Learning objectives
The course aims to provide the student in Biomedical Laboratory Techniques the basic historical-cultural notions for the understanding of the professional role they are preparing to practice (introductory module).
This path will therefore include an initial part consisting of a historical and normative excursus of laboratory medicine and in particular of the development of health professions, up to the understanding of the role of the laboratory within the health environment. This will be followed by a general part concerning safety in the laboratory, the role of preanalytics for error control (Semeiotics I) and the learning of some basic analytical principles such as: colorimetry, photometry and spectrophotometry (Semeiotics II).
Prerequisites
Nothing
Course unit content
This course represents the first step in learning the basic contents of laboratory medicine and includes:
- brief historical and normative excursus on the birth of laboratory medicine and health professions in Italy;
- role and functions of the biomedical analysis laboratory in health; - learning of the theoretical principles of laboratory semeiotics concerning pre-analytical variables and related errors, analytical variability and instrumental analytics concerning in particular: the principles of colorimetry, photometry and spectrophotometry.
I Quality controls and the principles of preparation and measurement of calibration / calibration curves.
Full programme
Brief historical excursus of medicine, in particular of laboratory medicine
• Reference legislation for the development and definition of the functions and responsibilities of health professions in Italy.
• Contents of the Code of Conduct and specific professional profile.
• The preanalytic and the cause of the pre-analytical error.
• Laboratory Semeiotics I: The preanalytic and the causes of pre-analytical error
Semeiotics II: Analytical variability, instrumental analytics (principles of colorimetry, photometry and spectrophotometry).
Bibliography
Luigi Spandrio "Principles and techniques of clinical chemistry" Piccin-Nuova Libraria Edition
Widman "Clinical Interpretation of Laboratory Exams" Italian edition Giancarlo Gazzola, Renata Franchi-Gazzola, Valeria from the Auction, Ovidio Bussolati and Roberto Sala.
A.Cuneo, A. Rigolin "Italian treatise on laboratory medicine" Piccin Editore.
Filippo Pasquinelli "Diagnostics and laboratory techniques" Rosini Editrice.
Teaching methods
The course will be carried out both through face-to-face lectures, carried out with the use of computer / audiovisual supports and classroom discussion on the contents of the lessons (participatory method) and in telepresence (synchronous-streaming) through the support of the Teams platform. In this way, the possibility of interacting in real time with the teacher both in presence and remotely will be preserved.
The lessons will take place with the aid of iconographic material collected in presentations that will be made available to students on the Elly platform (https://elly.medicina.unipr.it).
Assessment methods and criteria
L’esame sarà orale in quanto finalizzato alla verifica del livello di conoscenza e di acquisizione dei concetti espressi durante le lezioni.
Qualora a causa del perdurare dell'emergenza sanitaria fosse necessario adottare la modalità a distanza per gli esami di profitto, si procederà come segue:
interrogazioni orali a distanza, mediante la piattaforma Teams (guida http://selma.unipr.it/).
Gli Studenti con DSA/BSE devono preventivamente contattare Le Eli-che: supporto per studenti con disabilità, D.S.A., B.E.S. (https://sea.unipr.it/it/servizi/le-eli-che-supporto-studenti-con-disabilita-dsa-bes)
Other information
Nothing to report.
