Medical Laboratory Science

Medical laboratory science (MLS) major offers, through its affiliation with hospital schools, the opportunity to complete the requirements for a bachelor of science degree in four years, with a clinical rotation at an accredited hospital school. MLS majors complete three years in a biology-based curriculum on campus, and then apply for acceptance to an affiliated hospital program at the end of their fourth semester for entry into the clinical year in their seventh semester. Admission to a hospital school program is not guaranteed, but Misericordia University maintains a very high acceptance rate. Following the hospital program, the student is eligible to sit for their national certification examinations offered by the Board of Registry of Clinical Laboratory Scientists and the National Accrediting Agency for Clinical Laboratory Science (NAACLS).

What makes Misericordia’s MLS program stand out from all the rest:

Our mission is to provide students with quality educational experiences that produce a clinical laboratory professional with the theoretical knowledge, technical skills and liberal arts education necessary to success in the clinical laboratory. Our program meets or exceeds all requirements of the National Accrediting Agency for Clinical Laboratory Sciences (NAACLS).

Medical Laboratory Science degree earned:

• Bachelor in Science in Medical Laboratory Science

Medical Laboratory Science Affiliates are with affiliated hospital programs at:

• Guthrie Health System: Robert Packer Hospital Campus, Sayre, Pennsylvania
• PA College of Health Sciences: Lancaster General Hospital, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
• UPMC Susquehanna: Williamsport Regional Medical Center, Williamsport, Pennsylvania

MLS students will obtain the following program Goals and Outcomes:

• Provide a quality education in the biological sciences
• Stimulate a student’s innate curiosity for lifelong learning
• Develop an understanding of the scientific process and its application
• Provide the tools and promote knowledge for future opportunities and endeavors, and to develop involved members of the community
• Identify and explain fundamental biological concepts and principles
• Apply knowledge of biological concepts to formulate questions and hypotheses
• Demonstrate ability to find, read, understand, and critically evaluate research
• Use the scientific method to develop design and execute experiments
• Collect and analyze data
• Communicate findings both orally and in written forms
• Develop experimental skills & techniques used in laboratory and field research
• Recognize their own ability to make positive contributions to the communities
• Promote awareness of job and/or graduate opportunities

MLS students have gone on to achieve employment at:

• Wellspan Health
• Specialized in Pathology Field
• Geisinger Health System • Director of Microbiology Lab at Williamsport Hospital
• Have gone on to Physician Assistant Graduate School at Misericordia University

Guthrie Health System
Medical Laboratory Science
Robert Packer Hospital Campus, Sayre, PA
Program Director: Stacy Pond, MS, MLS (ASCP)^CM

Pennsylvania College of Health Sciences
Medical Laboratory Science
Lancaster General Hospital Campus, Lancaster, PA
Program Director: Sherry Soost, MSHS, MT (ASCP), CHO (NRCC)

UPMC Susquehanna
Clinical Laboratory Science
Williamsport Regional Medical Center, Williamsport, PA
Program Director: Amanda Mills, MHS, MLS (ASCP)^CM

*Misericordia University Adjunct Faculty Courtesy Appointments