The essential objectives of the Clinical Biochemistry and Clinical Molecular Biology and Applied Statistics course are the knowledge of traditional and innovative methodologies used in the laboratory for the determination of different proteins in the clinical biochemistry laboratory. These objectives will be achieved through lectures and interactive teaching activities, intended to facilitate learning and improve the ability to address and resolve the main diagnostic questions of the clinical biochemistry laboratory. The course aims to provide the student with the skills necessary to understand the role played by information systems and database management systems, illustrating the development process.
It is an essential objective of the course Statistics for Experimental Research to learn the knowledge of the essential elements for the interpretation of the accuracy and predictive values of a diagnostic test. This teaching will also deal with issues relating to test comparison and the fundamental aspects of study designs for biomedical diagnostic research. These objectives will be achieved through lectures and practical examples illustrating the methodology of some scientific studies published in medical literature. The purpose of the Laboratory Technical Sciences module is to provide students with the main knowledge on the pre-analytical, analytical and post-analytical phases of the diagnostic processes of laboratory medicine, with particular attention to clinical biochemistry exams, including the neonatal diagnosis. The main educational objectives of the clinical biochemistry course are the acquisition by the student of basic knowledge on the clinical-diagnostic significance of some of the laboratory tests that form the "clinical-chemical profile". These objectives will be achieved through lectures and interactive teaching activities, intended to facilitate learning and improve the ability to address and resolve the main diagnostic questions of the clinical biochemistry laboratory.
At the end of the course, students will have acquired the fundamental concepts of applying the scientific method to the study of biomedical phenomena (choice and measurement of parameters, evaluation of errors), they will be able to describe the physical phenomena of complex systems using suitable mathematical tools, will know the scientific basis of medical procedures and the operating principles of equipment commonly used for diagnostics and therapy, as well as to provide the student with the skills necessary to understand the key role that Information Technology (IT) plays for today's society and, in particular, in the context of the technical-healthcare professions. At the end of the "Information Processing Systems" module, the student will have acquired the skills necessary to understand the role played by information systems and database management systems in the field of technical healthcare professions.