The following story was published by WCIA-TV 3 on July 30, 2024.
"There’s a new bridge program at the University of Illinois Springfield to help Central Illinois laboratories train more specialists to work in them.
UIS is offering medical laboratory certificates to students at the start of the fall semester. The university is offering certificates in four areas: clinical chemistry, hematology, immunohematology and medical microbiology.
The goal of the program is to train and certify more laboratory specialists in Central Illinois. The demand for the field of MLS practitioners is expected to skyrocket by 19% between 2016 and 2030, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services."