Inside February 22, 2005's Issue

Board of Regents imposes new exemption rules for Regents' Test

'SMP' wins 19 awards from State Press Assoc.

Cultural Awareness Society plans trips

Deadline for Bahamas trip fast approaching

Peer educators plan to poll students on alcohol/drug use

Financial aid refunds sent later than many colleges'

Maymester and summer student advising and class registration to begin soon

FC/Darton College medical lab tech student scores high

By Amy Waters
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Assistant Editor

Stephanie Beauregard, a student in the collaborative Georgia Highlands College/Darton College medical lab technology program, recently made the highest score of any MLT graduate in Darton College's history on the American Society for Clinical Pathology board exams.

The MLT boards are given by the American Society for Clinical Pathology and the test certifies that individuals are knowledgeable enough to perform medical laboratory work, according to www.ascp.org.

Passing this test is required before a graduate can actually work in the medical lab technology field.

"Georgia Highlands College offering this online program gave me the opportunity to pursue a degree that otherwise I would not have been able to pursue," said Beauregard. She went on to add that the instructors here at Floyd and at Darton were excellent. "They were very knowledgeable and helpful."

Scoring the test is very complex, according to Shannon Collins, clinical director of medical lab technology, because each question is weighted based on its difficulty. Collins went on to say, "A minimum score of 400 is required to pass. Stephanie more than doubled that."

The two-year associate's degree program is a joint partnership with Darton College in Albany, Ga. The program allows students to take core classes and medical lab technology labs here at Georgia Highlands College while taking medical lab technology online lecture courses through Darton College.

Students interested in finding out more information about the MLT program may contact Collins at (706) 368-7763 or at [email protected].

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