Laboratory Medicine
Objectives
In clinical practice, Laboratory Medicine is part of a multidisciplinary team at the heart of
health care, supporting the identification of risk factors, diagnosis, therapy and monitoring
in diseases and in patients. Laboratory testing can support more than 70% of health care
and management decisions throughout medical practice, enabling appropriate, effective
and safe decisions to be made.
It is a discipline based on the basic knowledge of other disciplines such as Biochemistry,
Hematology, Immunology, Microbiology, Virology, Molecular Genetics and Cytogenetics,
integrated with the knowledge of the pathophysiology and diagnosis of the disease and
with the knowledge about the laboratory technologies.
The aim of the CU of Laboratory Medicine is to increase the perception and knowledge that
medical students have about the adequacy of the laboratory tests requested to the clinical
situations under study, especially the most prevalent ones, as well as their added value and
their clinical integration, for a more sustained use of tests and for an evidence-based
medical practice.
In the practice of Laboratory Medicine it is also central to understand how these tests are
performed and validated. Students should be able to recognize the different phases of the
process in the laboratory, from the pre-analytical, analytical and post-analytical stage,
developing critical capacity on the final result.
General characterization
Code
107020
Credits
4
Responsible teacher
Maria José Pinto Barreira Rego de Sousa Xavier,ANA FILIPA DA SILVA ALVES,SUSANA ISABEL MATEUS SANTOS,MARCIA FILIPA PINTO GERMANO DA CRUZ PASCOALINHO
Hours
Weekly - Available soon
Total - 112
Teaching language
PT
Prerequisites
Available soon
Bibliography
Available soon
Teaching method
a) Theoretical lectures, of an expository nature, aimed at all students, lasting no more
than 50 minutes, will be in asynchronous e-learning format (classes with audio
recording) and will be made available on moodle, two weeks in advance of the
schedule. Which include topics such as:
1. Organization of the Clinical Laboratory
2. Organization and understanding of the Laboratory requisition
3. Hematology study
4. Hemato-oncology study
5. Hemostasis study
6. Study of the Metabolism of Carbohydrates and Kidney Function
7. Study Hepatic and Pancreato-Biliary Function
8. Study of Dyslipidemias and Acute Coronary Syndromes
9. Study of Tumor Markers
10. Study of Endocrine Diseases
11. Study of Proteins
12. Study of Autoimmune Diseases
13. Study of the value of Laboratory tests
b) Other classes, provided in an asynchronous e-learning format (classes with audio
recording) and will be made available on moodle one week before classes practices.
- Explanatory film about student-centered teaching model (to be made available in
due course);
- Practical Class: Projection of microscopic images of peripheral blood and
medullary blood;
- Practical Class: Complement on ¿ Laboratory Safety ;
- Practical Class: Complement on ¿Pre-analytical;
- Practical Class: Complement on ¿Blood collection;
- Practical Class: Complement on Quality in the Laboratory, Quality in the
Autoimmunity Laboratory; Analytical Interferences in Immunochemistry;
- Practical Class: Complement on History and Laboratory Technologies.
c) Theoretical-practical classes, which include an expository component and an
interactive component, with discussion of clinical cases and aimed at small groups
of students (no more than 20), lasting no more than 90 + 30 minutes (discussion of
10 CC (90min) + presentation of the next CC (30min)), will be presential.
Evaluation method
Assessment is by means of a multiple choice test (MCQ) and the active
participation of students in the Theoretical-practical classes.
Subject matter
In order to achieve the above mentioned learning goals and to develop the competences
and performances, the program contents of this CU are divided into 3 groups:
a) Applying nuclear knowledge of physiology and pathophysiology in transversal
medical areas, such as Chemical Pathology, Hematology and Immunopathology
b) Study of the procedures used in the laboratory for screening, diagnosis,
monitoring and therapeutics
c) Adequacy of prescription, evaluation and interpretation of laboratory tests
applied to real clinical cases situations