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~1~ Course information form The below named applicant has applied to register with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC), which would enable them to practise within the UK. We need to obtain details of each applicant’s professional training. Please provide details on the content of each part of the programme that the applicant undertook at your institution. We require content of academic and clinical training, including approximate numbers of hours within each part of the course. Any scores obtained under examination may also be useful. A list of procedures undertaken and departments attended during the course is valuable in the assessment process. Please indicate the range and scope of clinical placements undertaken. It is likely that this will take up several pages. A syllabus is unlikely to provide sufficient applicant specific detail for registration purposes, but a copy may be provided in addition to the Course Information form. If part of the applicant’s training took place at another institution, please indicate N in the “Undertaken at this institution” box. A Curriculum Certifying Document may be submitted if the detail below is included. Name of applicant: FRAILIS VALENTINA (d.o.b.: April 09, 1988) Name of institution: UNIVERSITA’ DEGLI STUDI DI CAGLIARI Institution address: VIA UNIVERSITA’ 40, 09124 CAGLIARI (ITALY) Institution email: [email protected] Institution telephone no: 0706754669; 0706754677 Title of professional course: 1st Level degree course in BIOMEDICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES (for certified professional technicians in the medical laboratory) Institute Seal or Stamp Date course commenced: October 06, 2008 Date course completed: April 28, 2011

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Course information form The below named applicant has applied to register with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC), which would enable them to practise within the UK. We need to obtain details of each applicant’s professional training. Please provide details on the content of each part of the programme that the applicant undertook at your institution. We require content of academic and clinical training, including approximate numbers of hours within each part of the course. Any scores obtained under examination may also be useful. A list of procedures undertaken and departments attended during the course is valuable in the assessment process. Please indicate the range and scope of clinical placements undertaken. It is likely that this will take up several pages. A syllabus is unlikely to provide sufficient applicant specific detail for registration purposes, but a copy may be provided in addition to the Course Information form. If part of the applicant’s training took place at another institution, please indicate N in the “Undertaken at this institution” box. A Curriculum Certifying Document may be submitted if the detail below is included. Name of applicant: FRAILIS VALENTINA (d.o.b.: April 09, 1988) Name of institution: UNIVERSITA’ DEGLI STUDI DI CAGLIARI

Institution address: VIA UNIVERSITA’ 40, 09124 CAGLIARI (ITALY) Institution email: [email protected] Institution telephone no: 0706754669; 0706754677 Title of professional course: 1st Level degree course in BIOMEDICAL

LABORATORY TECHNIQUES (for certified professional technicians in the medical laboratory)

Institute Seal or Stamp

Date course commenced: October 06, 2008 Date course completed: April 28, 2011

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Please input your response into the table below. The fields will grow to accommodate your answer

Course Year 1,2,3

Subject, descriptive title of subject, session, theme or module name.

Content and examination method, hours studied. This may be taken from the syllabus, but must only include the components of the course undertaken by the named applicant. Optional courses not undertaken by the applicant should not be included.

Assessment Method. Verbal = V Written = W Practical = P

Undertaken at this institution Y/N

1/1 COMPUTER SCIENCE SKILLS FOR BIOMEDICAL LAB

Total credits: 1.5 COMPUTER SCIENCE SKILLS FOR BIOMEDICAL LAB (1.5 credits: total hours including homework: 37.5; class hours: 12) - Computer basics and data representation - Computer architecture and functional organisation - Operating systems - Computer networks - Introduction to spreadsheets

V EXAM DATE (25/01/2010) EXAM SCORE (PASSED)

Y

1/1 STATISTICAL SKILLS FOR BIOMEDICAL LAB

Total credits: 1 STATISTICAL SKILLS FOR BIOMEDICAL LAB (1 credit: total hours including homework: 25; class hours: 8) At the end of the course the students should had learned how to summarize and interpret experimental data, how to read and evaluate current scientific literature and also how to describe results from statistical analyses in a technical report. Main topics: Introduction to statistics; Descriptive measures, Population and sample, Statistical units and variables, Qualitative e quantitative variables, Frequency distributions, Graphical representations, Measures of position and variability .

V EXAM DATE (18/02/2011) EXAM SCORE (PASSED)

Y

1/1 ANATOMY-HISTOLOGY

Total credits: 6 ANATOMY (BIO/16-HUMAN ANATOMY) (3 credits: total hours including homework: 75; class hours 24) HISTOLOGY (BIO/17-HISTOLOGY) (3 credits: total hours including homework: 75; class hours 24) CONTENT HUMAN ANATOMY

Ø BASICS. TERMINOLOGY AND DESCRIPTIVE NOMENCLATURE, STATICS AND DYNAMICS. GENERAL MORPHOLOGY, REGIONS, ABDOMINAL REGIONS NOMENCLATURE.

Ø OSTEO-ARTHROLOGY. GENERAL ORGANISATION OF BONES AND JOINTS. BASICS OF SHORT AND LONG BONES, SKULL, RIBS,

V EXAM DATE (19/12/2008) EXAM SCORE (28/30)

Y

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THORACIC CAGE, UPPER LIMB, BASIN, LOWER LIMB.

