CURRICULUM MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY
A. BSMT or BSMLS
- One of the allied health programs
- A 4-year program consisting of general education (minor
subjects) and professional courses (major subjects) that
student must complete in the 3 years
- The 4th year is internship training in an accredited training
laboratory affiliated with the college department
B. CMO 13 SERIES OF 2017
 CHED memo order that consist of the policies standards and
guidelines for BSMT/BSMLS as a guide to intuition offering
this program.
 Consist of:
o Goals Program Outcomes
o General Performance Indicators
o Minimum courses offerings
o General Core Courses
o Professional Courses with units
 Compliant with the K to 12 Curriculum education
C. PRESCIRBED MINIMUM NUMBER OF UNITS/COURSE
- 1 unit laboratory = 3 hours - 18 weeks = 56 hours/semester
- 1 unit lecture = 1 hour
- Policy on Pre-requisites – must be aware of the subjects or
courses he or she needs to take to move to the next subject
D. GENERAL EDUCATION COURSES
- Course aim to develop foundation, knowledge, skills, values,
and habits necessary for students to succeed
- Contribute to the diversity of culture, gain a bigger
perspective of living with others, to respect differences in
opinions, realize and accept weaknesses and improve, and
further hone themselves
E. GENERAL COURSES IN CMO
 Understanding Self
 Reading in the Philippine History
 Contemporary World
 Mathematics in the Modern World
 Purposive Communication
 The Life and Works of Rizal
 Science Technology and Society
 Arts Appreciation
 Ethics
F. PROFESSIONAL COURSES
- To develop the knowledge and technical skills, professional
attitudes, and values necessary to practice and meet the
demands of the professions
- It entails critical thinking skills, decision making, interpersonal
skills, collaboration and team works
1. PRINCIPLES OF MEDICAL LABORATORY SCIENCE 1
- The course tackles principles related to medical technology
profession with emphasis
- On the curriculum practice of the profession, clinical
laboratories, continuing professional education, biosafety
practices, and waste management
2. PRINCIPLES OF MEDICAL LABORATORY SCIENCE 1
- Deals with the different assays, concepts and principles, and
standard procedures in blood collection, transport, and
processing
- Involves the study of pre-analytic, analytic, and post analytic
variables that affects results.
3. COMMUNITY AND PUBLIC HEALTH
- Foundation of community health that includes human ecology,
epidemiology, demography, emphasize promotion of
community, immersion, and interaction of students in the
community
 11. LABORATORY MANAGEMENT
4. CYTOGENETICS
- The process flow in the laboratory, management process
- Study the concepts and principles of heredity and inheritance
which includes (????) but not limited to: planning, organizing,
which indulge genetic phenomena, sex determination, and
staffing, etc.
genetic defects
- Emphasis on the analysis of nucleic acids 12. CLINICAL CHEMISTRY
- Glucose – diabetes
5. HUMAN HISTOLOY
- Cholesterol – high blood pressure
- Study of fundamental cells, tissue, and organs with emphasis
- Creatinine – if high in creatinine there might be a problem in
in microscopic identification, characteristic and function
kidney or kidney failure
- Identification and mount of cells that makes the system in the
- Bua
body
- Bun
6. HISTOPATHOLOGY TECHNIQUE WITH CYTOLOGY - Electrolyte
- Concepts and principles of disease process includes tissue
13. HEMATOLOGY
processing, cutting of processed tissue, staining, mounting,
- Study the blood cells and its functions
performance of biosafety and waste management
- Test in relation to disease
7. CLINICAL BACTERIOLOGY
14. BLOOD BANKING OR IMMUNO HEMATOLOGY
- Preparation of culture media
- Study of blood groups and crossmatching
- Collection of specimens
- Blood donation
- Inoculation and stain
15. ANALYSIS OF URINE AND OTHER BODY FLUIDS
8. IMMUNOLOGY AND SEROLOGY
- Study of the kidney and the formation of urine
- Study of antigen and antibody reaction
- Different test associated with disease
- Test to determine or identify
- Study of other fluids in our body
- Special area in the laboratory use in the diagnosis of
infectious agents 16. CLINICAL INTERNSHIP
- Last year of BMLS/BSMT
9. MYCOLOGY AND VIROLOGY
- Only if completed all the academic requirements from 1st year
- Study of mycology (fungi)
to 3rd year as prescribed by the institution.
- Study of virology (virus)
- Required to undergo physical examination not limited to CBC,
- Groupings, characteristic in correlation to disease formation
RT. Urine, RT. Stool, proof of vaccination, and hepatitis virus
10. CLINICALPARASITOLOGY - Assignment to CHED accredited clinical laboratories
- Study of parasites – ex. Taenia, ascaris - 6 months to 1 year training
- Tackles about the common names of parasites, their habitats, - Require to render 32 hours of duty per week not exceeding in
life cycle 1664 hours in a year, which includes:
- Identify the infective stages o Section:
- Discuss the prevention and treatment  Clinical Chemistry – 300 hours
 Blood Banking and CM and Parasitology – 200 hours
 Clinical Micro – 300 hours is biological issue that is
against Hippocratic Oath and the Bible
 Phlebotomy – 54 hours
G. LICENSURE EXAMINATION
 Identify graduates possess the basic skills and technical
competencies to perform with minimum errors
 PRC – GOVT agency to ADMINISTER THE BOARD EXAM
 PRB – prepares and administer the written board exam

H. SCOPE OF THE BOARD EXAM (BASED ON THE MEDICAL

TECHNOLOGY ACT OF 1969)
 Clinical Chemistry – 20%
 Microbiology and Parasitology – 20%
 Hematology – 20%
 Blood Banking and Immunology and Serology – 20%
 Clinical Microscopy – 10%
 Histopathology and Laboratory Management – 10%

I. TO PASS THE EXAMINATION

 Examinee must obtain a GWA of 75%
 No ratings below 50%
 Pass 60% of the major courses
 21 years old
 3 times failure will lead to refresher course (uulit ka from 1st
year)
 70 – 74.9 apply for license Medical Laboratory Technician