IUP and Indiana Regional Medical Center have finalized an affiliation agreement that will allow students to complete their clinical experience at IRMC to earn a Bachelor of Science degree in Medical Technology.
(From left, IRMC Medical Laboratory Science Program Director Christine Baum; students Anastasia Rabickow, Rebecca Hollobaugh, Sarah Stephenson, and Odessa Vallies; IRMC Administrative Laboratory Director Jackie Sansig; IUP Nursing and Allied Health faculty member and Coordinator of the IUP Medical Technology Program Dr. Lei Hao. Photo provided by IUP)
The agreement will help with a 48-credit clinical year of study with the program. As part of the agreement, students could receive loan forgiveness if they successfully complete the program and are offered a position and agree to sign a three-year contract to work at IRMC as lab scientists. Enrollment will be limited to five students. Four IUP students, all medical technology majors, have already been accepted into the first cohort. Their work at IRMC will start in July of 2024.
Before the agreement between IUP and IRMC, students would complete their clinical year at hospitals outside the area, including Altoona, Johnstown, Philadelphia and other locations.
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