Professional Basic Practice in Classroom Settings (16 cr)

Evaluation scale

H-5

Content scheduling

Clinical chemistry (3 ECTS cr)
Practice with clinical Chemistry Analyzers as well as reliable and in accordance with the instructions when working

Specimen collection and POC testing (2 ECTS cr) : The student can collect clinical specimens and knows the appropriate equipment for specimen collection. The student knows the right procedure for specimen handling and storing. Students are familiar with high quality and safe methods of collecting and handling of different clinical specimens. Students know methods of point of care testing and know how to examine a urine sample. The student is aware of the significance of pre-analytic factors to the reliability of the specimen.

Clinical physiology (1 ECTS cr): Student is able to independently carry out technically high quality ECG registrations.
Students work in laboratory, rehearsing collection of clinical specimens, POC testing and ECG registrations following quality standards and safety laboratory practices.

Clinical hematology (2 ECTS cr) (autumn semester):
Blood cell production: erythropoiesis, granulocytopoiesis, thrombopoiesis, lymphopoiesis, monocytopoiesis. Function of the coagulation system: primary haemostasis, secondary haemostasis and fibronolytic system.Laboratory tests: Complete blood count, erythrocyte sedimentation rate, MGG staining, preparation and evaluation of peripheral blood smear and basic laboratory diagnostics to evaluate the function of the coagulation system.
Microscope image formation and the use of a microscope.

Clinical hematology (2 ECTS cr) (spring semesters)
Anemia and leukemia diseaces, spinal puncture

Clinical microbiology (1 ECTS cr) (autumn semester)
Prevention of infections, identification and reporting of security risks
Patient safety

Methods of molecular biology (3 ECTS cr)

Objective

Students rehearse the basics and methods of health care and clinical laboratory work.

Content

This course unit is selected from the following parts:
- Clinical Biochemistry, automated analyzers 1-3 cr
- Blood Sampling and POC-testing 1st/2nd term 1-3 cr
- Clinical hematology 3rd/4rd term 2 cr
- Immunohematology 3rd term 2 cr
- Clinical Fysiology ECG, 1st/2nd term 1 cr
- Clinical Microbiology 2nd term 2 cr
- Clinical Pathology 4th term 2 cr
- Molecular Genetics 3rd term 2 cr
- Working in Clinical Laboratory 1, very basic studies 1 cr
- Project Work, presentation 1 cr
- Introduction to Biomedical Laboratory Scientist's Profession in Hospital Laboratory 1 cr

Teaching methods

Contact learning
Learning by doing
Independent learnig

Pedagogic approaches and sustainable development

Supervised practice in the learning laboratories