Ø MYOLOGY. MUSCLES ORGANIZATION, JOINTS, MUSCULAR FASCIA. BASIC MUSCLE GROUPS.

Ø CARDIOVASCULAR APPARATUS. HEART: HEART WALLS, CAVITIES, VALVES, FIBROUS SKELETON, THE CARDIAC CONDUCTION SYSTEM, PERICARDIUM. GENERAL AND PULMONARY CIRCULATION. BASICS OF CORONARY ARTERIES AND VEINS. AORTA AND ITS MAIN BRANCHES: THORAX, ABDOMEN, LIMBS, NECK AND HEAD. PORTAL CAVAL VENOUS SYSTEM. LYMPHATIC COLLECTORS, LYMPH NODE GROUPS, SPLEEN, THYMUS.

Ø RESPIRATORY APPARATUS. NASAL CAVITIES, LARYNX, TRACHEA, BRONCHI, LUNG, PLEURA. FUNCTIONAL MICROSCOPIC ANATOMY OF BRONCHI AND ALVEOLI.

Ø DIGESTIVE APPARATUS. ORAL CAVITY, PHARYNX, ESOPHAGUS, STOMACH, SMALL INTESTINE, LARGE INTESTINE (INTESTINUM CRASSUM), APPENDIX. SALIVARY GLANDS. PANCREAS. LIVER AND BILIARY TRACT. FUNCTIONAL MICROSCOPIC ANATOMY, BASIC CONCEPTS OF TOPOGRAPHIC ANATOMY AND ANALYSIS OF EXTERNAL PROJECTION OF ORGANS ON THE HUMAN BODY.

Ø URINARY APPARATUS. KIDNEY, URETER, BLADDER, URETHRA. FUNCTIONAL MICROSCOPIC ANATOMY.

Ø ENDOCRINE AND NEUROENDOCRINE APPARATUS. FUNCTIONAL MICROSCOPIC ANATOMY OF ENDOCRINE AND NEUROENDOCRINE APPARATUS. HYPOTHALAMUS, PITUITARY, THYROID, PARATHYROID, ADRENAL GLAND. PERIPHERAL ENDOCRINE SYSTEM: HEART, KIDNEY, ADIPOSE TISSUE, DIGESTIVE TISSUE, OTHER ENDOCRINE STRUCTURES.

Ø NERVOUS SYSTEM. ESSENTIAL CONCEPTS ON: MEDULLA OBLONGATA, PONS VAROLII, MID-BRAIN; CEREBELLUM, DIENCEPHALON, TELENCEPHALON, SPINAL CORD, GANGLIA AND SPINAL NERVES, PLEXI. BASICS CONCEPTS OF CRANIAL NERVES, AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM.

Ø SENSE ORGANS. BASICS OF

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FUNCTIONAL OCULAR ANATOMY; BASICS OF ACOUSTIC APPARATUS AND HUMAN BALANCE SYSTEM. BASICS OF PROPRIOCEPTION AND SENSORY RECEPTORS, SKIN AND ITS SENSORY RECEPTORS, TASTE RECEPTORS.

Ø HISTOLOGY

Ø CELL BIOLOGY AND HISTOLOGY: METHODS OF STUDY. TECHNIQUES OF OPTICAL AND ELECTRONICS MICROSCOPY; CELLS PREPARATION FOR THE MICROSCOPE EXAMINATION.

Ø GENERAL STRUCTURE OF EUKARYOTIC CELL.

Ø EPITHELIAL TISSUE: STRUCTURAL AND FUNCTIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF EPITHELIA; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; COVERING EPITHELIUM AND ITS STRUCTURE; EXOCRINE AND ENDOCRINE GLANDS: CLASSIFICATION, MORPHOLOGY, FUNCTIONAL ASPECTS.

Ø CONNECTIVE TISSUE PROPER: CELLS AND INTERCELLULAR SUBSTANCE, AMORPHOUS MATRIX AND FIBERS; FUNCTIONS OF CONNECTIVE TISSUE; ADIPOSE TISSUE.

Ø CARTILAGINOUS TISSUE: STRUCTURAL AND FUNCTIONAL FEATURES; TYPES OF CARTILAGE.

Ø BONE TISSUE: CELL AND INTERCELLULAR SUBSTANCE; COMPACT AND SPONGY BONE, OSTEON.

Ø BLOOD: PLASMA; FIGURED ELEMENTS OF THE BLOOD: STRUCTURE, ULTRASTRUCTURE, FUNCTIONS AND STUDY METHODS; BASICS OF EMOPOIESIS.

Ø LYMPHOID SYSTEM: IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELLS; LYMPHOID TISSUE; BASICS OF THE LYMPHATIC ORGANS STRUCTURE.

Ø MUSCULAR TISSUE: MORPHOFUNCTIONAL ORGANIZATION OF SKELETAL MUSCLE, CARDIAC MUSCLE AND SMOOTH MUSCLE.

Ø NERVOUS TISSUE: GENERAL ORGANIZATION OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM; THE NEURON AND ITS EXTENSIONS; PULSE CONDUCTION BY NEURONS; GENERAL STRUCTURE OF THE NERVES, GLIAL CELLS.

