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PHLEBOTOMY TECHNICIAN
TECHNICAL LIMITED ENROLLMENT
Contact Persons: Angela Uhlich • Jack Science Center 220
224-5669 or 323-5482 • Angela.Uhlich@bismarckstate.edu
Cathy Janikowski • Jack Science Center 220 • 224-2485
Catherine.Janikowski@bismarckstate.edu
The mission of the Bismarck State College Phlebotomy Technician (PBT) program is to provide high quality learning centered education in phlebotomy theory and practice that maximizes student learning and makes students partners in their education. Phlebotomy is the skill of drawing blood for diagnostic purposes. BSC's PBT program will provide students with the most comprehensive training possible to keep up with the demands of a rapidly changing health care environment.
Students who successfully complete the two-semester program will earn a program certificate and be qualified to take a national certification exam.
The demand for certified phlebotomists is increasing. Medical laboratories in many states now require phlebotomists to possess a certificate of completion from a nationally-approved and recognized program. Reasons include the steadily increasing numbers of diagnostic tests available to physicians, the growth in technology, and recent changes in the scope of phlebotomy practice itself. Blood-drawing was the domain of medical laboratory scientists and medical laboratory technicians 20 years ago. Phlebotomy is now a profession in its own right. This practice allows medical lab scientists and technicians to work more exclusively with the diagnostic procedures of laboratory medicine.
The tasks of phlebotomists today go beyond drawing blood, however. They are also required to interpret physician's orders, use computers to enter patient demographics and send reports, process specimens and perform point-of-care test procedures in some facilities. BSC has offered a phlebotomy lecture/student lab course for many years. This program consists of one semester of courses at BSC, plus a four-week clinical rotation at one of the laboratories of the Q&R Clinic/ Medcenter One Health Systems in Bismarck, Mandan, or Dickinson, or at Mid-Dakota Clinic and St. Alexius Medical Center in Bismarck.
The phlebotomy technician program has a limited enrollment of ten students per year. Selection depends upon early date of application as well as academic preparation. This is a demanding program. Successful students are those who are highly disciplined, self-motivated, self-reliant and capable of working independently.
Application deadline is May 1 for the fall semester and Oct. 1 for the spring semester. An interview is required prior to acceptance into the program.
BSC's Phlebotomy Technician program is approved by the National Accrediting Agency for Clinical Laboratory Science, 5600 N. River Road, Suite 720, Rosemont, IL 60018-5119. Phone: 773-714-8880.
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Phlebotomy Technician Curriculum (document)
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Phlebotomy Technician Curriculum
Fact Sheet - Medical Lab (document)
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Fact Sheet - Medical Lab
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