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Medical Laboratory Technology

The CFCC Medical Laboratory Technician program prepares students to perform, evaluate, correlate, and assure the accuracy and validity of laboratory information. Graduates of the program can direct and supervise clinical laboratory resources and operation
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    CFCC Medical Laboratory Technology Program

    Graduates from the Cape Fear Community College Medical Laboratory Technology program may be eligible to sit for the American Society for Clinical Pathology Board of Certification Exam (ASCP-BOC).

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    Scholarly Articles vs. Popular Magazine Articles

    Periodical publications such as magazines, newspapers and journals vary in quality and depth of coverage. Instructors will frequently want you to select articles from scholarly journals (sometimes called "refereed" or "peer-reviewed" journals, though the terms don't mean exactly the same thing).

    Click the image below to watch a short (3min) video on how to tell the difference between scholarly articles and popular magazine articles.

    For more detail, try our guide: