Clinical Chemistry I

2.0 credits

This is a 30 hour didactic course that provides the cognitive foundation required for students to competently apply clinical chemistry principles to the practice of clinical laboratory science. This is the first course in a series of two clinical chemistry courses in the program. Clinical and analytical correlations are organized by analyte, including: amino acids and proteins; nonprotein nitrogen compounds; enzymes; carbohydrates; lipids and lipoproteins; electrolytes; blood gases, pH, and buffer systems; and trace and toxic elements (including the spectrometry, atomic absorption spectroscopy, and alternative analytical techniques). The chemical principles of each analyte are presented in a situational learning model that makes correlations: to disease states, interpretations of data, problem solving, and quality assurance in addition to other real world aspects of the clinical chemistry laboratory.