Judy Tran might not interact with patients every day, but she knows her impact on them is critical. As a medical laboratory technologist, she works behind the scenes to help determine the diagnosis, treatment and care that a patient might receive in the face of illness or injury. For Judy, working in the lab is…
Fred Li was pursuing an academic career when he decided to make a change. Fred had recently completed a Masters degree in Neuroscience at Dalhousie University and, disillusioned by what a career in academia offered, was working for the Nova Scotia Health Authority in the Department of Pathology and Informatics. It was there that he…
Janine Ray has often thought about her heritage. She has Native ancestry on both sides of the family, and though she was not heavily involved in Indigenous culture during her formative years, she felt the desire to become more connected as she grew up. For Janine, the opportunity to learn about her culture and the…
Prior to starting their clinical rotations, Michener’s medical laboratory science students spend 10 weeks in a simulated clinical environment as part of their summer semester. They perform tasks as they would in a real lab – everything from the tests and procedures they spent the previous two years learning, to having what one recent graduate…
For nearly a decade, Canadian employment projections have been calling for a so-called “grey wave” – an en masse retirement of the Baby Boom generation. But as the first cohort of Baby Boomers turned 65 in 2011, many of them are choosing to stay in the workforce well into their golden years. For many future…
Here’s a glimpse of a few Michener students talking about what they love most about our programs. Find out why patient interaction is one of Natasha’s favourite things about nuclear medicine, how being on the front-lines of cancer treatment motivates Kwee and how knowing her classmates inside and out is a unique advantage for Nicole. Find these students…
The direction health care delivery is taking requires health care professionals to be more nimble than ever, and as we move toward integration, The Michener Institute and University Health Network are ensuring new health professionals stay ahead of the curve. Among the most revolutionary changes to how health care services are delivered to patients is…
Future health care professionals must understand the obligation to provide optimal treatment and to ensure patients’ safety and well-being at all times. However, there is not a lot of room for error in the health care field; so naturally, performance anxiety is very common among students. So how can we minimize the anxiety, without compromising…
As part of a research project at Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto, one Michener student explored new methods for detecting the super-bugs that pose serious risks to public health. Danielle Nicole Grohn was part of a bacteriology research team that investigated a cost-effective method of screening for carbapenemase-producing organisms (CPOs), a family of highly resistant…
From studying chromosomes, to analyzing blood and tissue samples, to detecting precancerous cellular changes…the people who work in medical labs are dedicated and highly skilled healthcare professionals. Medical Laboratory Technologists, Genetics Technologists and Cytotechnologists are all part of the field of applied health sciences that make up the medical laboratory sciences professions. They work behind…
