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Program in Medical Technology

Mission and Goals

Mission and GoalsThe mission of the program in medical technology at West Virginia University is to provide a high-quality educational program leading to a Bachelor of Science degree that prepares medical technologists for their roles as members of the healthcare team in an environment of rapidly changing technology.

The goals of the program are:

  1. to provide a program in medical technology which meets the academic standards of the University;

  2. to provide graduate medical technologists for clinical (both urban and rural) laboratories, public health laboratories, research laboratories, and industry;

  3. to provide an educational background which enables graduates to assume teaching and supervisory positions in medical technology;

  4. to provide an education background acceptable for graduate work in the medical sciences.