Enrollment year
2021/2022
Academic discipline
BIO/12 (CLINICAL BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOLOGY)
Department
DEPARTMENT OF MOLECULAR MEDICINE
Course
BIOMEDICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES
Curriculum
PERCORSO COMUNE
Period
Annual (18/09/2023 - 19/06/2024)
Lesson hours
56 lesson hours
Activity type
WRITTEN AND ORAL TEST
Prerequisites
Knowledge acquired as part of the Biochemistry Course
Learning outcomes
The student:
1) Will know the role of Laboratory Medicine and the Biomedical Laboratory Technician in the prevention and treatment of diseases
2) Will know the basic aspects of diagnostic reasoning
3) Will know the main applications relating to biochemical diagnostics.
Course contents
Development lines of Laboratory Medicine in the last 3 decades
How the contribution to improving health is determined
The role of the Biomedical Laboratory Technician in development and quality improvement
Standardization: procedures and difficulties
Because quality control of laboratory data has an impact on patient care
The main phases of the innovation protocol: clinical needs and evidence generation
The main phases of the innovation protocol: implementation and sustainability
The Laboratory Technician in the immediate future, automation and artificial intelligence
Assessment of the diagnostic performance of laboratory tests according to the clinical setting and prevalence of disease.
Laboratory Medicine in
2. monoclonal gammapathies
3. cardiology
4. nephrology
5. liver diseases
6. endocrinology
7. bone disease and calcium metabolism
8. Coagulation
9. Tumor markers
10. Plasma proteins as markers of disease
11. Development of novel markers, clinical proteomics and genomics
Teaching methods
- Frontal lectures
- Laboratory case discussion
Individual in-depth analysis through literature and suggested sources
Reccomended or required readings
Tietz textbook of Clinical Chemistry and molecular diagnotics
Ciaccio Lippi - Biochimica Clinica e Medicina di Laboratorio
Assessment methods
Written exam
Further information
With reference to the new regulations for the inclusion of students with
particular situations, the teacher will provide the assistance and teaching
material necessary for the students' training to prepare for the exam
Sustainable development goals - Agenda 2030
Università di Pavia - Offerta formativa