Upon completion of the course, the student should have a good foundation for future clinical or other advanced courses in neuroscience. Clinical Pathology 3 Quarter Hours Focuses on an advanced investigation of specific orthopedic, neurological, cardiopulmonary, rheumatological, and medical conditions. 6 Quarter Hours Introduces the major functional groups of organic chemistry. On-line links and clinical case presentations will also be library research papers relating current medical microbiology articles to information learned during the course. 6 Quarter Hours Covers advanced concepts in blood cell analysis, including special stains, hemoglobin analysis and leukemia identification.
Special emphasis is made on reading abnormal bone marrow case studies.
Also included is the application of theory of immunology and immunohematology to problems in blood banking, including ABO and Rh typing anomalies, antibody identification, and positive direct antiglobulin tests.