Laboratory Diagnostics syllabus in China
- The contemporary development of science and technology has made laboratory diagnostics an unavoidable segment of modern medicine.
- Laboratory diagnostics is a starting point in discovering illness, finding its treatment, and monitoring and curing a sick person.
Course Description:
- The field of laboratory diagnostics deals with an examination of the blood and other body fluids, to collect data involving their clinical chemistry, coagulation, clinical immunology and clinical microbiology etc.
- The data are used for the diagnosis and management of illness and for the investigation of the mechanisms and pathogenesis of the disease.
Teaching methods
- Case studies:
- The significant and common diseases are discussed in the form of a representative clinical case in which the clinical features, the course of the disease in those particular patients, and relevant laboratory investigations are discussed by a clinical faculty in an interactive manner in small groups.
- This is followed by a demonstration of the features of the disease in that case by the supervisor.
- Didactical lectures: discussing a particular topic at length in a one to two hours lecture
- By a combination of all kinds of modalities/tools, the student learns applied aspects of the disease diagnosis.
Teaching hours distribution
| Contents | Theory | Experiment |
| Outline of hematology and basic blood hematology tests | 4 | 3 |
| Cytological study of bone marrow | 2 | |
| Studies for hemorrhage, thrombus, hemostasis | 4 | |
| Laboratory diagnosis of blood diseases | 4 | |
| Urine studies | 2 | 3 |
| Stool studies | 1 | 3 |
| Cerebrospinal fluid and serous effusion studies | 1 | |
| Tests for glucose metabolism | 3 | 3 |
| Blood fats tests | 3 | |
| Routine tests of hepatic diseases | 3 | |
| Nephropathy tests in a laboratory | 3 | 3 |
| Biochemistry marker of the myocardial damage tests | 3 | |
| Examine the functions of the immune system | 3 | 3 |
| Diagnostic tests of infective immunity | 3 | |
| Examines for autoimmune diseases | 3 | |
| Tumor markers | 3 | |
| Routine items used in clinical microbiology | 2 | |
| Microbiology examines of routine clinical specimens | 2 | 3 |
| Hospital infection and management | 2 | |
| Total | 51 | 21 |
Examination pattern & marks distribution
- Theory Papers: Fill in the blanks, explain the terms, answer the questions, multiple choices, T or F questions, etc.
- Experiment
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- Written examination: Fill in the blanks and answer the questions.
- Practice
| Contents | Theory | Experiment |
| Total | 100 | 100 |
| Quiz | 10 | |
| Case study | 5 | |
| Review | 5 | |
| Mid-term exam | 20 | |
| Final exam | 60 | |
| Attendance | 10 | |
| Report | 10 | |
| Practice | 40 | |
| Written exam | 40 |
Sample Exam Questions
References
- A Manual of Laboratory and Diagnostic Test, 7th Edition, Frances T Fischbach RN. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Publisher, 2003
