COURSE DESCRIPTION:

SDS 432 is a clinical course that has one clinical session (3 hours) per week during the academic year. The clinic of this course is merged with that of the DEN491 Comprehensive Clinical Dentistry.

COURSE OBJECTIVES:

The student should be able to:

Kaplan: Clinical Chemistry, theory analysis and correlation.

Evolve method reviews.  Need to register, but this is free.

https://evolve.elsevier.com/cs/Satellite/StudentHome?Audience=Student 

AACB, Australasian Association of Clinical Biochemistry (lots of interesting items …free).

Weeks                                               Subjects

1,2.Safety procedures :

-       Minimal safety precautions

-       Contaminated equipment / glassware

-       Flammables

-       Chemical hazards

-       Radioisotopes

-       Hepatitis, AIDS etc .

-       Laboratory safety manual

Specimen handling / processing : 

-       Receiving 

-       Master log/ lab. Etc . 

First Mid Term Examination:          15       

Second Mid Term Examination:    15

Laboratory Quizzes:                       5

Mid Term Practical Examination:  5

Final Practical Examination:          20

Final Theoretical Examination:     40

References:

1.  Burtis and Ashwood, Teitz fundamentals of Clinical Chemistry, by Saunders.
2. Bishop, Fody and Choeff, Clinical chemistry: principles, procedures and correlations, by Lippincott.
3. LA Kaplan and AJ Pesce.  Clinical Chemistry, theory, analysis and correlation, 5^th edition 2010