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JMD 2000, Vol. 2, No. 4
Copyright © 2000 American Society for Investigative Pathology & Association for Molecular Pathology

Special Article

The Development of a Post-Baccalaureate Certificate Program in Molecular Diagnostics

Gail S. Williams, Judith D. Brown and Martha B. Keagle

From the Diagnostic Genetic Sciences Program, School of Allied Health, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut

A post-baccalaureate certificate program in diagnostic molecular sciences was created in 1995 by the Diagnostic Genetic Sciences Program in the School of Allied Health at the University of Connecticut. The required on-campus lecture and laboratory courses include basic laboratory techniques, health care issues, cell biology, immunology, human genetics, research, management, and molecular diagnostic techniques and laboratory in molecular diagnostics. These courses precede a 6-month, full-time practicum at an affiliated full-service molecular laboratory. The practicum includes amplification and blotting methods, a research project, and a choice of specialized electives including DNA sequencing, mutagenesis, in situ hybridization methods, or molecular diagnostic applications in microbiology. Graduates of the program are immediately eligible to sit for the National Credentialing Agency examination in molecular biology to obtain the credential Clinical Laboratory Specialist in Molecular Biology (CLSp(MB). This description of the University of Connecticut program may assist other laboratory science programs in creating similar curricula.






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