Clinical Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Code:

MI038

Acronym:

MI038

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Medicine

Instance: 2014/2015 - SP

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Biochemistry Department
Course/CS Responsible:	Integrated Master in Medicine

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MIMED	5	Mestrado Integrado em Medicina 2007	6	-	1,5	32	40,5
		Mestrado Integrado em Medicina- Plano oficial 2013 (Reforma Curricular)	6	-	1,5	32	40,5

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

To be able to value the importance of the right laboratory test to each individual patient according to its own particular situation and the phase of the disease, knowing also the main causes of analytical variability and developing critical reasoning in relation to the data coming from the clinical laboratory.

Learning outcomes and competences

The student will be expected to do the following tests:

1. Venous blood collection for haematology and chemistry tests.
2. Routine urinalysis, including chemical screening and sediment examination.
3. Read quick tests and point of care tests.
5. Interpret patterns of common chemical tests, including liver and renal function tests and to interpret patterns of cardiac markers.

Working method

Presencial

Program

Introduction to Clinical Pathology and Laboratory Medicine in all its areas - biochemistry, haematology, immunology, microbiology and management. Diagnostic, screening and monitoring tests. Biological variation. Individual, preanalytical and analytical variability. The characteristics of a laboratory test and the importance of a predictive vales. Reference ranges and its meaning. Clinical pathology of lifestyle diseases. Clinical pathology of development - from pregnancy and neonates to late ages. Clinical pathology and the study of the main organs and systems. Clinical pathology of Infectious Diseases. The Clinical Laboratory and the response to new diseases and Bioterrorism. Interest and scope of Near the Patient Testing. Molecular biology and Genetical tests in the Clinical Laboratory. Clinical Laboratory Management and its future trends.

Mandatory literature

Jacques Wallach; Interpretation of Diagnostic Tests, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2011

Complementary Bibliography

Carl A. Burtis, Edward R. Ashwood & David E. Bruns; Tietz Fundamentals of Clinical Chemistry, W.B. Saunders Company, 2007
T.M. Devlin; Textbook of Biochemistry with Clinical Correlations, Wiley-Liss, 2010

Teaching methods and learning activities

Total Contact Hours - 36 hours
T - 9 hours
TP - 9 hours
E - 15 hours
O - 3 hours

Evaluation Type

Evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Exame	100,00
Total:	100,00

Eligibility for exams

Assessment will be made either by a written exam, with a series of multiple-choice questions (16) and a small number of open and direct answer questions (2 to choose out of 4) or an oral examination. Students will be assessed in the end of the term and there will be a further exam for those who missed or weren’t approved in the preceding tests. To be approved in the curricular unit the student will need to be present in two thirds of the sessions and will need to have a final average of, at least, 10 out of 20 in the exam.

Calculation formula of final grade

The final grade in the exam grade.