BIOB1000 Introduction to the Profession of Biomedical Laboratory Sciences Course description

The course gives an introduction to the biomedical laboratory science profession, and will connect the biomedical medical science discipline to the fundamental values that are common to all health professions. A holistic view of people is a key element, as is respect for people’s integrity, autonomy and right of co-determination. The course covers basic knowledge about health professions and topics that form a common frame of reference for practising the various professions, for instance health legislation, communication and cooperation. Biomedical laboratory scientists’ professional practice will be elucidated with examples relating to ethics, duty of confidentiality and consent. The course also gives an introduction to the biomedical laboratory scientists’ work in the laboratory, blood sample collection, pre-analytical conditions and laboratory analyses’ role in the health service.

Supervised individual written multiple choice exam, 3 hours

No aids are permitted.

The course consists of the following subject areas, specified below as the number of credits:

• Ethics, profession and health legislation: 3 credits
• Communication and interaction: 2 credits

Grade scale A-F.

All answers are reviewed by one examiner. An external examiner is regularly involved in the design of assignment sets and assessment criteria, at least every third completion of the course.

The course consists of the following subject areas, specified below as the number of credits:

• Anatomy, physiology and immunology 9 credits
• Normal histology 1 credit

• 10 credits overlap with BIO1200 Fundamentals of Biomedical Analysis: Anatomy, Physiology and Histology
• 10 credits overlap with BIOB1210 Anatomy and Physiology

Pass/fail

All answers are assessed by two examiners. An external examiner is used regularly, at a minimum of every third completion of the course. When selecting answers for external evaluation, a minimum of 10 percent of the answers shall be included, with no fewer than 5 answers. The external examiner’s assessment of the selected answers shall benefit all students.

5 credits overlap with the course BIO1000 The Foundation and Basis of the Health Professions.