General provisions

The content, length and level of the education are regulated by chapter 1, section 9 of the Higher Education Act 1 (1992:1434), by the Higher Education Ordinance (1993:100), and by the Ordinance on changes to the Higher Education Ordinance (2006:1053). The course is given in semester 5 in the Biomedical Laboratory Science Programme and consists of theoretical studies and practical proficiency training. The course aims to enable students to acquire an advanced ability in the skills that are needed to inform patients and other professions within healthcare about laboratory analysis, to work in project form and to perform method validations and internal and external quality control practices in laboratory work.

Entry requirements

1) At least 90 passed credit points in subjects equivalent to year 1 and 2 in the program, as well as having completed the course Practical Tuition II. 2) For admission to the course as a separate course, an older biomedical laboratory science education or equivalent skills, is/are required .

Learning outcomes

SKILLS AND ABILITY

On completion of the course, the student should be able to:

- plan a method validation of new methods including a quality assurance of the method

- hold oral presentations and conduct a presentation in the area of biomedical laboratory science

- present a field within biomedical laboratory science orally and in written form as a poster

- provide information about laboratory tests in a language that is comprehensible to non-laboratory personnel

KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING

On completion of the course, the student should be able to:

- describe how to work in projects and in project management

- describe laboratory organisation and logistics

- discuss the medical laboratory activities relevant to healthcare economics and healthcare policy

- describe the background of the development of reference ranges and identify the issues surrounding this

- account for the assessment of results from internal and external controls

Content

Project organisation, control, laboratory organisation, logistics from patient preparation to reported test results, biobanks, research ethics, patient-related analytical work, method validation, quality, the IVD directive, presentation skills, healthcare economics, healthcare policy.

Instruction

Lectures, video presentations and seminars.

Assessment

Examination takes place as an individual theoretical and practical test. To obtain a pass grade, passed seminars and video presentations are required as well as participation in all compulsory parts. If there are special reasons for doing so, an examiner may make an exception from the method of assessment indicated and allow a student to be assessed by another method. An example of special reasons might be a certificate regarding special pedagogical support from the University's disability coordinator.

Students who did not pass the examination have the right to retake the examination 4 additional times (= a total of 5 examinations). If special circumstances apply, the programme committee may allow additional examinations. Each time the student participates in an examination counts as an examination. Submission of a so-called blank exam counts as an examination.