The clinical practicums are a vital part of the student's educational experience. During this time the student transitions from didactic lectures and student laboratories to learning to function in the clinical laboratory. They receive training in all disciplines in the laboratory and become a health care professional and part of the health care team. Dedicated clinical instructors in each discipline teach them, mentor them and serve as role models.
The following facilities serve as clinical affiliates for the medical laboratory sciences program.
Sites in San Antonio, Texas
- University Hospital
- Audie L. Murphy Memorial VA Hospital
- Children's Hospital of San Antonio
- Christus Santa Rosa Hospital - Medical Center
Christus Santa Rosa Westover Hills Hospital - Baptist Medical Center
- North Central Baptist Hospital
- Northeast Baptist Hospital
- St. Luke's Baptist Hospital
- Mission Trail Baptist Hospital
- Methodist Hospital
Methodist Metropolitan Hospital - South Texas Blood & Tissue Center
- Southwest Immunodiagnostics
- 91PORN Clinical Laboratory
Other sites in South Texas
- Uvalde Memorial Hospital, Uvalde, Texas
- Peterson Regional Medical Center, Kerrville, Texas
- Doctor's Hospital of Laredo, Laredo, Texas
- Laredo Medical Center, Laredo, Texas
- Odessa Regional Medical Center, Odessa, Texas
- Guadalupe Regional Medical Center, Seguin, Texas
- Medina Regional Hospital, Hondo, Texas
- Northwest Texas Healthcare System, Amarillo, Texas
- Valley Regional Medical Center, Brownsville, Texas
- RioGrande Regional Hospital, McAllen, Texas
- Christus SPOHN Health Hospital, Corpus Christi, Texas
- Fort Duncan Regional Medical Center, Eagle Pass, Texas
- Parkland Hospital, Dallas, Texas