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The College of New Caledonia and partners from Northern Health, Prince George Medical Laboratory, the Northern Medical Society, the Northern Medical Program and NAIT are pleased to announce that the Medical Laboratory Technology Diploma Program received approval from the Ministry of Advanced Education and is now running. Our vision is to educate people in the north, to work in northern and rural British Columbia. The CNC program is based on the NAIT Medical Laboratory Technology Program model. The first intake of the program started January 2008 with 18 students.
As of June 2008 the program received approval from the Ministry of Advanced Education to increase the intake from 18 to 24 students and to lengthen the current program from 2 years to 2.5 years. The program matrix and courses are revised and changes were implemented as of January 2009. The program will consist of one and half years (three semesters) of academic studies at the CNC Prince George campus and one-year of clinical education. Clinical placements will be made throughout British Columbia but mainly in northern BC, and will include a rotation of hospital laboratory sites throughout the province of BC.
You can download our brochure to answer most frequently asked questions. Med Lab Bookmark
Program intake for January 2011 applications are being reviewed starting April 1, 2010. Application packages are available at Prince George Campus Admissions office or all three required forms can be downloaded from this site through the Application Package:
CNC General Application for Admission
2012 Application Package (updated 2010/09/23) (Admissions Selection, Career Investigation Report, Self Report on Suitability, etc)
Note: [Updated Dec 17th, 2010] Vancouver General Hospital is having lab tours on February 23rd, 2011 and April 13th, 2011.You must contact Adelina Lim at Adelina.Lim@vch.ca to register for the tour.
The next information session at CNC will be scheduled for the New Year.
Please contact either Sandy Kohorst at 250-561-5830 kohorst@cnc.bc.ca or Vi Tattari at 250-561-5841 tattariv@cnc.bc.ca to reserve your seat.
The CNC Medical Laboratory Technology Science Program, has been granted accreditation status by the Canadian Medical Association as of December 1st, 2009.
For more information, please contact:
CNC Counselling and Advising Department
or
Kathleen Thompson
Program Coordinator
(250) 562-2131 Extension 5645
Chris Taruc
Second Year Practium Supervisor/Instructor
(250) 562-2131 Extension 5402
Patricia Covington
Dean, Health Sciences & Social Services
(250) 561-5841
or 1-800-371-8111 extension 5841
Employers know there is already a shortage of trained Medical Laboratory Technologists in northern B.C. and that shortage will increase with retirements over the next several years. Similar situations exist across Canada, the US and in other countries.
If you are interested in medical laboratory science as a career, please check out these websites:
The Canadian Society for Medical Laboratory Science (CSMLS)
http://www.csmls.org/
The British Columbia Society of Laboratory Science (BCSLS)
http://www.bcsls.net/
Northern Health
http://www.northernhealth.ca/
Service Canada’s Job Futures Information
http://www.jobfutures.ca/noc/3211p2.shtml
CNC Library has created a resources guide for Medical Laboratory Technology at
http://www.cnc.bc.ca/exploring/services/library/infosheets/medlabtech.htm