TRIMESTER CREDIT HOURS: 4
LECTURE HOURS PER WEEK: 3
LABORATORY HOURS PER WEEK: 2
TOTAL CONTACT HOURS: 75
PREREQUISITES:
Physiology II, Gross Anatomy II, Pathology I, and Microbiology
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
This course teaches clinical laboratory diagnostic tests and procedures as they relate to the identification and diagnosis of systemic disorders of the human body. The class emphasizes laboratory tests that are useful for diagnosing and evaluating health care in the chiropractic practice.
COURSE OBJECTIVES:
Understand the regulation of clinical laboratories.
Understand the importance of the quality and reliability of work performed in the laboratory.
Understand the need for safety of the worker in the clinical laboratory.
Understand the role of the clinical laboratory in the diagnosis, preventive care, and treatment of patients.
Understand normal hematology values.
Perform and interpret basic hematology tests.
Interpret the meaning of abnormal hematology values.
Understand the function of red and white blood cells.
Understand the major types of anemia.
Understand how to diagnose the major types of anemia.
Understand the major types of leukemia.
Understand how to diagnose the major types of leukemia.
Understand the pathways of blood coagulation and know the factors involved in the pathways.
Understand how the transfusion of blood and what potential hazards are associated with blood transfusion.
Understand the laboratory tests associated with cardiac diseases.
Understand the evaluation of serum proteins in the laboratory.
Understand the pathologies associated with serum proteins.
Understand the laboratory tests associated with a diseased liver.
Perform and interpret a urinalysis.
Understand renal function tests.
Interpret a biochemical profile.
Understand and interpret laboratory tests for bacterial infections.
Understand and interpret laboratory tests for viral infections.
Understand laboratory tests parasitic infections
Understand laboratory evaluation of cerebral spinal fluid.
Understand laboratory evaluation of bone disorders.
Understand and interpret laboratory tests for gastrointestinal function.
Understand the role of pH of body fluids and the assessment of pH in the laboratory.
Understand and interpret acid/base disorders.
Understand the laboratory assessment of serum electrolytes.
Understand and interpret laboratory tests for pancreatic function.
Understand and diagnose the pathology of diabetes.
Understand the laboratory tests used for diagnosing diabetes and hypoglycemia.
Understand and interpret laboratory tests for hormonal function.
Understand the laboratory tests used for diagnosing and evaluating cancer.
Understand what laboratory tests measure and evaluate the presence or influence of drugs.
PURPOSE OF COURSE AS RELATED TO COLLEGE MISSION AND EXPECTED OUTCOME: Lab Diagnosis, as a diagnostic course at Parker college, is designed to teach students an additional tool for use in the diagnosis of their future patients. This course will introduce students to the clinical sciences as related to health care. It will instill in the student, knowledge of laboratory medicine as it relates to diagnosis of pathologies. The students will have a success consciousness that will enable them to use all available diagnostic tools to have a successful practice and to consult and refer, when indicated, to other health care providers.