Department of Medical Laboratories Techniques

 Vision

Meeting the community’s need for specialized staff to support various health, research and educational institutions, in addition to investing the qualifications of faculty members and students in initial and higher theoretical and applied scientific research and studies, as well as training, awareness and health and scientific mobilization within future foundations that are in line with modern developments by acquiring high technical and professional expertise and harnessing it scientifically and academically according to an advanced methodological perspective.

Message

Preparing specialized staff with scientific specifications and modern technical standards to work in various health and research institutions, as well as supporting the private sector, providing the best services and developing the faculty staff and student in the fields of scientific and cognitive research, creating postgraduate studies and providing services to the community, and expanding the horizons of scientific cooperation with related counterpart departments to achieve integration.

Objectives

1. Preparing distinguished human resources academically, professionally and ethically in developing the educational process.

2. Obtaining the highest levels of quality in education in line with the health agency’s needs.

3. Preparing scientific researches that contribute to solving medical problems.

A Brief History

In 1980, the Department of Medical Laboratory Techniques was inaugurated at the Technical Institute in Mosul to serve as a scientific, cultural, and intellectual centre that enriches the community with proficient graduates and meets the community’s needs for medical specialties. The department also provides services through its advisory and scientific office and the mechanism of cooperation with the Technical Institute in Mosul. Additionally, it serves the community by organizing scientific courses for various segments of society.

Graduate description

The graduate is qualified to carry out the following work:

1- Performing laboratory work related to isolating, staining, and examining germs.

2- It prepares and sterilizes all agricultural media and checks food for any contamination.

3- Performing all blood analyzes and checks.

4- performing urine and various body fluids (knee fluids, spinal fluid, sputum, semen)

5- preparing tissue slides for different parts of the body and preparing them for examination.

6- Preparing all laboratory solutions.

7- Operating and maintaining medical laboratory equipment used in the pathological analysis.