In addition to learning some of the more complex laboratory procedures such as tissue culture in virological diagnoses, the student becomes proficient in simpler yet critically important bedside tests such as the Gram stain. Problem-based learning sessions in clinical infectious disease are offered in the last half of the course to bridge the science of the microbe to the management of infected patients. S. Campbell, F. Bia, S. Edberg, M. Landry, and associates. This is an in-depth experience in the field of laboratory medicine. The various diagnostic tests available in a large university hospital clinical laboratory are examined in terms of basic technology, theory, clinical indications for ordering, and specificity for disease process.
Emphasis is on clinical laboratory correlation.
The student participates in the various departmental teaching conferences such as Journal Club, Research Seminar, and Clinical Rounds. Three days per week, for two or three weeks, given three times per year. Limited to two students per session. R. K. Donabedian and associates.