1/1 BIOCHEMISTRY Total credits: 5 V Y

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(BIO/10-BIOCHEMISTRY) (5 credits: total hours including homework: 125; class hours 40) AIMS STUDENTS MUST ACQUIRE CHEMICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL BASES NECESSARY TO UNDERSTAND THE PROCESSES THAT OCCUR WITHIN THE CELL AND ACQUIRE THE SKILLS REQUIRED BY THE MOST COMMON LABORATORY BIOCHEMICAL TECHNIQUES. CONTENT BIOCHEMISTRY

Ø THE ATOM, ELEMENTS AND COMPOUNDS OF ATOMS, ISOTOPES. ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR MASS, MOLE.

Ø PERIODIC TABLE, ELECTRON CONFIGURATION.

Ø CHEMICAL BONDS (INTRAMOLECULAR FORCE AND INTERMOLECULAR FORCE).

Ø SOLUTIONS. CONCENTRATION OF SOLUTIONS.

Ø CHEMICAL BALANCE. WATER IONIC PRODUCT. pH. ACIDS AND BASES.

Ø BUFFER SOLUTIONS. SALINE HYDROLYSIS.

Ø ORGANIC CHEMISTRY. BASICS OF NOMENCLATURE. HYDROCARBONS AND PRINCIPAL FUNCTIONAL GROUPS.

Ø AMINO ACIDS AND PROTEINS (STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION).

Ø CARBOHYDRATES (MONOSACCHARIDES, DISACCHARIDES AND POLYSACCHARIDES).

Ø LIPIDS. CELL MEMBRANES. Ø VITAMINS AND COFACTORS. Ø ENZYMES AND REGULATION OF

ENZYME ACTIVITY. Ø CARBOHYDRATE, FAT AND

PROTEIN METABOLISM. Ø BASICS OF BIOMOLECULES

BIOSYNTHESIS. Ø SPECTROPHOTOMETRY

(QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS)

Ø ENZYME KINETICS. METHODS OF ENZYMATIC ANALYSIS.

Ø CHROMATOGRAPHY (GEL CHROMATOGRAPHY, ION EXCHANGE, AFFINITY, HPLC - HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY).

Ø ELECTROPHORESIS

EXAM DATE (12/11/2008) EXAM SCORE (27/30)

1/1 ENGLISH LANGUAGE-1 Total credits: 2 ENGLISH LANGUAGE (L-LIN/12)

W & V

Y

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(LINGUISTIC COMPETENCE ACHIEVED: A2-2) (2 credits: total hours: 50)

EXAM DATE (09/12/2008) EXAM SCORE (PASSED)

1/1 PREVENTION AND PROTECTION IN THE MEDICAL LABORATORY

Total credits: 2 APPLIED HYGIENE (MED/42-GENERAL HYGIENE AND APPLIED HYGIENE) (0.5 credit: total hours including homework: 12.5; class hours 4) OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE (MED/44- OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE) (1 credit: total hours including homework: 25; class hours: 8) RISK PREVENTION (MED/42- GENERAL HYGIENE AND APPLIED HYGIENE) (0.5 credit: total hours including homework: 12.5; class hours 4) AIMS STUDENTS MUST BECOME FAMILIAR WITH ISSUES RELATED TO SAFETY AND PREVENTION OF RISKS IN THE ACTIVITIES OF LABORATORY. THIS COURSE WILL PROVIDE BASIC UNDERSTANDING OF POTENTIAL LAB RISKS (SIGNS AND LABELING), PROVIDE INFORMATION ON CONSEQUENCES OF UNSAFE WORK CONDITIONS EFFECTS (ACCIDENT AND OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE) AND PROVIDE THE ABILITY TO IDENTIFY THE NECESSARY PREVENTIVE MEASURES OF PROTECTION (COLLECTIVE PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT, PPE - PERSONAL PREVENTION EQUIPMENT, SOP - STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES). CONTENT OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE

Ø LABORATORY HAZARDS AND RISKS: SAFETY AND PREVENTION.

Ø STANDARDS AND BASIC CONCEPTS OF RISK MANAGEMENT (RISK IDENTIFICATION AND EVALUATION, CHOICE OF THE NECESSARY MEASURES FOR PREVENTION AND PROTECTION).

Ø MEASURES OF PREVENTION AND PROTECTION OF RISK FROM EXPOSURE TO HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES AND RISK FROM EXPOSURE TO BIOLOGICAL AGENTS: COLLECTIVE PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT.

Ø PERSONAL PREVENTION EQUIPMENT (PPE);

Ø RULES OF CONDUCT, STANDARD

V EXAM DATE (19/06/2009) EXAM SCORE (20/30)

Y

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OPERATING PROCEDURES (SOP).

