical Laboratory Sciences program at Gulf Medical University offers the opportunity to Medical Laboratory Technologists to elevate their level of clinical practice, advance their careers, and become leaders in the Medical Laboratory profession as Clinical Scientists.
This program requires to develop competencies in the 7 areas mentioned below to the level expected of the Medical laboratory scientist. Towards this end, this program defines the specific knowledge, skills, and aspects of competence required and provides educational experiences as needed, in order for trainees to develop and demonstrate the competencies.
A. Knowledge
On completion of this program, students will be able to:
A1. Apply specialized knowledge about established and evolving biomedical, clinical and cognate sciences to medical laboratory practice.
B. Skills
On completion of this program, students will be able to:
B1. Provide medical laboratory services that are of optimal value with an awareness and responsiveness to the larger context and system of health care and the ability to access system resources.
B2. Perform in laboratory research and critically evaluate the findings.
C. Aspects of Competence
On completion of this program, students will be able to:
- Autonomy and Responsibilities
C1a. Demonstrate a satisfactory level of competence and assist in the management of patients in the context of medical laboratory services.
C1b. Demonstrate a commitment to carry out professional responsibilities adhering to ethical principles, and being sensitive to the needs of a diverse patient population.
C2. Use interpersonal communication skills as a leader and team member for effective information exchange between the clinician, patients, and laboratory staff in the work place.
C3. Evaluate one’s competence to seek and integrate scientific evidence for continually improving professional competence.
Study Plan
The program ids composed of four semesters.
First semester courses are composed of five common obligatory to all the students.
Second semester courses:
Two common obligatory: Research Methodology and Biostatistics courses.
Three elective courses: The students should choose only three courses from the list of the fourteen elective courses according to their area of interest.
Third semester:
Laboratory rotation in the entire medical laboratory fields with emphasis on rotation in the area of interest.
Forth semester:
Submitting and defending a thesis (in the area of interesting field) to the satisfaction of the thesis judging committee.
The thesis will be carried out independently by students under the guidance and supervision of faculty members.
YEAR I |
Semester |
Course Code |
Pre-requisites |
Course |
Credit Hour/s |
LH |
PH |
I |
MLS-GPH 601 |
NIL |
General Pathology |
2 |
2 |
0 |
MLS-LQA 602 |
NIL |
Laboratory Management and Quality Assurance |
2 |
1 |
2 |
MLS-CII 603 |
NIL |
Clinical Immunology and Immunogenetics |
2 |
1 |
2 |
MLS-MBB 604 |
NIL |
Molecular Biology and Bioinformatics |
2 |
1 |
2 |
MLS-ALS 605 |
NIL |
Advanced Concepts in Medical Laboratory Sciences |
3 |
2 |
2 |
Total |
11 |
II |
MS-RM 609 |
NIL |
Research Methodology |
2 |
1 |
2 |
MS-BS 610 |
NIL |
Biostatistics |
2 |
1 |
2 |
ELECTIVES * |
9 |
|
|
Total |
13 |
YEAR II |
Semester |
Course Code |
Pre-requisites |
Course |
Credit Hour/s |
LH |
PH |
III |
MLS-LAR 611 |
All the courses in semester I and II |
Laboratory Rotations |
4 |
0 |
24 |
MLS-EML 612 |
NIL |
Educational Methods for Medical Laboratory Professionals |
2 |
1 |
2 |
Total |
6 |
IV |
MLS-THS 613 |
Successful completion of MLS-LAR 611 |
Thesis |
6 |
0 |
30 |
Total |
36 |
*List of Elective courses:
Course Code |
Pre-requisites |
Course |
Credit Hour/s |
LH |
PH |
MLS-ISC 606 |
NIL |
Instrumentation and Special Areas in Clinical Chemistry |
3 |
2 |
2 |
MLS-ACB 607 |
NIL |
Advances in Clinical Biochemistry |
4 |
2 |
4 |
MLS-END 608 |
NIL |
Endocrinology |
2 |
1 |
2 |
MLS-ACH 606 |
NIL |
Advances in Clinical Hematology |
4 |
3 |
2 |
MLS-ADH 607 |
NIL |
Advanced Hemostasis |
2 |
1 |
2 |
MLS-ACI 608 |
NIL |
Advanced Concepts in Immunohematology |
3 |
2 |
2 |
MLS-ADM 606 |
NIL |
Advanced Concepts in Diagnostic Microbiology |
4 |
2 |
4 |
MLS-ACV 607 |
NIL |
Advanced Clinical Virology |
2 |
1 |
2 |
MLS-CPM 608 |
NIL |
Clinical Parasitology and Mycology |
3 |
2 |
2 |
MLS-MGM 606 |
NIL |
Molecular Diagnostics in Genetic Diseases and Personalized Medicine |
3 |
2 |
2 |
MLS-MID 607 |
NIL |
Molecular Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases |
3 |
2 |
2 |
MLS-MCO 608 |
NIL |
Molecular Diagnostics in Clinical Oncology |
3 |
2 |
2 |
MLS- SCI 606 |
NIL |
Special Area in Clinical Immunology |
3 |
2 |
2 |
MLS-TTI 607 |
NIL |
Advanced Concepts in Tumor and Transplantation Immunology |
3 |
2 |
2 |