The Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences is currently a part of the School of Public Health, Biomedical Science and Technology, itself a part of the wider academic health science component of MMUST. Mooted in 2008, it became operational in the year 2012, with the appointment of its first Chair of Department (COD). It had its first intake of BSc Medical Laboratory Sciences (MLS) a Direct-entry class, in March 2012 and admitted the first class of BSc MLS (Upgrading) in September of the same year. Our BSc MLS (Upgrading) program targets holders of the diploma or HND in MLS. It takes two-and-half academic years; its first cohort of students is in their final year and is due to graduate this year. The Direct-Entry track takes four academic years and its first cohort of students is presently in their Third year of study.
We have already developed MSc curricula for all the Medical Laboratory Science specialties, several biomedical sciences and a BSc in Clinical Medicine, Physiotherapy, Environmental Health Sciences, Phytomedical and Pharmaceutical Technology as well as a conversion postgraduate diploma (PGD) and a basic diploma in Medical Laboratory Sciences. The programs for these curricula are due to be rolled out anytime starting this year.
Core Values
These quality statements for the department are rooted in those of MMUST, and they are supposed to underpin all that we do and how we do it.
Vision:
To be a centre of excellence in the promotion of the quality of human health through training of medical and biomedical science and technology professionals, participation in the creation, preservation and dissemination of biomedical scientific knowledge, and development and innovation through relevant research.
Mission:
To produce biomedical science and technology graduates who are continually competent and relevant locally and globally; generate, preserve and disseminate biomedical knowledge; and participate in the translation biomedical scientific knowledge into technological inventions and innovations and application of these to healthcare needs of the population and individuals, through research and evidence-based interventions
Philosophy:
We guided by the conviction that
1. Reality and truth exist, but human knowledge of these is not, for the foreseeable future, absolute, fixed or finale; but, rather, tentative and continually unfolding, with increasing understanding through continual advances in science and technology
2. Human learning is an active process of construction of knowledge and meaning, formation of dispositions and development of skills by the learner through active interaction with the environment or relevant subject matter; and teaching is facilitation of these transformations in the learner by self, rather than transmission or impartation the same
3. Every human being is created with the potential for a particular vocation in life and education is meant to enable discovery of the vocations foster development of the competence or capacity for actualizing the potential through provision of appropriate learning environments and resources
4. Worthwhile education is one that promotes the interests of the leaner, while it fosters his/her development for usefulness to contemporary, future local global human community
Medical Laboratory Science (MLS) is a department in the School of Public Health Biomedical Sciences and Technology
The mission of the programs in medical laboratory science is to provide the highest standards of learning and scholarship to a diverse student population. The faculty are committed to prepare competent medical laboratory scientists with the necessary skills, attitudes, and professional integrity to become contributing professionals in the health care community.
The Medical Laboratory Science Program supports the mission of the School of Public Health Biomedical Sciences and Technology at Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology