Laboratory Data Interpretation

Recommended Prerequisites

Pathophysiology, Clinical Biochemistry, Immunology, Hematology, Endocrinology.

Teaching Methods

Teaching is assessed in an interdisciplinary fashion, rather than in a discipline-based approach, by specialists in some multidisciplinary clinical areas. Therefore, theory and theory-practice classes are given in an integrated way, focused mainly in the discussion of multidisciplinary clinical reports and in the presentation of some related topics. Another relevant teaching approach is concerned with the individual presentation and discussion of clinical reports, in the scope of Laboratorial Diagnosis.

Learning Outcomes

This high interdisciplinary curricular unit, offered at the end of the course, includes lectures integrated with problem-solving classes focused on the discussion of particular problems and clinical interdisciplinary reports, and on theory development of some related topics, aiming an active learning and an integrated knowledge acquisition. Also, due to the interdisciplinary character of the reports, it is intended that students apply acquired knowledge in different curricular units of the course. In this way, students should gain interpretation skills to understand, in an integrative way, the clinical utility of the most common analytical parameters in routine laboratory diagnosis.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

The program encompasses mainly the discussion of clinical interdisciplinary reports and the development of some related topics, aiming to a better interrelationship and consolidation of acquired knowledge along the course. These reports, typical of pathologies, are presented in a simplified way with the most relevant clinical and analytical data; a major relevance is given to the understanding of the mechanisms underlying the analytical parameters changes.
Moreover, the resolution of problems that require integration and critical analysis of relevant related knowledge acquired in different curricular units is also stimulated, aiming for a better understanding of interdisciplinary matters.
The active participation of students with the presentation and discussion of published papers, in the scope of Laboratorial Diagnosis, is another relevant component of this unit.

Head Lecturer(s)

Teresa Carmo Pimenta Dinis Silva

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Individual oral presentation and discussion of a selected clinical report or published paper, in the scope of Laboratory Diagnosis: 20.0%
Exam: 80.0%

Bibliography

- Clinical Biochemistry: An illustrated colour text, 5th Edition (2013), Gaw, A., Murphy, M.J., Cowan, R.A., O'Reilly, D. St.J., Stewart, M.J. and Shepherd, J., Churchill Livingstone, Elsevier.
- 100 Cases in Clinical Medicine, 3rd Edition (2014), Rees, P.J., Pattison, J. and Kosky C., CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group.
- Clinical Chemistry, 6th Edition (2008), Marshall, W.J. and Bangert, S.K., Mosby Elsevier.
- Clinical Detective Stories: A Problem-Based Approach to Clinical Cases in Energy and Acid-Base Metabolism (1993), Halperin, M.L. and Rolleston, F.S., Portland Press.
- Biochemistry. A Case Oriented Approach, 6th Edition, Montgomery, R., Conway, T., and Spector, A., The C. V. Mosby Company.
- Henry’s Clinical Diagnosis and Management by Laboratory Methods, 22nd Edition (2011), McPherson and Pincus, Eds., Elsevier Saunders.
- Artigos científicos seleccionados/Selected scientific papers.