MDLB215 Clinical Chemistry
Department of Health Sciences: Medical Laboratory
- I. Course Number and Title
- MDLB215 Clinical Chemistry
- II. Number of Credits
- 4 credits
- III. Number of Instructional Minutes
- 3750
- IV. Prerequisites
- MDLB101 (C or better)
- Corequisites
- MDLB201, MDLB205, MDLB210
- V. Other Pertinent Information
- Lab fees apply
- VI. Catalog Course Description
- Students learn physiologic theory of routinely tested analytes. In the laboratory, students devote time to instrumentation, quality control, and statistics used in the quality assurance plan. Students learn the relationship of blood chemistry results to normal and disease states.
- VII. Required Course Content and Direction
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Course Learning Goals
Students will:
- demonstrate laboratory safety and standard precautions;
- apply calculations to the analysis of quality control in the clinical chemistry laboratory;
- define basic principles, operation, maintenance, and quality assurance of laboratory instrumentation;
- list reference intervals for major analytes and interpret patient results;
- review physiology and function (liver, cardiac, kidney, etc.), and recognize abnormal results; and
- assess pre-analytic, analytic, and post-analytic factors affecting patient results.
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Planned Sequence of Topics and/or Learning Activities
- Mathematics and Chemical Calculations
- Quality Control and Statistics
- Techniques and Instrumentation
- Carbohydrate Metabolism
- Lipid Metabolism
- Protein Metabolism
- Non-Protein Nitrogen Testing
- Electrolyte Testing
- Blood gases, pH Testing
- Liver Function and Associated Testing
- Endocrine Physiology and Testing
- Cardiac Function Testing
- Renal Function Testing
- Toxicology and Therapeutic Drug Monitoring
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Assessment Methods for Course Learning Goals
Students satisfy the course learning goals via class discussions, written exams, assignments, and performance of laboratory tasks. -
Reference, Resource, or Learning Materials to be used by Student:
See course syllabus.
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Approval date- 6/2018; Rev 11/1/2024