Medical Lab Tech Pros/Cons/ Lab Tour

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  • čas přidán 7. 09. 2024
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Komentáře • 82

  • @coffeepandacat
    @coffeepandacat Před 2 lety +38

    People need to talk about this field more, theres not enough grads coming out of school. Nurses and MDs have the prestige, but I don't even know about nursing anymore. People are leaving in the droves. Plus it just sounds like grueling, horrible work. YES TO MLS. 🌸✨

  • @DeliaLange
    @DeliaLange Před 2 lety +12

    Hey Dereka, i'm currently a highschooler in my senior year and i was so glad when you said it's a female dominant career! I just feel way more comfortable around women as a gay person than i would around other men.

  • @glorfindelchocolateflowery6392

    Thank you for putting so much actual information in your videos unlike most people. I do have a question why is it that hospitals always complain about not having employees but they never hire anyone?

  • @ariel0784
    @ariel0784 Před 3 lety +14

    been all over the board about obtaining my career (im 24 now 😭) and i think im going to look back into MLS! 😊

  • @twokyumsdaddy
    @twokyumsdaddy Před 2 lety +4

    It's fun! I agree with you 100% because I'm a medical lab tech in South Korea. Especially I have to request nurses to recollect blood samples everyday and they don't understand they didn't collect correctly the sample.

  • @mrsmomcat
    @mrsmomcat Před 3 lety +7

    Thanks for this video! I really like the way you started with the cons. It’s good to not give a sugar coated impression.

  • @lillieward4528
    @lillieward4528 Před 4 měsíci

    This is one of the most breathtaking labs I’ve ever seen💙🥼🔬

  • @MrHank701
    @MrHank701 Před 3 lety +6

    I really like your videos. I like chemistry and blood bank the best. I am a traveling MLT too!

  • @pipcheerio4054
    @pipcheerio4054 Před 3 lety +8

    Thanks for making this video! I’m a college student interested in working in the medical lab

    • @derekaray
      @derekaray  Před 3 lety +1

      Thanks for watching!!And I’m glad this video helps😊

  • @euxfelssunz3652
    @euxfelssunz3652 Před měsícem

    Thanks for making this video. I heard about this career not long ago but feel like not many people know about this so thanks for sharing this

  • @justme8201
    @justme8201 Před 3 lety +4

    Hello I'm a Phlebotomist and I'm preparing to apply for the fall program for CLT/MLT. Thanks for the video👍🏾

  • @aja4221
    @aja4221 Před 2 lety +3

    Hi Dereka, love your videos and channel. Currently finishing up my MLT program and I’m super excited to be a MLT!! from Toronto, Canada 🇨🇦

    • @bukolaadefuke5115
      @bukolaadefuke5115 Před rokem +1

      Hello, thinking of going into this program. How has been life after graduation? Is it easy to get job

    • @folasadegf
      @folasadegf Před 3 měsíci

      Yeah what bro sayd

    • @folasadegf
      @folasadegf Před 3 měsíci

      Do you enjoy it?

  • @morganramey7641
    @morganramey7641 Před 8 měsíci

    Just finished my first semester for CLT! Thank you so much for your video!

  • @sudhanshutripathi9327
    @sudhanshutripathi9327 Před 3 lety +2

    Hi dear.
    I am also Lab technician from India.
    Nice to see u

  • @rahmanmadison4967
    @rahmanmadison4967 Před 2 lety +3

    Hi Dereka! I'm digging your videos,I was offered a Medical Lab Support Tech I position in a hospital,I start in 2 wks😁

  • @kenyaorr266
    @kenyaorr266 Před 2 lety +1

    I graduate next year and I’m super excited your motivating me to finish !!!!!

    • @alfredoloo2489
      @alfredoloo2489 Před 2 lety

      Can you please get in touch? I want to enroll for this program

  • @7ab3tha
    @7ab3tha Před 3 lety +1

    Thank you for these videos. I'm going to be applying to the mlt program this fall.

  • @cynthiaouthone6540
    @cynthiaouthone6540 Před 3 lety +1

    So so thankful for you and your channel! 🙌🏻 I can’t wait to finish school to be an MLT. I also am your 1,000th subscriber! 🥰

    • @alfredoloo2489
      @alfredoloo2489 Před 2 lety

      Did you ever finish your program in mlt? I need more details

  • @user-gc4yz7hs2b
    @user-gc4yz7hs2b Před 5 měsíci +1

    I am in nursing school first semester and I have anxiety every morning when I have to take my exams. I am just dreading nursing school and just not very into patient care and just the whole nursing duties I can't imagine myself doing. I Just don't know if I am making a mistake to push through it or should I just withdraw at this point. I love learning about the cells and just being able to have my own space when it comes to nursing its big on team collab.
    can someone please give an advice suggestion . I am not getting any younger an do not want to waste anymore time .

