r/medlabprofessionals • u/LimpCush MLT-Generalist • 13d ago

News Passed My MLT Exam!!

First of all, I hope I'm not spamming, since I'm sure many people took/are taking their exam soon. Second of all, I didn't know how to flair this, but it's news to me!

It's been a grueling two years, working every weekend, having no time off, trying to obtain a 4.0, and my clinical semester being 16 weeks of constant 64 hour work weeks, but I finally made it! I'm board certified! I still have to bridge to MLS, but that's a much lower time investment since I have a bachelor's degree already. Then who knows what I may do!

Congrats to all this year's graduates, good luck to those taking it this year and next, and stay strong! I have no study tips, I am bad at studying.

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u/Ill_Extension_222 MLS 13d ago

congrats!!!!!! and lol the last sentence 😭

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u/Acceptable-Spite-537 MLT Student 13d ago

Yay!!!! How was the exam? What should I study this summer in between semesters?

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u/LimpCush MLT-Generalist 13d ago

It's no joke. Just remember, every exam is different, but here's the toughest stuff I saw on the exam:

Blood bank rules. How long do products last, what is their use in certain situations, which need to be ABO compatible, etc.

Microbiology organism biochemicals. Oxidase, indole, optochin, PYR, bile solubility are the big ones I saw. Catalase for strep/staph, coagulase for staph aureus.

Maybe an unpopular opinion, but if you understand the theories and fundamentals of heme, you shouldn't need to study that very much. If you don't, it's very important to understand what affects indicies.

As I said in my post, I'm not great at studying, but one thing that did help was creating a separate folder on my computer called "Study documents" and through the program, I would put random homework assignments and PowerPoints that I knew I would need to look at again in there. Any area I was weaker in, so I could access it quickly. Urinalysis reactions, immunology testing methods, complement and coag cascades were a few. I also put in two excel documents I updated as I went along. One had equations, and one had normal values.

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u/Acceptable-Spite-537 MLT Student 13d ago

You’re the best! Congrats again on being board certified :)

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u/AroeiraCLSA 13d ago

YOOOOOOO congratulations 🎉

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u/Hour-Organization454 13d ago

Well done, congrats!