توصيف مقرر المستوى الثامن

8th  level/ 1st4th year

There of lecture hours: 2 hrs

There of practical hours: 1 hr

There of self-study hours: 2 hrs

English

After studying this course, students will be able to:

• Recognize different microbial infections including viral, bacterial, mycotic and parasitic that infect different parts of the human body.

• Differentiate between different microbial infections.

• Choose the best laboratory test for accurate and rapid diagnosis.

• Analyze the clinical cases and estimate the methods of control and prevention.

• Apply the most applicable methods for handling clinical cases.

Content of the Module:

• Epidemiology and Pathogenesis of infectious diseases

• Respiratory tract infections

• Meningitis , encephalitis and other nervous system infections

• Viral skin rashes and cutaneous infections bacterial and fungal

• Eye infections

• Gastrointestinal infections

• Infections of the heart, liver and pancrease

• Urogenital tract infections

• Obstetric and neonatal infections

• Infections of bone, joints and muscle

• Septicaemia and Pyrexia of unknown origin

• Principles of hospital infection control

• CASES

Examination:

written exams ( 1st midterm exam – 2nd midterm exam – practical exam – final exam) – homeworks and assignments

( theoretical – practical) – Oral presentation – Lab. Reports

8th  level

There of lecture hours: 2 hrs

There of practical hours: 2 hrs

There of self-study hours: 2 hrs

English

By the end of this course students will be able to:

- Recognize the role of the clinical laboratory specialists in the assurance of quality health care.

- list clinical biochemistry tests and their application.

- Describe strategies for clinical cases assessment and evaluation.

- Prepare standard operating procedure (SOP) manuals.

- Collect general information about some laboratory errors and clinical cases with related topics.

- Summarize clinical findings and extract important data.

- Evaluate given data to better understand laboratory problems.

- Apply the gained knowledge and experience of related topic.

- Explain and analyse gained data.

- Criticize results and data.

- Work in a group and learn time management.

- Learning how to search for information through library and internet.

- Demonstrate some cases in a short report in a written form and orally using appropriate scientific language.

- Analyze gained pre-analytical, analytical and post-analytical data.

- Practice writing appropriate medical report.

- Evaluate and critisize data.

- Utilize computer technology applications and interact with computerized instruments and laboratory information system.

- Illustrate patient management process and sample handling.

- Manipulation of equipment.

- Manage laboratory training process.

Content of the Module:

The aim of this course is to train students on different routine and special clinical biochemistry tests used in clinical laboratories and all technical and scientific procedures related to these tests.

The topics included are:

Chapter 1: Laboratory and clinical case management

- Standard operating procedures, Laboratory SOPs, method settings and quality control.

- Interpretation and Reporting laboratory results.

- Clinical case management.

Chapter 2: Body Fluids Analysis

- Urine analysis

- Semen analysis

- Analysis of Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF)

- Analysis of Synovial Fluid

- Analysis of Other Body Fluids (Sputum, Exudates, Transudates,….)

Examination:

e.g. written examination, presentation

Written exams ( 1st midterm exam – 2nd midterm exam ) – homeworks and assignments ( theoretical – practical) – Oral presentation – Lab. Reports.

8th  level/1st semester

There of lecture hours: 1 hr

There of practical hours: 4 hrs

There of self-study hours: 2 hrs

English

By the end of this course students will be able to:

• Recognize the basic knowledge and principles of analytical automation chemistry.

• Recognize of analytical methods (Electrochemical method, voltammetric measurements, Ultraviolet-visible molecular spectroscopic methods, Infra-red spectal analysis, HNMR, Ms, X-ray spectroscopic analysis and Chromatographic methods ).

• Interpret the information about electrochemical techniques and UV-visible, IR, HNMR spectral methods of analysis.

• Identification and determination of different types of samples using different techniques.

• Use and choose the suitable method for analysis.

• Analyze data from UV, IR, NMR,MS.

• Write a report and orally using appropriate scientific language.

• Work in a group and learn time management.

