Medical Laboratory Technology 3: Automation in Medical Laboratories, including External Practice

Part 1: Lectures and laboratory courses.
Automation theory, Laboratory Information Systems (LIS), quality control systems, quality assurance, maintenance and troubleshooting of automatic analysis instruments, analysis applications, system configuration.
Pathology: General mechanisms of disease. Cardiovascular and lung diseases. Diseases of the kidneys and urinary tract. Diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, liver, bile and pancreas. Medical nomenclature.

Part 2: External study practice at hospital laboratories.
Study of automatic analysis instruments; sample processing and results publishing, laboratory logistics, procedures, quality systems, privacy and data security. Professional ethical issues, blood sampling of patients in hospitals.

Part 1: After attending the course the student can; Explain how commonly used automatic instruments are working, based on knowledge of analysis application, system configuration and functional units. Explain how quality assurance of laboratory operations works and how quality control systems in connection with automatic instruments works. Carry out start-up, maintenance, troubleshooting based on manuals and written procedures. Describe general pathology mechanisms. Describe the most common diseases related to the cardiovascular, lungs, kidneys and urinary tract, and digestive system. Describe the causes, symptoms, investigation and treatment of these conditions. Take blood samples / blood culture of fellow student, using butterfly test kit.

Part 2: After attending the practice period the student can; Explain the function of the automatic instrument the student has worked with during the external practice period. Explain the information systems used in hospitals and laboratories and the concept of two-way communication used within the laboratory system. Explain the use of procedures in medical laboratories and how they are prepared and revised. Understand the content of the current blood sampling procedure and be able to independently perform blood sampling of adult patients in hospitals. Know the procedure for blood sampling of children / newborns.
The student writes a formal scientific report according to the automatic instrument the student has worked with.

Lectures and 2 laboratory courses including written and oral assessments. External study practice at hospital laboratories with one formal scientific report. Expected total workload 250 hours pr. student. Lectures: 20 hours. Laboratory lessons: 21 hours. Self-study: 44 hours. External study practice: 165 hours.