1/1 RADIATION PROTECTION

Total credit: 0.5 RADIATION PROTECTION (FIS/07-APPLIED PHYSICS) (0.5 credits: total hours including homework: 12.5; class hours: 4) AIMS KNOWLEDGE: KNOWLEDGE OF RADIOACTIVE DECAY, TYPES OF RADIATION AND SHIELDING POWER OF MATERIALS USED IN THE LABORATORY PRACTICE. KNOWLEDGE OF LEGISLATION IN RADIATION PROTECTION. COURSE CONTENT RADIATION PROTECTION

Ø INTRODUCTORY CONCEPTS. STRUCTURE OF THE ATOM. NATURE OF ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES.

Ø IONIZING RADIATIONS AND NON IONIZING RADIATIONS. ABSORBED DOSE AND EQUIVALENT DOSE. RADIOACTIVE DECAY LAW. NATURAL FUND AND BIOLOGICAL DAMAGES BY IONIZING RADIATION. DOSIMETERS AND FUNDAMENTAL REQUIREMENTS FOR RADIATION PROTECTION. BASICS OF RADIATION PROTECTION LEGISLATION.

W EXAM DATE (17/07/2009) EXAM SCORE (27/30)

Y

1/1 BASIC SCIENCES Total credits: 4. (BIO/11-MOLECULAR BIOLOGY) (1 credit: total hours including homework: 25; class hours 8) (BIO/13- APPLIED BIOLOGY) (1.5 credits: total hours including homework: 37.5; class hours 12) (BIO/09- PHYSIOLOGY) (1.5 credits: total hours including homework: 37.5; class hours 12) AIMS APPLIED BIOLOGY.

Ø STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO GAIN KNOWLEDGE IN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, MICROBIOLOGY, PHYSIOLOGY AND PATHOLOGY.

Ø KNOW THE BIOLOGICAL BASIS OF HUMAN BEINGS UNITY.

INTERMEDIATE OUTCOME 1 Ø STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO

DEMONSTRATE THAT THEY KNOW THE STRUCTURE AND

V EXAM DATE (13/02/2009) EXAM SCORE (25/30)

Y

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GENERAL ORGANIZATION OF THE BIOLOGICAL UNITS.

INTERMEDIATE OUTCOME 2 Ø STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO

DEMONSTRATE THAT THEY KNOW THE BASIC CELLULAR PROCESSES OF HUMAN BEINGS: MECHANISMS OF GENETIC INFORMATION AND MECHANISMS OF CELLULAR REPRODUCTION.

MOLECULAR BIOLOGY BY THE END OF THIS COURSE STUDENTS WILL KNOW:

Ø THE STRUCTURE AND THE FUNCTION OF GENES OF EUKARYOTES AND THEIR REGULATORY SEQUENCES.

Ø THE ORGANIZATION OF THE HUMAN GENOME.

Ø THE MECHANISM OF REGULATION OF GENE EXPRESSION IN EUKARYOTIC.

Ø THE RNA REGULATORS. Ø PRINCIPAL LABORATORY

TECHNIQUES USED FOR CHARACTERIZATION OF NUCLEIC ACIDS AND ANALYSIS OF GENE EXPRESSION.

SKILLS: BY THE END OF THIS COURSE STUDENTS WILL GAIN:

Ø SUBJECT SPECIFIC SKILLS THROUGH THE STUDY OF MOLECULAR ASPECTS OF FUNDAMENTAL BIOLOGICAL PROCESSES (REPLICATION, TRANSCRIPTION, TRANSLATION).

Ø SUBJECT SPECIFIC SKILLS THROUGH THE LABORATORY TECHNIQUES USED FOR THE STUDY OF FUNDAMENTAL BIOLOGICAL PROCESSES. CAPACITY 'ACQUIRED AT THE END OF THE COURSE.

BY THE END OF THIS COURSE STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO:

Ø APPLY REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS IDENTIFYING APPROPRIATE LABORATORY TECHNIQUES TO STUDY DNA AND RNA IN CLINICAL PRACTICE.

PHYSIOLOGY THE COURSE AIMS TO:

Ø PROVIDE KNOWLEDGE OF THE MAIN FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OF HUMAN BODY AND OF THE MOST IMPORTANT CONTROL MECHANISMS.

Ø PROVIDE BASIC KNOWLEDGE THAT ALLOW TO ANALYZE AND EVALUATE THE PRINCIPAL PHYSIOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS.

SPECIFIC AIMS

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APPLIED BIOLOGY Ø STRUCTURE OF THE LIVING

ORGANISMS. Ø STRUCTURE OF THE

PROKARYOTIC CELL. Ø STRUCTURE OF THE

EUKARYOTIC CELL. Ø BASICS OF THE VIRUSES

STRUCTURE. Ø THE MOLECULES OF LIFE:

PROTEINS, ENZYMES, NUCLEIC ACIDS.

Ø THE GENETIC INFORMATION: STRUCTURE OF DNA, PHYSICOCHEMICAL FEATURES, DNA REPLICATION, PROTEIN SYNTHESIS, GENETIC CODE.

Ø CELL CYCLE: CELL CYCLE PHASES AND CELL CYCLE REGULATION.

Ø MITOSIS AND MEIOSIS. Ø THE DNA OF EUKARYOTES:

LEVELS OF ORGANIZATION, EUKARYOTIC CHROMOSOME EVOLUTION. THE KARYOTYPE, HOMOLOGOUS CHROMOSOMES, PLOIDY.

