Careers

Medical laboratories can be based in hospitals where they provide urgent and routine laboratory results to A&E, intensive care, surgery, clinics and ward staff or in the community providing diagnostic support to general practitioners, med lab scientists also find challenging employment in other areas. From industrial research and public health laboratories to forensic and pharmaceutical laboratories, the University of Otago BMLSc graduates analytical, scientific and technical skills are a valuable asset. Other career options include:

• Consulting
• Sales & Marketing
• Research & Product Development
• Laboratory Information Systems
• Supervision/Administration/Management
• Education
• Public Health/Infection Control
• Technical Support
• Quality Assurance/Total Quality Improvement
• Forensic Biological Sciences
• Commercial sector laboratories