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 Prerequisites
Knowledge acquired as part of the Biochemistry Course
Teaching Methods
- Frontal lectures - Laboratory case discussion Individual in-depth analysis through literature and suggested sources
Assessment Methods
Written exam
Texts
Tietz textbook of Clinical Chemistry and molecular diagnotics
Ciaccio Lippi - Biochimica Clinica e Medicina di Laboratorio
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
Course Language
Italian
More 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