Ø GENE MUTATIONS, CHROMOSOMAL AND GENOMIC MUTATIONS. MUTAGENIC AGENTS.

Ø THE GENETIC VARIABILITY: CROSSING OVER IN EUKARYOTES, RECOMBINATION IN BACTERIA AND VIRUSES.

Ø THE LAWS OF INHERITANCE: MENDELISM. GENOTYPE AND PHENOTYPE: CONCEPTS OF DOMINANT AND RECESSIVE GENES.

MOLECULAR BIOLOGY.

Ø DNA DENATURATION AND

RENATURATION: BASIC CONCEPTS, DNA HYBRIDIZATION, MOLECULAR PROBES.

Ø DNA REPLICATION: DNA POLYMERASE IN VIVO AND ITS USE IN RECOMBINANT DNA TECHNOLOGY. METHODOLOGY. ENZYMATIC AMPLIFICATION OF DNA (PCR), RESTRICTION ENZYME

Ø ENZYMES OF RESTRICTIONS, SOUTHERN BLOT, DNA CLONING, CLONING VECTORS.

Ø INTERRUPTED GENES: STRUCTURE OF INTERRUPTED GENES, STORED SEQUENCES. DNA REPAIR MECHANISMS.

Ø METHODS FOR THE ANALYSIS OF POINT MUTATIONS, GENETIC TESTING.

Ø SEQUENCING DNA TECNIQUES

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(SANGER METHOD AND NEXT GENERATION SEQUENCING)

Ø FROM GENE TO DISEASE: DNA MUTATIONS: DELETIONS, INSERTIONS, NUCLEOTIDE SUBSTITUTIONS, FRAMESHIP MUTATIONS. IMPORTANCE OF DIFFERENT GENETIC SEQUENCES.

Ø POLYMORPHISMS OF DNA: APPLICATIONS IN FORENSIC MEDICINE. GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDIES, PHARMACOGENOMICS.

Ø TRANSCRIPTION AND TRANSCRIPTIONAL REGULATION OF GENE EXPRESSION IN EUKARYOTES: PROMOTERS AND ENHANCERS: MECHANISMS OF ACTION, CHARACTERISTIC SEQUENCES.

Ø TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS: MECHANISMS OF ACTION, RECOGNITION SEQUENCE, PROTEIN DOMAINS, RECEPTORS OF STEROID HORMONES.

Ø CONTROL OF GENE EXPRESSION THROUGH THE TRANSCRIPTION PREINITIATION COMPLEX.

Ø CHROMATIN ORGANIZATION AND ITS PLACE IN REGULATION OF GENE EXPRESSION. REGULATORY FUNCTION OF HYPERSENSITIVE SITES, LOCUS CONTROL REGION (LCR) IN THE BETA-GLOBIN CLUSTER, ISOLATORS. DNA METHYLATION. REGULATION OF GENE EXPRESSION CHOOSING THE PROMOTER. TRANSCRIPTOMICS.

Ø MATURATION OF HETEROGENEOUS NUCLEAR RNA: CAPPING, SPLICING, POLYADENYLATION, ALTERNATIVE SPLICING.

Ø POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL REGULATION OF GENE EXPRESSION: THE 3’ UTR SEQUENCE, RNA INTERFERENCE.

Ø PROTEIN SYNTHESIS.

PHYSIOLOGY Ø INTRODUCTORY PHYSIOLOGY:

PHYSIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS, MEMBRANE TRANSPORT SYSTEMS, HOMEOSTASIS.

Ø CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM: NEURONS; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; ACTION POTENTIAL: NEUROTRANSMITTERS.

Ø HORMONES: CLASSIFICATION; SYNTHESIS, TRANSPORT AND RELEASE; HYPOTHALAMIC-PITUITARY AXIS.

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Ø THE BLOOD: PLASMA PROTEINS; WHITE BLOOD CELLS, RED BLOOD CELLS, PLATELETS.

Ø CARDIOVASCULAR APPARATUS: BLOOD VESSELS, THE CARDIAC CYCLE, CARDIAC OUTPUT; BLOOD PRESSURE.

Ø RESPIRATORY SYSTEM: PULMONARY VENTILATION; LUNG VOLUMES AND CAPACITY; GAS TRANSPORT AND GAS EXCHANGE.

1/1 PROPAEDEUTIC

SCIENCES Total credits: 4 PHYSICS (FIS/07-APPLIED PHYSICS) (2 credits: total hours including homework: 50; class hours: 16) COMPUTER SCIENCE (INF/01-COMPUTER SCIENCE) (1 credit: total hours including homework: 25; class hours 8) STATISTICS (MEDI/01-MEDICAL STATISTICS) (1 credit: total hours including homework: 25; class hours 8). AIMS PHYSICS: BY THE END OF THIS COURSE STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO KNOW THE BASICS OF PHYSICS COMPUTER SCIENCE: THE COURSE OFFERS AN OVERVIEW OF COMPUTER INFORMATION SYSTEMS: HARDWARE, SOFTWARE, ENCODING AND REPRESENTATION OF INFORMATION. GENERAL STATISTICS: DEVELOPING SKILLS IN COLLECTING, DESCRIBING AND INTERPRETING THE DATA OBTAINED FROM A GROUP OF PATIENTS OR FROM OTHER EXPERIMENTAL UNITS; BEING ABLE TO ASSESS THE RELIABILITY OF MEASUREMENTS. CONTENT PHYSICS

Ø INTRODUCTORY PHYSICS: PHYSICAL QUANTITIES, UNITS AND MEASUREMENT, SCALARS AND VECTORS, OPERATIONS ON VECTORS. THE MEASUREMENT PROCESS.

