What it means to become a medical technologist?
Phrases like "We work behind the scenes." and "Unsung heroes" are common among us, medical technologists. Why? Few people knows about what being, or what it is to become a "Med Tech" We are often mistaken as Nurses or even Doctors; it can't be helped most people only know this two and even I before taking up this course, admit that I am unaware of what or who Medical Technologists were. As we continue this road we were taking up as Medical Technologist, we'd be getting used to identifying ourselves as "blood extractors" Yes, we collect blood from the patient and test it. We test it and the result will be interpreted by the doctors to help in the diagnosis of the patient. So what makes us so important? Laboratory examinations are first given when the doctor wants to confirm regarding the patient's situation, mostly when a patient has a fever and other cases. Meaning if you as a med tech where a keen listener to your professor or if ...