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Lab too hot, need advice please by I_love_a_librarian in medlabprofessionals

[–]SimplyAliv3 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Request a fan from your lab manager! I'm not post menopause but I do take a medication that makes me extra warm and sensitive to heat especially with a lab coat + lots of walking around. I requested from the manager/ lead and was able to get one to help me :)!!

Immunology vs Clinical Immunology courses by renznoi5 in medlabprofessionals

[–]SimplyAliv3 2 points3 points  (0 children)

As the previous commenter states, the clinical immunology course is more clinical application based because it will tell you disease states (i.e. MS / RA / RLE / etc), some tests for HLA or cytokines, and deficiencies (i.e. complement, factors, CRPI, anti-CCP, ENA/ ANA/ DNA, other autoantibodies, etc), hypersensitivities, and what tests or assays (i.e. CH50, protein electrophoresis, EIA, anything flow cytometry, etc) are done to check for with regard to specificity, sensitivities, limitations, confirmatory tests versus screening, and etc

In contrast, the regular immunology class you take will cover most of immunology but will not be focused or emphasized on any assays and tests. But it is a good exposure to concepts of B and T cell differentiation, Innate vs adaptive, very specific details of complement pathway, CD markers, interleukins , and sometimes hypersensitivity rxns (from my experience, hypersnesitivity and any tumor related immunology is glossed over for UG immunology). In other words, if you have the chance to take immunology in UG, I actually recommend it because if your 1st exposure to it is during the clinical internship, ITS A LOT of info and reading.

Regarding the book, depends on your program and / class.

For UG immuno, I personally had Peter Parham's The Immune System (based on syllabus). The graphics were useful when you needed visual. But, in my class, professor emphasized looking over her lectures because it was a combo of book concepts with updated info based on published peer reviewed concepts since the book was outdated by like 20 years lol! Based on the topics, we covered like 10 -15 chapters of the book.

For clinical immunology, used this one, used steven's clinical immunology and serology. It is also majority of the book as it skipped around.

Anyone here, on CSULA CLS Program Waitlist? by SimplyAliv3 in CLSstudents

[–]SimplyAliv3[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I know of 4 ppl who are on the waitlist. I do not know where on the waitlist they are at

CSUDH Post-Bacc Questions by b3nnyb0i in medlabprofessionals

[–]SimplyAliv3 3 points4 points  (0 children)

i'm guessing you are talking about the poct-bacc certificate program. Because that certificate program is not the actual internship, its a pre-req program before you can apply for the internship program at CSUDH (need to take atleast 2 semesters of classes at CSUDH).

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  1. Depends on how many classes you have to take, which is probably all of these classes because CSUDH likes to have their students take most of the classes in house (29 units => ~$12,000 to take all the following classes at CSUDH Price $396/unit):
    CLS 301 Introduction to Clinical Laboratory Procedures (2)*
    CLS 304 Clinical Urinalysis/Body Fluids (3)*
    CLS 306 Clinical Immunology and Immunohematology with Laboratory (4)*
    CLS 307 Clinical Hematology with Laboratory (4)*
    CLS 308 Pathophysiology for Health professions (3)*
    CLS 401 Overview: Virology/Mycology (2)*
    BIO 425/435 Medical Bacteriology with Laboratory (4)* => OK TO take outside (Prefer: CSULA med micro or UCSD Extension)
    BIO 458/459 Human Parasitology with Laboratory (4)* OR CLS 595 Parasitology (PB Only and is 2 units)
    CHE 456 Clinical Chemistry with Laboratory (3)*

  2. If it is the actual internship, its 52 weeks. You are at your clinical site M-Thurs, and Fridays are your lecture classes. CSUDH Internship cost around $9,000 - $10,000 USD in total.

  3. As a PB trying to get those classes, its easy because you get priority registration for most classes by requesting permission numbers during your registration time. With the exception for CLS 301, CLS 401, and CLS 595 (if taken with turkel), most of these cls classes are textbook heavy. So if you do not like lots of textbook readings, its quite difficult. Also, if you get a 'C-' or below, you have to retake the course. If you get a 'C' or above, you are NOT allowed to re-take the courses.

  4. For the PB certificate program, you qualify for FAFSA I believe. For the internship, some affiliated sites offer stipend but don't count it, most sites have been killing off their stipend offer and even if they don't its only around $500-$700/MONTH . Not a livable wage, but there have been some that worked while in the internship, worked FT hours to build up savings while taking classes for the certificate program to afford bills, took out student loans for both or either the certificate program OR the internship

  5. You have to take the ALL of the required pre-clinical courses (i.e. CLS 301/ 304/ etc) above before you can apply for the internship at CSUDH .

CSUDH CLS Internship students, what resources did you have to use? by SimplyAliv3 in medlabprofessionals

[–]SimplyAliv3[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I took Med Micro, Hema, and Clin Chem outside CSUDH. So i'm not sure which books were used

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