New Straits Times
10-04-2009
PTPL charts path to career in health sciences
Edition: New Sunday Times
Section: Learning Curve
Memo: Excellence in education
PTPL Group of Colleges offers the Diploma in Medical Laboratory Technology (DMLT) programme for students who prefer a career in the health sciences.
PTPL's focus on disciplines related to the health sciences is in line with its mission to produce employable graduates who meet the industry's need for quality human capital.
DMLT, which is a three-year course, aims to produce medical laboratory technologists who will provide support and assistance in the area of health sciences.
One of their major roles is assisting doctors in diagnosing and identifying patients' illnesses.
This is a very crucial stage as the diagnoses will form the basis for doctors to prescribe effective medications.
It is also important to ensure that diseases can be contained and controlled from being contracted by others. A student studying to be a medical laboratory technologist is expected to master five major subjects, namely, chemical pathology, medical microbiology and immunology, cytology, medical parasitological and hematology.
DMLT students are trained to conduct experiments on patients' samples such as pus, sputum, urine, faeces, blood and cerebrospinal fluids.
Graduates may also play roles as research assistants or medical laboratory technologists.
Moreover, a promising future for further studies awaits them as they are eligible to study for a degree in areas related to the health sciences.
Among the degree courses they can enrol in are biomedicine, bioinformatics, food technology, biotechnology and microbiology.
They are also eligible to further their studies in medicine, dentistry or pharmacy.
This is parallel to the government's focus to increase the number of professionals in the field of health sciences.
Many students have found their progression to the Management and Science University (MSU) extremely advantageous.
Graduates from PTPL's DMLT will have the option of studying programmes offered under the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences.
At MSU, students will be exposed to many opportunities that will raise their competency through lecture series, visiting professors and industrial visits. Another opportunity for PTPL students is the progression to MBBS programme through MSU's International Medical School in Bangalore, India.
Alternatively, graduates have the opportunity to further their studies in various disciplines through the International Students Exchange Programme (ISEP).
There are over 40 universities from Asean, Australia, the United Kingdom, the United States, India, the Czech Republic, Poland, Japan, New Zealand and South Africa which are in the ISEP list.
For more information on PTPL Group of Colleges, call 03-55136688 or type INFOPTPL <space> name <space> email and sent to 013-2433677 / 017-399 3034 or 016-630 8966.
(Copyright 2009)
