Veidlapa Nr. M-3 (8)

Study Course Description

Clinical Examination Methods

Main Study Course Information

Course Code

RLA_020

Branch of Science

Clinical medicine; Medicinal Biochemistry

ECTS

8.00

Target Audience

Medicine

LQF

Level 8

Study Course Implementer

Course Supervisor

Jeļena Storoženko

Residency Speciality

Speciality

Laboratory doctor

Supervisor of Medical Speciality

Jeļena Storoženko

Contacts

About Study Course

Objective

To prepare laboratory doctors capable of conducting clinical examination of different biomaterials – urine, faeces, cerebrospinal fluid, sputum, wound excrements, cavity punctates, exudate, throat and nasal smears, washing, etc. To apply examination algorithms and to interpret the obtained results. To master internal and external quality control principles of clinical examination methods.

Learning Outcomes

Knowledge

1.- to describe principles of operation of urine analysers; - to evaluate changes in urine examination indicators; - to characterise bile formation mechanisms; - to characterise possibilities of differential diagnostics of kidney diseases in a laboratory; - to characterise an examination algorithm of cerebrospinal fluid and serous cavity fluids, its differential value.

Skills

1.- to conduct a standardised examination of urine sediment; - to conduct macroscopic and microscopic examination of sputum; - to conduct quality control tests for clinical examination methods; - to conduct clinical examination methods of serous cavity fluids; - to evaluate the possibilities of clinical examination methods.

Competences

1.Examination of a biological material to determine physiological properties and pathological processes in a human body in order to perform differential diagnostics of different diseases using clinical examination methods, and to ensure the quality of examinations.

Assessment

Individual work

Title	% from total grade	Grade
1. Individual work	-	-
Preparation of a presentation on mechanisms of formation of sputum and diseases causing the formation of sputum; about clinical examination of urine according to the European standard. In-depth research: coprologic syndromes, their examination methods.

Examination

Title	% from total grade	Grade
1. Examination	-	-
2. Examination	-	-
Assessment of knowledge – written answers to questions at the end of the study course.

Study Course Theme Plan

FULL-TIME

Part 1

Seminar

Modality	Location
On site	Auditorium

Topics

Clinical examination of urine according to a European standard

Seminar

Modality	Location
On site	Auditorium

Topics

Urine examination methods. Possibilities of differential diagnosis of kidney diseases in the laboratory

Seminar

Modality	Location
On site	Auditorium

Topics

CSF un serous cavity fluid analysis, diagnostic value

Seminar

Modality	Location
On site	Auditorium

Topics

Examination of sputum and its diagnostic value

Seminar

Modality	Location
On site	Auditorium

Topics

Fecal investigation. Coprological syndromes

Total ECTS (Creditpoints):

8.00

Number of Residency Seminars:

Length (weeks):

Final Examination:

Residency exam (Theory and practice)

Bibliography

Required Reading

Henry's Clinical Diagnosis and Management by Laboratory Methods. 23rd Edition, 2017.

Clinical Microbiology Procedures Handbook. Published by American Society for Microbiology, United States, 2016.

Preanalytical Phase Errors: Experience of a Central Laboratory. Editor: Alexander Muacevic and John R. Adler. Published online 2020 Mar 20. doi: 10.7759/cureus.7335

Kathleen D. Pagana, Timothy J. Pagana, Theresa N. Pagana. Mosby's Diagnostic and Laboratory Test Reference. 13th Edition, 2016.

Fred F. Ferri. A Practical Guide to Clinical Laboratory Medicine and Diagnostic Imaging. 3rd Edition, 2014.

Additional Reading

Elsevier's Medical Laboratory Science Examination Review

Practical Laboratory Medicine. Co Editors-in-Chief: William Clarke, Mike J. Hallworth.

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (CCLM). Published in Association with the European Federation of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (EFLM). Editor-in-Chief: Plebani, Mario.

Clinical Microbiology Procedures Handbook, Parasitology. 4th Edition, 2016.

Sarah J. Pitt. Clinical Microbiology for Diagnostic Laboratory Scientists. 2018.

Other Information Sources

http://www.ifcc.org/ifcc-education-division/webinars/

http://www.ifcc.org/ifcc-communications-publications-division-(cpd)/ifcc-publications/ejifcc-(journal)/

Practical Laboratory Medicine. Co Editors-in-Chief: William Clarke, Mike J. Hallworth.

The Journal of Laboratory and Clinical Medicine. The Official Publication of the Central Society for Clinical Research.

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (CCLM), Published in Association with the European Federation of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (EFLM), Editor-in-Chief: Plebani, Mario.