Course Descriptions and Applied Educational Assignment – Case Study

Course Descriptions and Applied Educational Assignment

Course Descriptions

Immunohematology (Transfusion Medicine):  The study of the processing, storage, and administration of human blood and its components.

Chemistry:  The analysis of human fluids for diagnostic purposes and supportive medical care.

Urinalysis: The study of the chemical and microscopic elements of urine.

Coagulation: The study of systems involved in the coagulation of blood, detection of deficiencies in those systems, and the control of anticoagulant therapies.

Hematology: The study of the origin, development, morphology, function, and reactions of the blood cells.

Microbiology: The study of pathogenic bacteria, mycobacteria, parasites, viruses, and fungi, their rapid and exact identification and antibiotic susceptibility testing.

Serology & Immunology: The in vitro study of antigen-antibody interactions, the science of immunity, and the study of the in vivo development of antibodies against specific foreign antigens.

Clinical Seminar: Consists of the student case study presentations, leadership, management, education, safety, phlebotomy, ethics, professionalism, ergonomics, compliance, cultural diversity and medical terminology subject materials.

Histology/Cytology:  This course provides a very brief introduction to Histology to include embedding, cutting, staining, coverslipping, and immunohistochemistry. The Cytology experience includes an introduction to the basics of processing GYN and non-GYN specimens and an introduction to cytologic prep analysis.

Applied Educational Assignment – The Student Case Study

Student Case Study Project

The student case study is considered the applied educational capstone assignment. Students are required to submit a written copy of the case study, as well as present the case study orally to faculty and staff technologists.

1. Students should choose a case that covers at least three (3) areas of the laboratory.
   The presentation should include the following:

• • Clinical summary of the patient (reconstruct the case)
  • Physical findings
  • General review of the laboratory data
  • Specific laboratory data in the area in which they are concentrating
  • Review of the disease from the literature
  • Additional information depending on the individual case being presented

2. Students may be assisted by department supervisors, the Pathologists, Pathologists’ Assistants and the technologists.
3. HIPAA guidelines will be followed when dealing with patient charts, results and information.
4. Presentations will be given as an in-service for the entire laboratory during Lab Week in April.
5. Presentations should be a minimum of 15 minutes and maximum of 25 minutes in length.
6. Students are encouraged to use audio-visual materials: microscope photography, photographs of charts out of books, overhead projections, etc. Assistance with the audio-visual aids may be obtained from the Program Director. Power-point is available.
7. The written assignment must include at least three objectives written in the proper format, a complete bibliography of all reference materials used, (Wikipedia may not be used as a reference) and a quiz 5-10 questions in length on the subject material.