College of Applied Medical Sciences

Components: Practical
Credit Hours: 1
Course Schedule: Block System
Laboratory sessions are designed to introduce basic laboratory techniques including but not limited to safety, phlebotomy, pipetting, the use of basic instruments as well as techniques for the analysis of urine, cerebrospinal, and other body fluids.

Components: Theory
Credit Hours: 2
Course Schedule: Block System
Lectures cover theory and techniques of analyzing urine, cerebrospinal, synovial, serous, amniotic, and other body fluids. Emphasis is on correlation of chemical, cellular, and microbiologic findings in normal and disease states.

Components: Theory
Credit Hours: 3
Course Schedule: Block System
Introduction to the mechanism of normal and abnormal immune response. Emphasis on laboratory diagnosis by agglutination, precipitation, immunofluorescence and enzyme immunoassay.

Components: Theory
Credit Hours: 3
Course Schedule: Block System
Normal and abnormal hematopoiesis and hemostasis. Emphasis on recognizing alterations correlating with diagnosis and treatment. Includes quantitation techniques and morphologic evaluation and function of blood cells in bone marrow and peripheral blood.

Components: Practical
Credit Hours: 3
Course Schedule: Block System
Emphasis on quantitative and qualitative techniques to evaluate the number, function and morphology of blood cells in bone marrow and peripheral blood. Includes testing methods to diagnose and monitor treatment for hematologic and hemostatic disorders.

Components: Theory & Practical
Credit Hours: 1
Course Schedule: Block System
Pathogenic parasites are covered. Emphasis is on the identification of parasites. The objectives of the PARASITOLOGY are to prepare the student for effective performance and further learning and understanding during internship in the Microbiology laboratory and to understand basic concepts in Parasitology.

Components: Theory & Practical
Credit Hours: 2
Course Schedule: Block System
Introduction to clinical biochemistry. Emphasis on material relevant for the clinical laboratory sciences. Topics include metabolism, carbohydrates, lipids, amino acids, proteins, and nucleic acids.

Components: Theory
Credit Hours: 3
Course Schedule: Block System
Pathogenic microorganisms are covered. Emphasis is on isolation, cultivation, and identification. Fundamental microbiology, epidemiology, and pathogenesis are also included as appropriate.

Components: Practical
Credit Hours: 2
Course Schedule: Block System
Pathogenic microorganisms are covered. Emphasis is on isolation, cultivation, and identification. Fundamental microbiology, epidemiology, and pathogenesis are also included as appropriate.

Components: Theory
Credit Hours: 2
Course Schedule: Block System
Introductory course in molecular diagnostics. Focus on principles and applications of molecular technologies currently used in laboratory medicine, as well as quality control and quality assurance issues associated with molecular testing.

Components: Practical
Credit Hours: 1
Course Schedule: Block System
In this course, students will acquire knowledge about basic principles involved in different techniques and procedures used in molecular biology and genetics laboratories. They will also get familiar about optimum use of available laboratory techniques for diagnosis of different diseases using molecular biology and genetic assays. Students will acquire the skills to analyze, interpret and report results of experimental work performed during laboratory sessions.

Components: Theory
Credit Hours: 3
Course Schedule: Block System
This course covers the basics of immunohematology, blood components interactions such as blood groups and their matching assays and blood transfusions assays.

Components: Practical
Credit Hours: 1
Course Schedule: Block System
This course covers the safety procedures followed in blood transfusion and blood products as well as the basic principles of blood compatibility matching assays.

Components:Theory & Practical
Credit Hours: 5
Course Schedule: Block System
This course includes detection and quantitation of metabolic compounds of major clinical significance in the diagnosis and treatment of disease. Emphasis on principles of analysis and diagnostic significance of biological constituents.

Components:Theory & Practical
Credit Hours: 5
Course Schedule: Block System
In this course, the student continues to learn, correlate and apply the knowledge and skills acquired during the core. Under the direction of medical technologists in hospital and other laboratorians the student performs diagnostic procedures developing laboratory organization and proficiency under actual working conditions.

Components:Theory & Practical
Credit Hours: 5
Course Schedule: Block System
Supervised clinical advanced training and studies in the areas of chemistry/urinalysis/phlebotomy. Emphasis on manual and automated techniques and development of professional behavior. Includes diagnostic correlations, quality assurance, and management practices.

Components:Theory
Credit Hours: 1
Course Schedule: Block System
This course focuses on research and presentation of various laboratory medicine topics. The course requires individual investigations. This is a self-directed learning course.

Components:Theory
Credit Hours: 1
Course Schedule: Block System
This course focuses on knowledge and techniques needed to identify and resolve management problems in the clinical laboratory. Students will work independently to learn basic management concepts and techniques, how to successfully manage diversity issues, proper development of educational objectives, and guidance in the process of selecting a laboratory information system.

Components:Theory & Practical
Credit Hours: 2
Course Schedule: Block System
HISTO-CYTO TECHNIQUES course will provide the students the learning experiences in histology and cytology techniques, specimen’s collection, scope of the Pap test, tissue preservation, understanding of tissue processing and staining.

Components:Theory & Practical
Credit Hours: 5
Course Schedule: Block System
The objectives of the Microbiology Clinical Education are to develop the student’s skills in analyzing specimens in a microbiology laboratory and to reinforce those theories learned in CORE and interrelated information obtained in various areas of the laboratory.

Components:Theory & Practical
Credit Hours: 5
Course Schedule: Block System
The objectives of the Blood Bank and Immunohematoloy Clinical Education course are to provide learning experiences that will result in the student possessing certain minimum job entry level competencies in the area of blood banking/immunology.

Components:Theory
Credit Hours: 1
Course Schedule: Block System
Independent study of laboratory medicine cases designed to correlate the student’s didactic knowledge with the clinical experience.

Components:Theory
Credit Hours: 1
Course Schedule: Block System
A continuation of Laboratory Management I. Focus is on preparing and reviewing technical procedures and policies, conducting interviews, reviewing resumes and cover letters, and becoming familiar with compliance issues, codes of conduct, job descriptions, evaluations and workflow analysis.