Faculty of Science

Objectives

This course introduces students to the various disciplines that comprise the medical laboratory and stresses the importance of approaching diagnostic testing in an interdisciplinary manner.

Contents

A. Analytical and operational connections between the different disciplines of the medical laboratory: Clinical Chemistry, Hematology, Anatomical Pathology, Transfusion Medicine, and Clinical Microbiology.

B. Study of the over-arching concepts of safety, basic laboratory practice, specimen handling, methodology and analysis, quality assurance, and critical thinking with direction to problem solving.

C. Application of knowledge of human pathophysiology and laboratory methodology in the examination of case studies. Emphasis will be on looking at "the whole picture", and identifying relationships between test results from all lab disciplines. Students will also have an opportunity to explore professional responsibilities of medical laboratory technologists, including issues of accountability, advancement of the medical laboratory profession and professional development.