The CLS student must:

1. Possess these intellectual skills: comprehension, measurement, mathematical calculation, reasoning, integration, analysis, comparison, self-expression, and criticism.
2. Be able to exercise sufficient judgement to recognize and correct performance deviations.
Essential Behavioral Requirements for the Clinical Laboratory Sciences

The CLS student must:

1. Be able to manage the use of time and be able to systematize actions in order to complete professional and technical tasks within realistic constraints.
2. Possess the emotional health necessary to effectively employ intellect and exercise appropriate judgment.
3. Be able to provide professional and technical services while experiencing the stresses of task-related uncertainty. (i.e., ambiguous test ordering, ambivalent test interpretation), emergent demands (i.e., "stat" test orders), and a distracting environment (i.e., high noise levels, crowding, complex visual stimuli.)
4. Be flexible and creative and adapt to professional and technical change.
5. Recognize potentially hazardous materials, equipment, and situations and proceed safely in order to minimize risk of injury to patients, self, and nearby individuals.
6. Adapt to working with unpleasant biologicals.
7. Support and promote the activities of fellow students and of health care professionals. Promotion of peers helps furnish a team approach to learning, task completion, problem solving, and patient care.
8. Be honest, compassionate, ethical, and responsible. The student must be forthright about errors or uncertainty. The student must be able to critically evaluate her or his own performance, accept constructive criticism, and look for ways to improve (i.e., participate in enriched educational activities.) The student must be able to evaluate the performance of fellow students and tactfully offer constructive comments.
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Faculty
Under the direction of the Medical Director, Program Director, and Education Coordinator, a staff of thirteen certified Clinical Laboratory Scientists' are actively involved in the supervision and training of the students.

Examinations
Practical examinations are given in each department and periodic written examinations are given over the laboratory training and the lecture series.

Accreditation
The Clinical Laboratory Science Program is fully accredited by the National Accrediting Agency for Clinical Laboratory Sciences. The Clinical Laboratory is accredited by the College of American Pathologists.