Ø KINEMATICS AND DYNAMICS OF THE POINT, DYNAMIC LAWS AND WEIGHT FORCE. FRICTION FORCE AND CONSTRAINT FORCE. WORK, ENERGY, MECHANICAL ENERGY

V EXAM DATE (30/01/2009) EXAM SCORE (26/30)

Y

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CONSERVATION. THE POWER. Ø FLUIDS: DENSITY AND

PRESSURE, FLUID STATICS, THE FLOW, BERNOULLI’S EQUATION.

Ø REAL FLUIDS: VISCOSITY AND POISEUILLE’S LAW, CONCEPT OF STRENGTH.

Ø VISCOSITY OF A SYSTEM AND TRANSPORT PROCESSES: SETTLING, SPINNING AND ELECTROPHORESIS.

Ø THERMOLOGY AND THERMODYNAMICS: THERMOMETRIC SCALE, HEAT AND THERMAL CAPACITY, IDEAL GAS. THE PRINCIPLES OF THERMODYNAMICS AND CHANGES OF STATE.

Ø ELECTRICITY: ELECTRIC CHARGE, CONDUCTORS AND INSULATORS. COULOMB LAW, ELECTRIC FIELDS AND ELECTRIC POTENTIAL. DIRECT CURRENT CIRCUITS, OHM LAW.

Ø WAVES: MECHANICAL WAVES, SPHERICAL WAVES, ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES AND RADIATIONS. THE ELECTROMAGNETIC SPECTRUM.

1/1 BIOMEDICAL

LABORATORY TECHNOLOGY PROFESSIONAL TRAINING: BIOCHEMISTRY 1

Total credits: 3 BIOMEDICAL LABORATORY TECHNOLOGY PROFESSIONAL TRAINING (BIOCHEMISTRY) (3 credits: total hours: 75) DURATION SEAT OF THE LAB TRAINEESHIP: UNIVERSITY CAMPUS AT MONSERRATO (CAGLIARI), BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES AND BIOTECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT, SECTION OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY AND BIOCHEMICAL BIOTECHNOLOGY. RESPONSIBLE FOR TRAINING: Dr. NICOLETTA CURRELI

P EXAM DATE (23/02/2009) EXAM SCORE (EXCELLENT)

Y

1/2 ELECTIVE CREDITS Total credits: 0.5 Participation to a thematic seminar, 4 hours

NA DATE (23/04/2009) EXAM SCORE (PASSED)

Y

1/2 ENGLISH LANGUAGE-2 Total credits: 2 ENGLISH LANGUAGE (L-LIN/12) (LINGUISTIC COMPETENCE ACHIEVED: A2-2) (2 credits: total hours: 50)

W & V EXAM DATE (09/12/2008) EXAM SCORE (PASSED)

Y

1/2 BIOMEDICAL LABORATORY-1

Total credits: 5.5

V

Y

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CLINICAL BIOCHEMISTRY (BIO/12-CLINICAL BIOCHEMISTRY AND CLINICAL MOLECULAR BIOLOGY) (2 credits: total hours including homework: 50; class hours 16) QUALITY CONTROL (MED/05-CLINICAL PATHOLOGY) (1 credit: total hours including homework: 25; class hours 8) CLINICAL PATHOLOGY (MED/05-CLINICAL PATHOLOGY) (0.5 credits: total hours including homework: 12.5; class hours 4) TECHNIQUES OF MEDICAL LABORATORIES (MED/46- TECHNICAL SCIENCES OF MEDICINE AND LABORATORY) (2 credits: total hours including homework: 50; class hours: 16) Aim QUALITY CONTROL AND CLINICAL PATOLOGY: Introduction to biomedical laboratory Content

• Specimen collection: Blood, urine, feces, solid tissue.

• Handling of specimen for testing: maintenance of specimen identification, preservation of specimen in transit, separation and storage of specimen, transport of specimen.

• Establishment and use of reference values

• Preanalytical variables • Interpreting a test • Quality management, elements of

aulity assurance, controlof preanalytical variables, control of analytical variables,identifications of the source of analytical errors.

• AUTOMATION IN BIOMEDICAL LABORATORY.

