Cytotechnologist

Duties and responsibilities: Cytotechnologists are laboratory professionals who study cells and cellular anomalies. Using a microscope, they examine slides of human cells for any indication that a cell is abnormal and/or diseased (i.e., cancerous or precancerous lesions, infectious agents or inflammatory processes).Cytotechnologists often plays a crucial role in helping patients to recover from illness by identifying a disease while it is still at a treatable stage.

Salary: average salary of $61,235

Education: To become a cytotechnologist, you must hold a baccalaureate degree from an accredited college/university, and you must graduate from an accredited cytotechnologist program. In general, cytotechnologist programs require at least 28 credits of science, including chemistry and biology.

Although the length of each program depends significantly on its organizational structure, most cytotechnologist programs involve at least one calendar year of formal instruction. The course of study will include:

·       Mathematics and/or statistics

·       Scientific method of inquiry

·       Laboratory operations

·       Basic laboratory techniques

·       Cytologic procedures/technologies

·       Ancillary testing and related technologies

·       Screening and interpretation

·       Professional development

After completing the program, graduates have the knowledge and skills to evaluate a wide variety of cytologic preparations. However, to become a certified cytotechnologist, graduates must also take a certification examination.

Reflection: I would like to be a Cytotechnologists because I think is a very interesting job and I really love working with cells I love biology and I would like to be one, they are responsible to found a disease from looking at human cells and comparing and see what’s happening in their body so I would like to be a Cytotechnologists