• Communicate with teacher, ask questions, solve problems, and use computers.

• Illustrate deal with confidence with differential equations, integrations, and differentials.

• Operate questions during the lecture, work in groups, and communicate with each other and with me electronically, and periodically visit the sites I recommended.

• Prepare analytical solution.

• Perform the analytical process with high sensitive.

• Calibrate the different analytical techniques.

Content of the Module:

Electrochemical methods of analysis, fundamentals and principles of DC-polarography

Cyclic voltammetric measurements (CV)

Ultraviolet-visible molecular spectroscopic methods of analysis

Infra-red spectal analysis

Proton Nuclear Magnetic Resonance and MRI Imaging

X-ray spectroscopic analysis

Mass spectrometry

Chromatographic methods of separations and quantitative analysis

Examination:

e.g. written examination, presentation

written exams ( 1st midterm exam – 2nd midterm exam – practical exam – final exam) – homeworks and assignments ( theoretical – practical) – Oral presentation – Lab. Reports

8th  level /1st semester

There of lecture hours: 2 hrs

There of practical hours: 1 hr

There of self-study hours: 2 hrs

English

By the end of this course the student will be able to:

Knowledge: Applied immunology and heamatology knowledge. Vital signs and laboratory investigations,

Describe pathogens and diseases caused by them. Explain the interactions between important human pathogens and the immune system.

Cognitive Skills: Capability of students to do serological test, and make a microscopic examination to differentiate between positive and negative sample. Students should explain, summarize, compare, interpret and predict the different results of positive and negative serological tests.

Diagnose and evaluate the relevance of a test to the disease or infections.

Interpersonal Skills & Responsibility:

Work effectively in team.
Psychomotor:

Operate certain equipments and instruments to examine and diagnose the different blood disorders and other hematological malignancies.

Content of the Module:

• Immunohematology

• Immune Complex Diseases

• Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia and related diseases

• Lymphoplasmacytic Lymphoma

• Acute Leukemia

• Facultative Leukemia Lymphomas

• Acute Myeloid and lymphoblastic Leukemia

• Acute Erythroleukemia and Megakaryoblastic Leukemia

• Transplantation rejection and HLA typing

• Hypochromic Anemias

• Pure Red Cell Aplasia and Aplasias of All Bone Marrow Series

• Bone Marrow Carcinosis and Other Space-Occupying Processes

• Thrombocytopenia and Thrombocytosis

• Hodgking disease and Non-Hodgking lymphoma

Examination:

Assessment task (e.g. essay, test, group project, examination, speech, oral presentation, etc.)

Written exams ( 1st midterm exam – 2nd midterm exam – practical exam – final exam) – homeworks and assignments ( theoretical – practical) – Oral presentation – Lab. Reports.

8th level /1st semester

There of lecture hours: 2 hrs

There of practical hours: 1 hr

There of self-study hours: 2 hrs

English

By the end of this course the student will be able to:

• Memorize the mechanism of gene expression.

• Outline the difference between transcription and translation.

• Describe the different groups of oncogenes.

• Differentiate between DNA, RNA and protein.

• Compare between the forms of cell death.

• Explain the molecular basis of apoptosis.

• Work in a group and learn time management.

• Learn how to search for information through library and internet.

• Present a short report in a written form and orally using appropriate scientific language.

• Communicate with teacher, ask questions, solve problems, and use computers.

• Operate questions during the lecture, work in groups, and communicate with each other and with me electronically, and periodically visit the sites I recommended.

• Operate lab instruments to examine different samples.

Content of the Module:

• Introduction (nucleic acids-proteins).

• Gene expression.

• Ubiquitinylation.

• Legends and Cell-surface receptors.

• Signal transduction and cell cycle.

• Cell death.

• Molecular basis of apoptosis.

• Oncogenes.

• Blotting techniques.

• In-situ Hybridization(ISH).

Examination:

e.g. written examination, presentation

1st Mid-term exam, 2nd Mid-term exam, Activity& Assignment, Practical exam and Final exam.