CLINICAL PATHOLOGY, CLINICAL BIOCHEMISTRY AND MICROBIOLOGYModule Clinical pathology
Academic Year 2025/2026 - Teacher: STEFANIA STELLAExpected Learning Outcomes
Course Structure
Required Prerequisites
Attendance of Lessons
Detailed Course Content
The course is organized into theoretical lessons combined with exercises aimed to interpreter the results of different types of laboratory test.
Program:
1. Laboratory analysis: generalities and fundamental principles
2. The laboratory in haematological diseases: blood count and thalassemia
3. The laboratory in hemostasis and coagulation
4. Plasma proteins and electrophoresis
5. Biomarkers used in clinical and oncology pathology
6. The laboratory medicine in the evaluation of the cerebrospinal fluid
7. Liquid Biopsy Study: How to Use It for Laboratory Investigations
8. Methodologies applied in clinical pathology to detect gene mutations
Textbook Information
1. Federici G. Medicina di Laboratorio. Mc Graw-Hill Companies
2. Ciaccio M., Lippi G. Biochimica clinica e Medicina di Laboratorio. EdiSES
Course Planning
| Subjects | Text References | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Laboratory tests: generalities and fundamental principles. | Book 1: chapter 1; Book 2 chapters: 1-4 |
| 2 | The laboratory in haematological diseases: blood count and thalassemia | Book 1: chapter 2; Book 2: chapter 11 |
| 3 | The laboratory in hemostasis and coagulation | Book 1: chapter 9; Book 2: chapter 10PDF flyers |
| 4 | Plasma proteins and electrophoresis | Book 2: chapter 8; PDF flyers |
| 5 | Biomarkers used in clinical and oncology pathology | Book 1: chapter 15; Book 2: chapters 28, 29 |
| 6 | Laboratory medicine in the evaluation of the cerebrospinal fluid | Book 1: chapter 18; Book 2: chapters 30, 34 |
| 7 | Liquid Biopsy Study: How to Use It for Laboratory Investigations | PDF flyers |
| 8 | Methodologies applied in clinical pathology to detect gene mutations | PDF flyers |
Learning Assessment
Learning Assessment Procedures
The test consists of an interview in which 2-3 questions will be asked that deal with at least 2-3 different topics of the program. The test allows to verify: i) the level of knowledge of the program topics; ii) the ability to apply this knowledge in dealing with specific clinical situations; iii) clarity of presentation; iv) the property of medical-scientific language.
For the attribution of the final grade, the following parameters will be taken into account:
Grade 29-30 with honors: the student has a thorough knowledge of the required topics, is able to promptly and correctly integrate and critically analyze the situations presented, autonomously solving even highly complex problems; has excellent communication skills and masters medical-scientific language.
Grade 26-28: the student has a good knowledge of the required topics, is able to integrate and analyze the situations presented in a critical and linear way, is able to solve complex problems independently and presents the arguments clearly using medical language. appropriate scientific;
Grade 22-25: the student has a fair knowledge of the required topics, even if limited to the main topics; she succeeds in integrating and analyzing in a critical but not always linear way the situations presented and she exposes the arguments quite clearly with a discrete property of language;
Grade 18-21: the student has the minimum knowledge of the required topics, has a modest ability to integrate and critically analyze the situations presented and presents the topics in a sufficiently clear way although the language properties are not very developed;
Failed exam: the student does not have the minimum required knowledge of the main teaching contents. The ability to use language specific is very little or zero and is unable to independently apply the knowledge acquired.
The final grade is given by the weighted average of the marks obtained in the 3 modules.