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BIOB1400 Hematology Course description

Course name in Norwegian
Hematologi
Study programme
Biomedical Laboratory Sciences Programme
Weight
10.0 ECTS
Year of study
2024/2025
Curriculum
SPRING 2025
Schedule
Course history

Introduction

Hematology is the study of blood and blood diseases. This is a basic hematology course, focusing on the blood cells’ development, function and morphology, and the most important blood diseases. The course will give students a foundation for analysing hematology and coagulation samples, and for quality assuring, interpreting and assessing test results.

Required preliminary courses

The student must have been admitted to the study programme.

Learning outcomes

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

Content

Grade scale A-F.

Teaching and learning methods

Work and teaching methods used are lectures, group work, peer assessment and laboratory work individually and in groups.

Digital learning resources are made available for students before the laboratory sessions. The time in the laboratory is therefore generally not used to demonstrate how to solve the assignments. Digital learning resources are also used in the form of practical assignments in digital morphology.

Course requirements

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

Assessment

Prerequisite knowledge

Students must be registered in the third year and have completed at least 100 credits from the first and second years by 1 October before they are assigned a topic for their bachelor’s thesis.

Requirement for preliminary project

A project outline (separate form) must be approved by 15 November. It is the students’ responsibility to:

  • form project groups consisting of four members
  • contact an enterprise and agree on a collaboration for the bachelor’s thesis
  • define a research question and a draft solution for the bachelor’s thesis

Permitted exam materials and equipment

The assignment of bachelor’s theses is based on the guidelines applicable to the faculty and the study programme. The thesis is preferably written in cooperation with a business or research community. A supervisor from the study programme will be appointed. For projects carried out in cooperation with an enterprise or public agency, an external supervisor will also be appointed.

Grading scale

The following coursework is compulsory and must be approved before the student can sit the exam:

  • two lectures (start-up and report writing)
  • preliminary project (a project outline must be completed prior to 15th of November)
  • one meeting with the course coordinator
  • one oral presentation

Students may be required to write the thesis in English.

Examiners

All.

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