BIOB3210 Genetics and Molecular Diagnostics Course description

Work and teaching methods include lectures, assignments and laboratory work in blood type serology, immune hematology, medical immunology and transplantation immunology. The course includes four days’ external practical training at a blood bank.

After completing the course, the student is expected to have achieved the following learning outcomes defined in terms of knowledge, skills and general competence: 

Knowledge 

The student 

• has knowledge of the structure and function of the different blood cells
• can characterise blood cells in a non-pathological blood sample and describe the selected pathological cells/conditions
• can describe the principles for different methods of measuring selected hematology and coagulation analyses
• can describe the significance of different analyses for diagnosis and treatment
• can explain the principle for manual counting and differentiation of blood cells
• can explain different sources of error relating to hematological analyses and how the sources of error can affect the results
• can explain the hemostasis mechanism
• can describe some blood diseases

Skills 

The student

• can carry out regular manual and automatic hematology and coagulation analyses
• can perform start-up, daily maintenance and quality control of hematology and coagulation instruments
• can identify and characterise normal and certain pathological cells/conditions in the blood by means of manual and digital morphology
• can assess and assure the quality of sample materials and test results
• can assess and interpret scattergrams (plots) from automatic cell counters
• can interpret test results in conjunction with other parameters

General competence

The student

• can make plans for and carry out own laboratory work by using relevant documents such as procedures, product information and method applications

In order to be permitted to take the exam, the following must have been approved: 

• a minimum of 90 per cent attendance in laboratory teaching

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

• Genetics and Molecular Diagnostics, 15 credits

Supervised individual written exam, combination of multiple choice and free text assignments, 3 hours.

Grade scale A-F

All exam papers are assessed by two examiners. A minimum of twenty per cent of the exam papers will be assessed by an external examiner. The external examiner’s assessment shall benefit all students.

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

• Work in blood bank, 3.5 credits
• Blood type serology, 4.5 credits
• Medical immunology with transplantation immunology

7 credits overlap with the course BIO1400 Hematology and Immunology

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.

• 10 credits overlap with BIO3200 Molecular Genetics
• 10 credits overlap with BIOB3200 Genetics and Molecular Diagnostics