Department of Medical Laboratory Technology

• To monitor overall progress of students during his/her graduation.
• To improve presentation skills, overall communication skills, confidence and leadership qualities.
• To improve academic performance of students.
• To ensure the completion of syllabus according to the academic planner
• Plans:
  • To focus on upgrading teaching learning techniques and research activity.
  • To motivate final year students for
    • Paper/poster presentation, project work etc.
    • Extension activities.
• Through the mentorship program the teacher identifies slow learners and advanced learners where they maintain and monitor the overall growth of the student.
• Parents are informed regarding attendance & sessional marks of their ward.
• Frequent assignment, tests and seminars are conducted to improve students' performance in examination.
• The syllabus is completed two months prior to university examination and this saved period is used for university examination preparation.
• Practice of advanced teaching techniques (Projector, Nuelearn)

Research Thrust Areas

• Quality control in laboratory.
• Parameters in laboratory.
• Laboratory safety guidelines.
• Study of pre-analytical and post-analytical errors in laboratory.
• Blood transfusion and Immuno haematology.
• Quality analysis of components in blood bank.
• Evaluation of current laboratory techniques

Services

Daily two hours postings in the following laboratories:

• Sample Collection
• Blood Bank
• Biochemistry Clinical Laboratory
• Microbiology Clinical Laboratory
• Haematology Clinical Laboratory
• Histopathology Clinical Laboratory

Interns are posted for six months in different sections of laboratory during compulsory rotatory internship.

Students also attend various camps organized by the institution.

Achievements

The Department has collaborated on many extramural/Nitte University-funded research projects