• POINT-OF-CARE TESTING • Biomedical laboratory governance

Aims TECHNIQUES OF MEDICAL LABORATORIES: Student will learn theories of immununochemical techniques and their use as diagnostic and research tool Content - principles of immunochemical techniques: instruments and laboratory’s reagents

- Immunogens, Antigens, epitopes - Immunoglobulines: structure and

functio. - Antigen-Antibody binding: Affinity,

cross-reactivity

EXAM DATE (11/09/2009) EXAM SCORE (29/30)

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- Policlonali and monoclonal serum; secondary reagents; markers

- Qualitative methods:Western blotting, immunoblotting

- Quantitative methods: Immunodiffusion and electroimmunoassay

- Other: immunocytochemistry, agglutination assays

- Western, Northern, Southern Blotting - General equipment in biomedical

laboratory (eg centrifuges, autoclaves, pH meters, osmometer, "water" purity in the lab and its production / control)

- Microscope (different types), photographic systems related

- Main techniques and tools (eg spectrophotometry, fluorimetry, nephelometry, counters, scintillators,

densitometers, luminometers, flow cytometers, FACS) CLINICAL BIOCHEMISTRY

Ø spectrophotometry, Ø electrophoresis, Ø cromatography, high pressure

liquid cromatography, Ø mass spectrometry, Ø immunofluorescence, Ø immunochemistry, Ø nephelometry Ø turbidimetry, Ø radioimmunological assay

1/2 MICROBIOLOGY AND

PARASITOLOGY Total credits: 7 MICROBIOLOGY (MED/07- MICROBIOLOGY AND CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY) (3 credits: total hours including homework: 75; class hours 24) PARASITOLOGY (VET/06- PARASITOLOGY AND ANIMAL PARASITIC DISEASES) (1.5 credits: total hours including homework: 37.5; class hours 12) VIROLOGY (MED/07- MICROBIOLOGY AND CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY) (2,5 credits: total hours including homework: 62,5; class hours 22) AIMS:

Ø LEARN THE NATURE AND THE DISTINCTIVE FEATURES OF THE MAJOR TYPES OF INFECTIOUS AGENTS (BACTERIA, VIRUSES, FUNGI AND PROTOZOA), THEIR CLASSIFICATION, THE RULES OF THEIR TRANSMISSION;

Ø LEARN MECHANISMS OF THEIR PATHOGENICITY AND MECHANISMS OF DEFENSE OF THE HOST;

Ø LEARN MECHANISMS OF

V EXAM DATE (08/07/2009) EXAM SCORE (24/30)

Y

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ANTIBIOTIC ACTION AND CHEMOTHERAPY.

Ø KNOW THE DIFFERENT POSSIBLE CAUSES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES AND CONSIDER THE DIFFERENT APPROACHES OF DIAGNOSTIC METHODS.

Ø KNOW THE RULES OF SAMPLES TREATMENT AND THE RULES OF DIRECT SEARCH OF VARIOUS INFECTIOUS AGENTS AND METHODS OF DIRECT DIAGNOSIS OF INFECTIOUS AGENTS AND METHODS OF INDIRECT DIAGNOSIS OF INFECTION.

CONTENT GENERAL CONCEPTS ON MICROORGANISMS: ORIGIN AND EVOLUTION OF MICROORGANISMS; HISTORICAL STAGES OF MICROBIOLOGY; THE IMPACT OF MICROBES ON THE ENVIRONMENT AND HUMAN ACTIVITIES; PROKARYOTIC AND EUKARYOTIC CELL; TAXONOMY AND CLASSIFICATION OF MICROORGANISMS. THE BACTERIAL CELL: ESSENTIAL AND ACCESSORY COMPONENTS OF BACTERIAL CELLS. THE SPORE: MORPHOLOGICAL AND PHYSIOLOGICAL OF SPORE; CULTIVATION OF MICROORGANISMS;; GROWING OF MICROORGANISMS; BASIC CONCEPTS IN BACTERIAL GENETICS; CONTROL OF BACTERIAL GROWTH; ANTIBIOTICS AND ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; DISINFECTION AND STERILIZATION. HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION: SYMBIOSIS, COMMENSALISM, PARASITISM; THE CONCEPT OF INFECTION AND DISEASE; PATHOGENICITY AND VIRULENCE; METHOD OF TRANSMISSION, ROUTES OF PENETRATION AND ELIMINATION OF MICROORGANISMS; NORMAL MICROBIAL FLORA, PATHOGENICITY: MECHANISM OF ACTION. VIRUSES: STRUCTURE, REPLICATION, PATHOGENIC ACTION. CLASSIFICATION, BIOLOGICAL FEATURES, VIRULENCE FACTORS AND PATHOGENIC DETERMINANTS, IDENTIFICATION OF BACTERIA, FUNGI AND VIRUSES CAUSING:

- INFECTIOUS DISEASES OF RESPIRATORY APPARATUS;

- INFECTIOUS DISEASES OF THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM;

- INFECTIONS OF THE GENITOURINARY TRACT;

- INFECTIONS OF THE GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT

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- SKIN, BONE AND JOINT INFECTIONS

- INTRAVASCULAR INFECTIONS AND HEART INFECTIONS;

- ZOONOSES AND INFECTIONS TRANSMITTED BY CARRIERS

- INFECTIOUS DISEASES OF THE FETUS AND NEWBORN INFANT;

- INFECTIONS OF THE CHILD; - OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS

AND HOSPITAL-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS.

