A minimum of 128 semester hours is required. Theory and practice of instrumental analysis are used in clinical analyses. The physiology of urine formation, abnormalities and renal diseases is studied. Microscopic examination techniques are utilized. Studies of medical terminology, laboratory mathematics and statistics, laboratory safety, phlebotomy technique, professional ethics and the legal responsibility of the laboratory scientist are studied.
Emphasis is placed on the professional relationship and communication with other medical personnel.
Lecture and laboratory instruction on parasites that produce diseases in humans is carried out. Studies of human pathogenic fungi are made. Laboratory work involves the isolation, culturing and identification of the various fungi. Pathogenic effects of these fungi are studied. A study of the formed elements of blood and the mechanisms of coagulation in normal and diseased states is made.