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Saint Margaret Mercy - in conjunction with the Sisters of St. Francis Health Services, Inc., and Alverno  Clinical Labs - offers a one-year internship program for Medical Technology students. The program is designed to train either 3+1 or 4+1 students who have completed all their required college prerequisites. See our brochure for complete details.
The curriculum consists of both didactic and laboratory sessions, with emphasis on the clinical hands-on teaching to include all areas of the laboratory. During their internship, students are expected to be in class Monday through Friday, eight hours a day. Classroom study is divided between the Hammond Campus and Alverno Clinical Labs on Inter-State Plaza, off Indianapolis Blvd., across from the Tri-State bus station. Students receive written and practical exams at frequent intervals throughout the year. Upon completion of the internship, students are expected to sit for a national board of registry exam.
Application and Admission
Students may either receive applications from their college counselors or from the director of the program at Saint Margaret Mercy. Once completed, applications are sent back to the director of the Medical Technology program. Applications must be received before Dec. 1 of each year. Official transcripts, letters of intent and the application fee must be sent along with the application. Personal interviews are conducted with each viable candidate and are usually scheduled after the application packet has been received by the director. Interviews are conducted from October through the middle of December.
Once a candidate has completed all the required elements for admission, they will be scored on both academic and non-academic information gathered from all the requested materials and the interivew. The scoring will be weighted in the following manner: Academic criteria will count for approximately 50% of the total score. Non-academic criteria, including the interview, the letter of intent and related job experience, will account for the other 50%.
Acceptable students will be ranked in order of total scores with the six highest-scoring candidates being offered the first six positions. All other acceptable candidates will be placed on an alternate list and may be accepted if any of the first six candidates declines a position. In cases of a tie between two candidates, demographics and the interview process may be used as the tiebreaker.
In order to apply, candidates should have both a cumulative and a science GPA of at least 2.5 on a 4.0 scale.
Typically, six students are chosen every year to begin the internship. Candidates are notified of their acceptance in early January of the year they are to begin the internship. Classes normally begin in August and run through the following June.
Currently, Saint Margaret Mercy's Medical Technology program is affiliated with the following colleges in order to take 3+1 students:
- Ball State University
Muncie, IN
- Indiana State University
Terra Haute, IN
- St. Joseph's College
Rensselaer, IN
- Purdue University Calumet Campus
Hammond, IN
- Purdue University
West Lafayette, IN
Accreditation
The Medical Technology program is accredited by National Accrediting Agency for Clinical Laboratory Science (NAACLS). You may contact NAACLS for more information about Medical Technology at www.naacls.org.
Director
For more information about the Medical Technology program at Saint Margaret Mercy, or to obtain an application, contact the director, Rosemary Duda at 219-932-2300, ext. 34199 or send an e-mail to Rosemary at Rose.Butkiewicz@ssfhs.org.
Faculty
ALKEMA, CAROL MT (ASCP) SBB
Director of Quality Improvement- ACL
BAYOD, BEATRICE MT (ASCP) MS
Staff Technologist, General lab
BERRY, JUSTIN MT (ASCP) MS
Staff Technologist, General Lab
BRICHTA, ROSEMARIE MT (ASCP)
Education Coordinator ACL
CALVERT, KAREN MT (ASCP)
Staff Technologist, Microbiology
DUDA, ROSEMARY MT (ASCP) MS, I, SM
Program Director, Medical Technology Program
ERICKSON, JERED MT (ASCP) MS
Staff Technologist, Microbiology &Chemistry
ESTES, JACKIE MT (ASCP)
Staff Technologist, Chemistry & Hematology
KRETZ, SUSAN MT (ASCP)
Staff Technologist, Chemistry & Hematology
KUCEK, JULIE MT (ASCP) MS
Microbiology Supervisor
McGUIRE, CYNTHIA, MT (ASCP) MS, SH
Hematology Supervisor, Core
ORNELAS, CRISTINA MT (ASCP)
Staff Technologist, Microbiology
SMITH, MARIKA MT (ASCP)
Staff Technology, Microbiology
STRZEMPKA, JACK, MT (ASCP)
Compliance Officer, ACL
TEGTMAN, MARK MT (ASCP)
Blood Bank Supervisor, St. James & Olympia Fields
TRIVONOVIC, DRAGAN MLT (ASCP)
North Campus lab Supervisor
The above named individuals are those that aid in doing a significant amount of teaching in both the didactic and clinical training of the students. When students are training in the clinical areas, they are trained by many different staff technologists. In the laboratory, students will either have a 1:1 or a 2:1 ratio of instructor to student.
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