COURSE SCHEDULE Date Topics: Undergraduate Reading Assignments (Points) Graduate level: (g) Assignment/Discussion Week 1 Syllabus review, black board Syllabus Board introduction Chapter 1 Introduction to clinical chemistry Tegrity (g) Advanced (g) Chapter 1 instrumentation/methodology Reference intervals - concepts Chapter 1 Assignment Week 2 Creating reference intervals Tegrity Quiz Journal/web reference (g) Reference intervals - advanced Chapter 1 Journal/web reference Chapter 1 QC Assignment Week 3 Sample handling, pre-analytical Tegrity sources of error Journal/web Quality control concepts – control - implementation reference (g) Advanced quality assurance and (g) Chapter 1 quality control Journal/web reference Chapter 1 Cost analysis Week 4 Standard operating procedures assignment Tegrity Purchasing instruments evaluating – performance instruments cost analysis – (g) Method comparison (g) Chapter 1 Journal/web reference Chapter 6 Exam 1 Week 5 Hepatobiliary enzymes Tegrity Case interpretation Muscular and pancreatic enzymes assignment (enzymes) (g) Ancillary tests for pancreatitis, (g) Chapter 12 advanced interpretation of enzyme Journal/web alterations reference Chapter 6 Week 6 Bilirubin Tegrity Routine liver function parameters on
COURSE SCHEDULE Date Topics: Undergraduate Reading Assignments (Points) Graduate level: (g) Week 1 Syllabus review, black board introduction Introduction to clinical chemistry Syllabus Chapter 1 Tegrity Assignment/Discussion Board (g) Advanced instrumentation/methodology (g) Chapter 1 Week 2 Reference intervals - concepts Creating reference intervals Chapter 1 Tegrity Journal/web reference Assignment Quiz (g) Reference intervals - advanced Chapter 1 Journal/web reference Week 3 Sample handling, pre-analytical sources of error Quality control – concepts control - implementation Chapter 1 Tegrity Journal/web reference QC Assignment (g) Advanced quality assurance and quality control (g) Chapter 1 Journal/web reference Week 4 Standard operating procedures Purchasing instruments – evaluating performance instruments – cost analysis Chapter 1 Tegrity Cost analysis assignment (g) Method comparison (g) Chapter 1 Journal/web reference Week 5 Hepatobiliary enzymes Muscular and pancreatic enzymes Chapter 6 Tegrity Exam 1 Case interpretation assignment (enzymes) (g) Ancillary tests for pancreatitis, advanced interpretation of enzyme alterations (g) Chapter 12 Journal/web reference Week 6 Bilirubin Routine liver function parameters on Chapter 6 Tegrity