ML-205 Hematology and Blodsampling (Autumn 2020)
- ECTS Credits:
- 7.5
- Responsible department:
- Faculty of Engineering and Science
- Course Leader:
- Inger-Lise Fredriksen Neslein
- Lecture Semester:
- Spring
- Teaching language:
- Norwegian.
- Duration:
- ½ year
Table of contents
The course is connected to the following study programs
- Bachelor's Programme in Biomedical Laboratory Science
Teaching language
Prerequisites
Courses in blood sampling included in ML-112 must be approved.
Learning outcomes
On successful completion of the course, the student should
- Be able to describe the morphology and development of blood cells
- Be able to describe the normal physiology of blood cells, blood cell diseases and abnormal blood cell function with different organ diseases.
- Be able to account for the normal coagulation system, bleeding and thrombotic diseases.
- Be able to apply different manual methods for examining the haematological system and the coagulation system
- Have knowledge about principles and procedures for carrying out automated analysis, evaluating instrument reports and reporting final results.
- Be able to assess the results from laboratory sampling in relation to possible sources of error in the test samples and significant pathological conditions.
- Account for the most important pre- and post-analytical factors that influence the quality of the blood sample
- Be able to apply different sampling techniques and be familiar with different types of sampling: sampling from children and infants, blood culture sampling and sampling from patients isolated for infection control.
Contents
The course is designed to enable the students to handle and analyse haematological samples, create quality-assured reports and evaluate the final results. The use of cases from clinical practice will be emphasised. Important topics include quality evaluation, sources of error, use of quality controls and quality assurance.
The students will be instructed and trained in blood sampling. The course covers both ethical and technical aspects of blood sampling.
Teaching and learning methods
Instruction is comprised of lectures, laboratory exercises and group work. Students will participate in patient sampling together with medical laboratory scientist of the local hospital. It is compulsory to take part in groupwork as well as in practical laboratory work. All reports of practical laboratory exercise has to be passed before the exam takes place.
The course has an expected scope of work of 202 hours.
Examination requirements
All compulsory assignments must have obtained a Pass.
Examinations
Student evaluation
Reduction of Credits
This course’s contents overlap with the following courses. A reduction of credits will occur if one of these courses is taken in addition:
| Course | Reduction of Credits |
|---|---|
| ML-210 – Hematology and immunology. | 7.5 |
| ML-202 – Hematology and Transfusion Medicine . | 5 |
| ML-107 – Hematology and transfusion medicine. | 5 |
| ML-203 – Medical Bio-chemistry 1 and Bloodsampling. | 1.5 |
| ML-108 – Medical bio-chemistry 1 and Bloodsampling. | 1.5 |