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Histology Technician

ASSOCIATE IN APPLIED SCIENCE - TRANSFER DEGREE
Clover Park Technical College, Tacoma, Washington
253-589-4526

Trains the student to prepare thin sections of human tissue for microscopic examination.

The program is intended to prepare students for entry level employment as histology technicians in clinical, veterinary, and research laboratories. It also serves as a pathway for career advancement and specialized areas in the histotechnology profession.

The program stresses practical application and the development of job skills as well as histotechnology theory.

The program is designed to enhance the ability of students to reason, understand, and apply correct principles of histotechnology by teaching analytical and critical thinking skills. This course prepares students to sit for the National Board Certification Exam.

The program will be available to new entrants into the field as well as incumbent workers who have not had the advantage of receiving a strong theoretical foundation. Student will be involved in classroom/lab work for the first three quarters of the program with the remaining time spent in a clinical rotation.

This program is approximately four quarters in length, depending on the time students need to satisfactorily complete all graduation requirements.

Each student is required to carry personal health/medical insurance throughout their clinical rotations. Quarterly based insurance for students may be purchased; further information is available through the counseling office. No student will be allowed at clinical site without proof of insurance.

Prerequisites: Successful completion of Chemistry 101, MATH 99; Biology 101, and English 101 before entrance into the program.

In order to participate in the clinical aspect of the program students must receive a “No Record On File” report from the Washington State Patrol, related to Crimes Against Persons, obtain CPR certification and students must have current immunizations or laboratory verification of immune status. This could include, but is not limited to, Hepatitis B series, Tetanus/Diphtheria, Tuberculosis Test, Measles/ Mumps/Rubella, and Varicella as required by contracts with clinical facilities and CDC recommendations. Proof of immunizations is required by the last day of class in Fall Quarter without exception.

AAS-T Degree General Education Requirements (20 credits): All AAS-T degrees must have a minimum of 20 credits of transferable general education. These credits replace the academic courses required for the AAT degree. Required credits include: 5 credits in English composition: ENGL 101; 5 credits in quantitative reasoning: MATH 141, MATH 142, MATH 146 or MATH 151; 10 credits in social science, humanities or science: (choose two from the following) PSYC 100, PSYC 200, PSY 210, PSYC 220, SOC 101, ART 101, MUS 105, ASL 121, BIOL 118, BIOL 241, BIOL 242, CHEM 161, CHEM 162, PHYS 121, ECON 101, ECON 201 or ECON 202.

Admission Date: Fall quarter.
The Histology Technician Program is pending NAACLS Accreditation National Accrediting Agency for Clinical Laboratory Sciences
8410 West Bryn Mawr Avenue, Suite 670
Chicago, Illinois 60631-3415
(773)714-8880

AAS-T PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS
BIOL 118 Anatomy & Physiology 5
CAH 102 Medical Terminology 5
CMST 220 Public Speaking 5
ENGL 235 Technical Writing 5
HISTO 105 Orientation to the Histology Laboratory 2
HISTO 110 Histotechnology I 10
HISTO 115 Histotechnology Lab I 5
HISTO 120 Histotechnology II 10
HISTO 125 Histotechnology Lab II 5
HISTO 130 Math Applications for Histology 3
HISTO 135 Histotechnology III 10
HISTO 140 Histotechnology Lab III 5
HISTO 145 Immunohistochemistry 5
HISTO 150 Histology Internship 10
HISTO 160 Histology Seminar 5
MATH 141 Precalculus I 5
PSYC 100 General Psychology 5
TOTAL CREDITS FOR COMPLETION 100

Be a Histology Technician

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Update Letter from Clover Park Histology Technician Program

Hello Histology friends,

The Histology Technician program at Clover Park Technical College is off to new start this year. We are currently in the first quarter of our 2008-2009 academic year and are pleased that we are training six new students to enter the histology field. The students are very driven and eager to succeed in the field and are displaying great skills in fixation, processing, microtomy, embedding and tissue identification.

They are looking forward to moving on to many chapters of special staining, frozen sectioning, and IHC in the quarters to come as well as continuing to increase their previously learned skills.

The students will enter their internships in the summer quarter and will begin looking for employment at the end of August. Please welcome them into the histology world.

The 2007-2008 students are gainfully employed in various laboratories in Washington, Idaho and Arizona. Several of them have already taken the ASCP certification exam. All of those who have taken the exam have passed! And we are proud to be maintaining a 100% passing rate to date. Congratulations to those students and we are wishing the best for those who will be taking the exam in the near future.

As the Instructor of the program, I encourage students to be active in the histology societies, both nationally and locally. The current students are in the process of completing a taxing assignment of writing a paper on Volunteering in those societies. As part of this assignment they are locating volunteers to interview. So, if you are a volunteer don’t be surprised to hear from them!
Overall, the CPTC Histology students both present and past are experiencing great rewards and the college, the students’ employers and myself are very proud of them.

Sincerely,
Rebecca Haggerty
Clover Park Technical College
Histology Technician Instructor