Program mission:
Prepare highly efficient and skillful laboratory practitioners through distinctive academic environment, innovative scientific research and community-based initiatives and partnerships to tackle community health problems.
Program Goals:
1. To provide the public and private sectors with well-trained, qualified skillful professionals in medical laboratory sciences.
2. To participate in solving community health problems through innovative scientific research.
3. To actively participate in community-based initiatives and partnerships.
4. To promote professional values and ethics in medical laboratory practice.
5. To participate in the attainment of the education and health aspects of the kingdom’s 2030 vision.
Program Values:
Competence: Emphasize the importance of strong technical skills, knowledge, and the ability to perform laboratory tests accurately and efficiently.
Accountability: Instill a sense of responsibility for one's actions and decisions in the laboratory
Respect: Promote respect for patients, colleagues, and oneself
Ethical practice: Focus on the importance of ethical conduct in all aspects of medical laboratory work.
Program Learning Outcomes:
Knowledge and Understanding:
K1 Define terminologies, abbreviations, and symbols used in medical laboratory science.
K2 Demonstrate knowledge of the basic principles and concepts of human body and diseases
relevant to medical laboratory sciences.
K3 Discuss the concepts of quality assurance and schemes for disease diagnosis.
K4 Describe the most appropriate laboratory methods and apparatus on scientific bases.
Skills:
S1 Perform full range of clinical laboratory tests with accuracy and precision.
S2 Analyze and interpret medical data of different laboratory tests.
S3 Combine the professional concepts and scientific research skills to solve health problems.
S4 Apply safety measures in laboratory practice.
Values, Autonomy, and Responsibility:
V1 Exhibit a sense of commitment towards the ethical and human aspect of the disease diagnosis process.
V2 Appreciate the need for research to develop knowledge on health and healthcare issues
V3 Display professional conduct and team spirit.
V4 Demonstrate an inclination towards lifelong learning.
Program Graduate Attributes:
1. Competent health service provider.
2. Critical thinker, with problem-solving abilities.
3. Ethics-abiding practitioner.
4. Collaborative team working in the field of medical laboratory sciences.
5. Inspiring leader in the field of medical laboratory sciences.
6. Lifelong learner capable of coping with advancements in the field.
7. Innovative researcher in medical sciences.