  • @bridget2028
    @bridget2028 Před 3 lety +8

    You missed one con. The pay is low compared to the workload like rn. Been doing this over 11yrs.

    • @MedTechTravelWithTiff
      @MedTechTravelWithTiff Před 2 lety +5

      Depends where you live and work honestly. We can make 6 figures in this field in NY!!

    • @coffeepandacat
      @coffeepandacat Před 2 lety

      If you live somewhere like South Dakota, you'll be stuck at $17 an hour forever. Move or change jobs.

  • @MoonArrowTarot
    @MoonArrowTarot Před 6 měsíci

    Thanks so much for your informative videos! The Q & A one was extremely helpful too :) I'm just beginning my schooling for MLT and I really wish as an introvert I had known about this career sooner (like decades sooner). I'm curious how you got into traveling MLT?? Did you work/gain experience somewhere first before taking a position like that or was that your first job as an MLT? Thanks!

  • @Katina1409
    @Katina1409 Před 3 lety +1

    Great video and Thank you I’m a really interested in MLT career and trying to go back to college. Do you have any tips on MLT medical terminology study guides?

  • @haninDaline87
    @haninDaline87 Před 2 lety +2

    Please if someone is studying MLT to tell us about the journey if it’s exciting or boring, what do you know about it, do they pay good, I have just started it, but I don’t know where’s this taking me I don’t know if I will like it or not

  • @AmberlyKay
    @AmberlyKay Před 2 lety +2

    I jus had my interview today with being a lab assistant 😊

  • @queengyi8324
    @queengyi8324 Před 2 lety

    I decide to study MLT program. Thanks for mention the pro n cons of this career

  • @zakiyah.aamani
    @zakiyah.aamani Před 2 lety

    Hey idk if you’re still making videos but if you are can you do one on how you took notes and how you prepared for tests and things like that.

  • @estelamino6356
    @estelamino6356 Před 3 měsíci

    Thanks for sharing. Please talk a about LACE..is mandatory r license .???

  • @lupitacarrillo9761
    @lupitacarrillo9761 Před 3 lety +1

    Thank you for this video
    Very helpful 🥰👍

  • @estelamino6356
    @estelamino6356 Před rokem

    THANKS for sharing

  • @SuzieQ90
    @SuzieQ90 Před rokem

    Love this u Keep it 100%

  • @queengyi8324
    @queengyi8324 Před 2 lety +1

    I like ur video. Do u have to perform phelmbotomy as MLT at your hospital. I asked some MLT that some said not at all. How is urs??

  • @yamankahamba287
    @yamankahamba287 Před rokem +1

    IS m'y career in Africa if America i m the difficult to connu m'y career lab technicien. Can you hep me?

  • @SamuraiMight
    @SamuraiMight Před 3 lety +4

    Since it is a female dominant career, will I have trouble getting or keeping a job as a male?

    • @rahmanmadison4967
      @rahmanmadison4967 Před 2 lety +1

      I don't think it should matter,it depends on your background an experience I was offered a MLT I position,I start in 2 weeks😁

    • @MedTechTravelWithTiff
      @MedTechTravelWithTiff Před 2 lety +1

      Most likely No. The field is heavily in depend. I’m sure any facility would be glad to have you!

    • @coffeepandacat
      @coffeepandacat Před 2 lety +1

      No of course not

  • @haninDaline87
    @haninDaline87 Před 2 lety +1

    Oh my goodness, don’t tell me about that rudeness, I’ve dealt with a lot of drama and I really don’t want to have it anymore, I had enough.

  • @nari_the_corpse6681
    @nari_the_corpse6681 Před rokem

    How easy would you say it is to obtain a bachelors after this and get a job with the CDC as an environmental micro biologist?

  • @NenaaThuggin
    @NenaaThuggin Před 2 lety +2

    I'm a medical assistant. could I work as a lab assistant?

  • @jacbro33
    @jacbro33 Před měsícem

    So you have a certification?

