The field of laboratory medicine is advancing towards the use of molecular techniques and molecular diagnostics for the detection of genetic disorders, pre-implantation screening, infectious disease and cancer. With the introduction of personalized medicine which allows an individual to have a panel of genetic tests performed to determine predisposition to disease there will be a rise in genetic testing. Molecular diagnostics can also aid in the decision about therapy to be used for genetic disorders. Genetic companies are demanding certified, professionally educated, technically competent individuals to work in this growing facet of laboratory medicine. There is a demand nationally in hospitals, reference laboratories, private genetic laboratories and pharmaceutical industries.