Curricular Unit:			Code:
Clinical Biochemistry I			1019BCL1
Year:	Level:	Course:	Credits:
2	Undergraduate	Clinical Analyses and Public Health	6 ects
Learning Period:		Language of Instruction:	Total Hours:
Winter Semester		Portuguese/English	78
Learning Outcomes of the Curricular Unit:
Biochemical tests are used in the diagnosis, prognosis, monitoring and screening for diseases. it is intended with this discipline that the student understand, execute and interpret critically basic biochemical tests, according to available clinical information and quality control required.
Syllabus:
1. Biochemical tests in Clinical Analysis, reference values and quality control (basic concepts.) Types of biological samples, crops, transport and storage 2. Acid-base equilibrium: notions, metabolic and respiratory acidosis and alcalosis - compensation mechanisms. 3.Carbohydrates (HC)Diabetes mellitus: Techniques and criteria for diagnosis and classification, pathogenesis ,4. Plasma proteins Classification and Metabolism of Major Plasma Proteins 5. Vitamins. Definition, classification and functions 6. Clinical Enzyme: Classification of enzymes and enzymes with diagnostic value;7. Lipids and lipoproteins (LP): Lipid metabolism and primary and secondary dyslipidemias.8) Hydric imbalance
Demonstration of the Syllabus Coherence with the Curricular Unit's Objectives:
In this UC students acquire theoretical and theoretical-practical knowledge in the classroom that will support practical classes where they will learn to perform basic techniques of clinical analysis (manual and automated). Begin the techniques of obtaining, separating and preserving biological products. From collection to the calculation and critical interpretation of results. Finally they will do the interpretation of analytical results and clinical cases.They will also learn rules of behaviour, security, hierarchy, respect and confidentiality required not only by the profession but by current legislation.
Teaching Methodologies (Including Evaluation):
Students will be evaluated continuously (PL classes) and periodically (T classes). On PL classes continuous assessment, attendance, responsible participation and previous preparation of lab work is considered for evaluation (50%). Students should also elaborate work sheets based on their lab work. The mean classification of the work sheets will account for the remaining 50% of the PL evaluation. On the T classes periodic evaluation, students will attend two written tests which will account for 50% + 50% of the final T classes grade. The final grade will result from the weighted mean of the PL classes grade (40%) and the T classes grade (60%). For the final grade the student should have a minimum grade of 9,5 in each UC component (PL and T).
Demonstration of the Coherence between the Teaching Methodologies and the Learning Outcomes:
Quality of health services depends on both people and appropriate systems and techniques. In this context, health professionals should play an active role based on ethics, rigor and theoretical and practical knowledge appropriate to the challenges and needs they face. We are all in favor of Quality in everything around us, and today it is imperative in any credible service or institution particularly in health.
Reading:
Clinical Chemistry, W. J. Marshall, Mosby. Gaw, A. et al (2013). “Clinical Biochemistry – An illustrated colour text”. 5th Ed. Elsevier Clinical Chemistry –Theory, Analysis and Correlation, L. Kaplan, A. Pesce, The C.V. Mosby Company. Clinical Diagnosis and Management by Laboratory Methods, J. B. Henry, W.B. Saunders Company. Tietz: Text Book of Clinical Chemistry, Ed. C.A. Burtis, E.R. Ashwood, W.B. Saunders