Medical laboratory specialists play a significant role in patients' early detection, diagnosis, and treatment of diseases by conducting the necessary tests and analyses, which assist doctors in accurately diagnosing and responding quickly to decisions affecting patients' daily lives. Medical laboratory specialists' roles include but are not limited to diagnosing pathogens, cross-matching for blood transfusions, determining appropriate treatments for Diabetic patients, and tracking their progress.
Clinical laboratory professionals are investigators in the healthcare field who possess a wealth of knowledge in medical biochemistry, haematology, medical microbiology, and more. During the COVID-19 pandemic, medical laboratory professionals have been highlighted for their life-saving diagnostic work, helping to defeat COVID-19 and proving early testing speed and accuracy, helping clinicians initiate treatment, trace contacts, and reducing the spread through positive case findings.
In the Department of Medical laboratory at the College of Applied Medical Sciences in Shaqra and through the Bachelor of Clinical Laboratories Sciences Program, all graduates are provided with all the skills that qualify them to work efficiently and competently by providing outstanding quality education through highly qualified faculty members and professionals in all disciplines to ensure the quality of the educational process and comply with the highest international standards the vision of 2030. As a result, we are working to graduate a qualified elite for employment in the expanding labour market as laboratory specialists in hospitals, clinics, or other sub-sectors such as research, educational or regulatory institutions.
Over the past decades, our beloved Kingdom has paid close attention to all research, development, and innovation aspects. Vision 2030 confirms and enhances the importance of this aspect, as scientific research is essential in achieving its goals. One of the goals of this great vision, led by its inspiring godfather, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz, is to improve the Kingdom's position in the Global Competitiveness Index and move from the 25th place (according to the 2015 classification) to the top 10 by 2030. The Global Competitiveness Index depends on its classification in several aspects, including two main aspects directly affected by research and development. The Kingdom can improve its position in these two components by strengthening its competitiveness in research and innovation and expanding qualitative research, especially in Saudi universities. The medical lab department seeks to create a productive research environment that serves the university's research and community goals and aligns with the Kingdom's Vision 2030.
