Course Catalog

STP2033 LABORATORY MEDICINE PRINCIPLES AND PEARLS (AKA HOW TO DECIDE WHEN AND WHICH TEST TO ORDER AND HOW TO INTERPRET THE RESULTS)

Department	PATHOLOGY	Campus	Birmingham
Course Type(s)	Special Topic	Facility	UAB Medical Center
Course Director	MARISA MARQUES, MD	Enrollment Limit	12
Contact	MONICA HENDERSON	Enrollment Minimum	2
Email	mbhenderson@uabmc.edu	Address	619 20th Street South WP 210 Birmingham, AL
Phone	(205) 934-4060	Fax

Weeks Normally Offered See Offering Dates	17-17
Prerequisites	Completion of first year of medical school. Specific Clerkship Prerequisites:
Visiting Students	No LCME students accepted. No osteopathic students accepted.
Course Description	In 2015, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) published a report describing the need to improve the diagnostic process. Teaching medical students how to use the clinical laboratory is essential to achieve a better future. The aim of this course is to teach students how to properly select laboratory tests and fully understand the meaning of their results. We will discuss what we call "principles" of Laboratory Medicine using case studies ("Pearls") in Hematology, Blood Bank, Chemistry, Microbiology, etc. We also hope that this course will foster stronger and effective collaboration between laboratorians and clinicians of the future.
Where To Report	University Hospital; Department of Pathology; West Pavilion P230. The course is 3 days long and will run Mon-Wed from about 8:00am to 3:00 pm, (sometimes Tues- Thurs) depending on the Director's clinical service responsibilities.
Requirements	ACTIVITIES: - Prepare the assigned reading distributed by mentor(s) - Show interest in the discussions - Ask questions REQUIRED READING; - Park YA, Marques MB. TEACHING MEDICAL STUDENTS THE PRINCIPLES OF LABORATORY MEDICINE. Clinics in Laboratory Medicine 27(2). 411-24 - Handouts and papers assigned by mentor(s)
Evaluation	Pass/Fail based on: - Discussion participation - Preparation for meetings
Notes	NOTE: Prior to Febuary 3, 2016, this course was entitled: "HOW TO DECIDE WHEN AND WHICH TEST TO ORDER AND HOW TO INTERPRET THE RESULTS"