TL22B555I - CLINICAL PATHOLOGY

courses

ID:

TL22B555I

Duration (hours):

30

CFU:

SSD:

PATOLOGIA CLINICA

Located in:

CHIETI

Url:

Course Details:

BIOMEDICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES/CORSO GENERICO Year: 1

Year:

2025

Course Catalogue:

https://unich.coursecatalogue.cineca.it/af/2025?co...

Date/time interval

Secondo Semestre (03/03/2026 - 30/05/2026)

Course Objectives

At the end of the course, the student must be able to:

Know and understand the fundamental principles of clinical pathology.
Critically evaluate and interpret the logic behind clinical laboratory tests and the validity of results, interpreting their significance within their scope of practice.
Understand how to resolve potential issues within the clinical pathology laboratory.
Develop critical and proactive thinking to resolve complex analytical and diagnostic cases.

Course Prerequisites

1. Fundamentals of Cell Biology, Human Anatomy, and Physiology
2. Fundamentals of General, Physical and Biochemical Chemistry

Teaching Methods

Lectures and discussion of practical laboratory cases

Assessment Methods

Written and/or Oral test on the entire course program. The test will be passed if the candidate reaches the cut-off score of 18/30.
Evaluations will be communicated in due advance and their results will be publicly available.
The following criteria will be used for the candidate assessment:
DATA
CONTENTS: Pertinence and Correctness
DESCRIPTORS:
Complete: 30
Extensive: 29-27
Discrete with some gaps: 26-24
Fully enough: 23-21
Just enough although with several gaps: 20-18
DATA
ARGUMENTS: BREADTH AND COHERENCE
DESCRIPTORS:
Rigorous and documented highlighting ability to use the acquired
knowledge and to link it in the argumentation: 30
Precise and detailed: 29-27
Appropriate: 26-24
Fully enough: 23-21
Just enough: 20-18
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DATA
EXPRESSIVE CORRECTNESS, PROPERTY OF SCIENTIFIC
LANGUAGE, COMMUNICATIVE ABILITY
DESCRIPTORS
Refined and original: 30
Clear, flowing and correct: 29-27
Discrete: 26-24
Sufficient: 23-21
Not fully adequate: 20-18

Texts

Biochimica clinica e medicina di laboratorio di Ciaccio e Lippi. Ed. EDISES
Elementi di biochimica clinica e medicina di laboratorio di Ciaccio. Ed. EDISES
Lecture slides Any in-depth material provided in class

Fundamentals of Clinical Pathology
Blood sampling
Haematological diagnostics
Haemostasis
Diabetes mellitus and dyslipidemia
Acid-base and hydro-electrolyte balance
White blood cell count, inflammation and immunity diagnostics

Course Language

Italian

More information

The teaching material presented in class will be made available to the student in electronic format and will be an integral part of the preparation for the exam