The clinical laboratory science program offers a four-year theoretical and practical study in the classroom system (eight levels) followed by one year internship program in health services after which the student award a bachelor's degree in clinical laboratory sciences to practice the profession as a laboratory specialist.

1. Clinical Laboratory Science Program

The clinical laboratory science program is one of the most important medical specialties in the medical system. The student in this specialty performs laboratory diagnosis according to the latest laboratory techniques. It is one of the diagnostic methods contributing to clinical diagnosis and contributing to the treatment and prevention of diseases.

2. Clinical laboratory sciences include several different disciplines, which are divided into four main tracks:

A- Medical Microbiology: -

It deals with the study of pathogenic microorganisms, where the student is acquainted with the methods of isolation and identification of these pathogenic microbes and methods of diagnosis, treatment and prevention

B- Clinical Biochemistry:

It is concerned with studying the chemical changes that occur in the human body as a result of diseases by measuring the concentration of different chemicals using the latest methods of measurement and analysis.

C- Hematology and blood transfusion

Hematology is concerned with studying the pathological changes that affect the red and white blood cells and platelets such as anemia and leukemia. Blood transfusion is also concerned with the safe ways of transferring blood and its components from blood donors to those in need.

D- Histology and pathology.

It studies the cells and tissues and the changes that occur in these cells and tissues in case of disease

3. Qualified graduate of the Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences

The graduate department is qualified to obtain a bachelor's degree in the field of Clinical Laboratory Sciences so he can:

A- Contribute to the choice of appropriate methods of analysis in parallel with the development of the disease.

B- Collecting different samples (blood, body fluids, etc.) and determining the criteria for acceptance or rejection in the laboratory.

C- Familiarity with the theories and principles of analytical methods in different sections of clinical laboratories.

D- Operation and maintenance of laboratory equipment and solving operational problems - when they occur - and keeping documents on all of this

E- Continuous updating of diagnostic expertise by developing and evaluating the credibility of new analytical methods.

4- Work opportunities graduate of the Department of Clinical Laboratories

A- Most graduates do not have difficulty in filling the positions of a "medical laboratory specialist" in hospitals and government and private clinical laboratories.

B- There is also a valuable opportunity to work in the fields of biotechnology, medical research centers, medical products development areas (solutions - medical devices, medical information analysis centers, and various public health fields.

C- There are also opportunities for graduates to complete their graduate studies to obtain the master's and doctoral degrees and work in the field of research or join the academic corps in various institutions of higher education.

Staff Members

In the name of Allah, the merciful, and his prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him

On behalf of the department's staff academic and technical body, and on behalf of its students and students affiliated with it, we would like to welcome you to the website of Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences in Qurayyat.

The scope of health care services in Saudi Arabia has expanded significantly over the past decades aiming to provide comprehensive health care to all Saudis, therefore there is an increasing number of hospitals and clinics on a continuous basis, which is accompanied by the growing demand for graduates of medical laboratories. The Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, Jouf University, Qurayyat, was established by Decree No. 10/50/1429, on the 10th of Rajab 1429H to satisfy this demand by training Saudi cadres and qualifying them to work well in the field of medical laboratories locally, nationally and internationally.

The Clinical Laboratory Sciences Program is one of the most important medical specialties in the medical system, by providing up to date scientific and practical knowledge of diagnosis, treatment and prevention of human diseases. This scientific program provides the concepts of knowledge to investigate the structure and metabolic activities of the human body in relation to health and disease that is done through teaching students different scientific topics: histology and anatomy, hematology and blood bank, pathology of cells and tissues, human genetics, immunology, microbiology and clinical chemistry.

Finally, we hope that this site will provide information for the students interested in this program about Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences and scientific activities, academic activities and social and cultural activities. We would like to welcome you to our website
                                           Head of Clinical Laboratory Sciences

                                                   Dr. Waleed Abu Al-Soud

The Clinical Laboratory Sciences specialization is one of the programs at the College of Applied Medical Sciences, and one of the medical lines. The program aims to find laboratory specialists who are ready to keep pace with scientific progress in the field of medical laboratory who are practically and scientifically qualified to deal with modern laboratory technologies and devices. Stimulating and promoting scientific research in the medical fields. The program’s graduate has the opportunity to work in medical complexes, hospitals and medical laboratories, so that he will be helping in diagnosis of diseases and finding appropriate treatment to relieve patients' suffering and pain and shorting the duration of their treatment. Program graduates are also allowed to work in pharmaceutical, food and biotechnology factories' laboratories, universities and medical research centers, and medical product development fields. Such as: medical devices, solutions, and medical information analysis centers. The study program lasts for four years, after which the graduate is awarded a bachelor's degree in clinical laboratories, and the graduate is given the title of Laboratory Specialist. In clinical laboratories, the students are studying the following medical sciences:

• Hematology and blood bank.
• Medical Microbiology.
• Human genetics and diagnostic molecular biology.
• Clinical chemistry.
• Immunology.
• Histology and cytopathology

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