Doctorate of Clinical Laboratory Sciences
Curriculum
The Doctorate program is a 75-credit online degree for medical laboratory professionals who hold a baccalaureate degree and are certified to practice clinical laboratory sciences. The program is designed for practicing professionals who want to advance their knowledge and skills in the clinical laboratory sciences and develop new proficiencies needed to meet the challenges of a changing profession.
The program will develop an individual's ability in management skills, correlating current techniques with potential new techniques, validating new procedures, and conducting basic research within the clinical laboratory aimed at improving the delivery of clinical laboratory services. This degree track can also be taken on-campus/distance and completed either full or part time. Upon completion of this program, the individual would be awarded the Doctorate of Science in Clinical Laboratory Science degree from the University of Texas Medical Branch.
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Total Credit Hours: 75
| Semester | Course | Title | Credits |
|---|
| Fall I | CLLS 6301 | Introduction to Health Assessment | 3 |
| Fall I | CLLS 5350 | Hematopathology | 3 |
| Fall I | CLLS 6351 | Pathophysiology | 3 |
| Total: 9 |
| Spring I | CLLS 6352 | Pharmacology | 3 |
| Spring I | CLLS 5314 | Advanced Clinical Chemistry/Toxicology | 3 |
| Spring I | MSHP 5302 | Intro to Scientific Writing | 3 |
| Total: 9 |
| Summer I | CLLS 5312 | Evidence Based Lab Medicine | 3 |
| Summer I | CLLS 6130 | DCLS Seminar I | 1 |
| Summer I | CLLS 6341 | DCLS Clinical I | 3 |
| Total: 7 |
| Fall II | CLLS 5319 | Biostatistics | 3 |
| Fall II | CLLS 6315 | Clinical Immunology and Transfusion | 3 |
| Fall II | CLLS 5325 | Advanced Microbiology/Infectious Disease | 3 |
| Total: 9 |
| Spring II | CLLS 6320 | Introduction to Epidemiology | 3 |
| Spring II | CLLS 6348 | Advanced Topics in Molecular Diagnosis | 3 |
| Spring II | CLLS 5320 | Laboratory Management | 3 |
| Total: 9 |
| Summer II | CLLS 6302 | Evidence Based Practice | 3 |
| Summer II | CLLS 6131 | DCLS Seminar 2 | 1 |
| Summer II | CLLS 6342 | DCLS Clinical 2 | 3 |
| Total: 7 |
| Fall III | CLLS 6305 | Quality Systems, Patient Safety and Medical Error Prevention | 3 |
| Fall III | CLLS 6306 | Diagnostic Algorithms | 3 |
| Fall III | CLLS 6371 | DCLS Project I (Question development) | 3 |
| Total: 9 |
| Spring III | CLLS 6072 | DCLS Project II (Data Collection/Evaluation) | 3 |
| Spring III | CLLS 6343 | DCLS Clinical 3 | 3 |
| Spring III | CLLS 63XX | Elective | 3 |
| Total: 9 |
| Summer III | CLLS 6073 | DCLS Project III (Final Defense/Presentation) | 3 |
| Summer III | CLLS 6132 | DCLS Seminar | 1 |
| Summer III | CLLS 6344 | DCLS Clinical 4 | 3 |
| Total: 7 |
Electives
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| Course | Title | Credits |
|---|
| MSHP 5301 | Medical Ethics | 3 |
| MSHP 5303 | Health Care Policy | 3 |
| MSHP 5310 | Human Resources and Leadership | 3 |
| MSHP 5311 | Management of Health Information | 3 |
| MSHP 5312 | Financing Health Care | 3 |
| MSHP 5313 | Quality Assurance and Risk Management | 3 |
| MSHP 5314 | Management in Health Care | 3 |
| MSHP 5315 | U.S. Health Care System | 3 |
| MSHP 5316 | Introduction to Community and Public Health | 3 |
| MSHP 5320 | Developing Education Materials | 3 |
| MSHP 5321 | Classroom Technology | 3 |
| MSHP 5322 | Education Laboratory and Critical | 3 |
| CLLS 5341 | Global Health | 3 |
| CLLS 6050 | Interventional Research | 1 |
| CLLS 6330 | Survey Design | 3 |
| CLLS 6309 | Global Health Internship | 3 |