  • @courtneypine1330
    @courtneypine1330 Před rokem

    Do you do bone marrow transplants or samples too? I just accepted a med tech position and I’ll be drawing labs and doing that with a doctor as well as processing. Looking into my mls now 🙏 hopefully bio and Chem isn’t too hard

    • @derekaray
      @derekaray  Před rokem +1

      Congrats on the new job! Currently no, I do not have to process bone marrow. Every hospital is a little different. Where I work now the phlebotomists collect the bone marrow, the lab techs stain the slides, and the pathologist review the slides.

  • @edwinkenani5712
    @edwinkenani5712 Před rokem +1

    Biochemistry

  • @estelamino6356
    @estelamino6356 Před rokem

    THANKS what about passing ASCPS

  • @lilimartinez908
    @lilimartinez908 Před 2 lety

    Whaaaaat? can you collect Bonet marrows samples?? I'm from Spain and only doctor are cualificated for It. Is It easy? Please Tell me. One kiss for you 🤩

  • @dredheadluna420
    @dredheadluna420 Před rokem

    Would u say this job could be fully automated due to the shortage of students not enrolling in school for this major?

  • @saffrinasaffrina5585
    @saffrinasaffrina5585 Před 2 lety +1

    Seeking a job for lab technician
    B.sc Microbiology DMLT graduate
    How to apply this job

  • @zoobaali1766
    @zoobaali1766 Před 2 lety

    I am short so I think the machines' screens are so high 🤭 should I wear shoes with lifters or they would be nice to lower it for me? Haha

  • @aurorabora4729
    @aurorabora4729 Před 3 lety +4

    Do think most medical lab techs are introverts?

    • @derekaray
      @derekaray  Před 3 lety +2

      No, I have met a lot of very social lab techs!

  • @lilabar5210
    @lilabar5210 Před 3 lety +1

    Hello! Can you recommend a good community college in GA or Atl ? I have been doing my research but I get discouraged when I look at the reviews on line 😔. Thanks

  • @Strider576
    @Strider576 Před 4 měsíci

    How long is schooling? Is it hard work?

  • @aurorabora4729
    @aurorabora4729 Před 3 lety +4

    Do people treat medical lab techs like they are inferior?

    • @derekaray
      @derekaray  Před 3 lety +12

      Unfortunately yes! You will encounter people outside of the lab tend to look down on lab techs. I have experienced this a few times and learned to stand up for myself.

    • @amethyst5393
      @amethyst5393 Před 2 lety +2

      Yes usually it’s the nurses… they feel like your results are wrong because they fell to use the proper collection of the specimens

  • @BMHyoutube1690
    @BMHyoutube1690 Před 3 lety +1

    hello i need help finding a proper school for a two year associates in MLT could anyone recommend what's best. I'm from Chicago having a hard time with this.

    • @Meera436
      @Meera436 Před 3 lety +2

      It helps to go straight to the agency that gives licensure to practice. That way you know the schools program is legitimate. Theres about 8 programs that offer Medical Lab Technician none in Chicago proper but maybe these are close enough to commute to. Good luck! www.naacls.org/Find-a-Program.aspx

    • @BMHyoutube1690
      @BMHyoutube1690 Před 3 lety

      @@Meera436 thank you

    • @mellycarreon4026
      @mellycarreon4026 Před rokem

      Elgin community college

  • @wasanaruwani4540
    @wasanaruwani4540 Před 2 lety +1

    Hello dear good work miss
    And do u knw any medical laboratory technician in malta

  • @UniqueAI1721
    @UniqueAI1721 Před rokem

    Need job in any abroad country as a lab tech

  • @kenyaorr266
    @kenyaorr266 Před 2 lety

    Hey when did you graduate??

  • @queengyi8324
    @queengyi8324 Před 3 lety

    Where do u graduates??

  • @mzcp1503
    @mzcp1503 Před 3 lety

    What makes it so overwhelming?

    • @zoobaali1766
      @zoobaali1766 Před 2 lety +1

      All day you are on your feet, running from an analyser to another ..

  • @psychedelicgirl6060
    @psychedelicgirl6060 Před 3 lety

    How do medical laboratory technicians communicate with doctors, nurses etc ? Is it face to face communication or over the phone ??

    • @amethyst5393
      @amethyst5393 Před 2 lety +1

      Usually over the 📞 phone, unless the nurse needs to come get blood.. the only time they may interact with the doctor is if they come to lab and usually that’s not good.. lol they may had labs pending for a few hours on a critical patient but all in all the phone!!

    • @queengyi8324
      @queengyi8324 Před 2 lety

      MLT have to perform phelmbotomy a lot in the hospital??

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  • @blacksword7900
    @blacksword7900 Před 2 lety +1

    i was wondering what is your email