DIAGNOSTIC MICROBIOLOGY PROCESS: COLLECTION, TRANSPORT AND STORAGE OF BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES; PRINCIPLES OF DIAGNOSTIC MICROBIOLOGY.

1/2 PATHOLOGY

Total credits: 4 PATHOLOGY (MED/ 04-GENERAL PATHOLOGY) (3 credits: total hours including homework: 75; class hours: 24) GENETICS (MED/03- MEDICAL GENETICS) (1 credit: total hours including homework: 25; class hours 8) AIMS. THIS COURSE AIMS TO: PATHOLOGY PROVIDE STUDENTS BASIC CONCEPTS ON THE MECHANISMS OF DAMAGE AND RESPONSE TO THE DAMAGE IN BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS, WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE HUMAN PATHOLOGY. GENETICS PROVIDE A STRONG KNOWLEDGE OF THE FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES GOVERNING THE TRANSFER OF CHARACTERS, USING REPEATED EXPERIMENTAL OBSERVATIONS TO CONFIRM LAWS AND CONCEPTS AND HIGHLIGHTING THE SPECIFIC THEORETICAL APPROACH AND METHODOLOGY OF GENETICS. STUDENTS MUST ACQUIRE THE BASIC CONCEPTS OF GENETIC CONTROL OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF HIGHER ORGANISMS AND GENETIC MECHANISMS OF HIGHER ORGANISMS EVOLUTION. CONTENT PATHOLOGY

Ø ILLNESS CAUSES Ø HOMEOSTASIS Ø REGENERATION, REPAIR AND

HEALING

V EXAM DATE (23/03/2009) EXAM SCORE (25/30)

Y

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Ø INFLAMMATION Ø NEOPLASTIC PATHOLOGY Ø CELL CYCLE AND CELL DEATH Ø IMMUNE RESPONSE Ø IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE Ø IMMUNISATION Ø HYPERSENSITIVITY

GENETICS:

Ø Formal genetic analysis Ø Mendelian genetics in man. Ø Autosomal dominant and recessive

models. Concepts of penetrance, expressivity and pleiotropy.

Ø Methods used for genetic analysis. Ø Genetics of complex traits. Ø Genotype and allele frequencies. Ø The Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium.

1/2 BIOMEDICAL

LABORATORY TECHNOLOGY PROFESSIONAL TRAINING: MICROBIOLOGY

Total credits: 2 BIOMEDICAL LABORATORY TECHNOLOGY PROFESSIONAL TRAINING (INTRODUCTORY MICROBIOLOGY) (2 credits: total hours: 50) DURATION SEAT OF THE LAB TRAINEESHIP: UNIVERSITY CAMPUS AT MONSERRATO (CAGLIARI), DEPARTMENT OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES. RESPONSIBLE FOR TRAINING: Prof. ALDO MANZIN.

P EXAM DATE (06/08/2009) EXAM SCORE (GOOD)

Y

1/2 BIOMEDICAL LABORATORY TECHNOLOGY PROFESSIONAL TRAINING: INTRODUCTORY TRAINING

Total credits: 8 BIOMEDICAL LABORATORY TECHNOLOGY INTRODUCTORY PROFESSIONAL TRAINING (8 credits: total hours: 200) DURATION: 02/02/2009-31/07/2009 SEAT OF THE LAB TRAINEESHIP: UNIVERSITY CAMPUS AT MONSERRATO (CAGLIARI), NEF-Laboratory: RESPONSIBLE FOR TRAINING: Prof. Gian Luca FERRI

P EXAM DATE (30/09/2009) EXAM SCORE (GOOD)

Y

2/1 ELECTIVE CREDITS Total credits: 0.5 Participation to a thematic seminar, 4 hours

NA DATE (05/11/2009) EXAM SCORE (PASSED)

Y

2/1 ANATOMICAL PHATOLOGY AND PATHOPHYSIOLOGY

Total credits: 6 ANATOMICAL AND HISTOLOGICAL PATHOLOGY (MED/08-ANATOMICAL PATHOLOGY) (1.5 credits: total hours including homework: 37.5; class hours: 12) ISTOCHEMISTRY AND IMMUNOISTOCHEMISTRY IN PATHOLOGY

V EXAM DATE (20/04/2010) EXAM SCORE (30/30L)

Y

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(MED/08-ANATOMICAL PATHOLOGY) (1.5 credits: total hours including homework: 37.5; class hours: 12) BIOMARKERS OF DISEASE (MED/05-CLINICAL PATHOLOGY) (3 credits: total hours including homework: 75; class hours: 24) Learning objectives with respect to the degree program and the professional profile To interpret the results and the correct performance of the laboratory analyses performed Aims Expected knowledge To understand the general biochemical phenomena and their changes induced by the more common diseases; To describe how to perform and the application of the most commons biomarkers To remember the normal reference values Expected abilities To integrate the previous knowledge with the notions of general biochemistry pathophysiology, and laboratory techniques Expected competences To explain and interpret preanalytical, analytical and postanalytical variability To indicate conditions that may affect the results of laboratory analysis Contents

Ø Introduction to Laboratory Medicine Ø Results of laboratory and Reference

Values Ø abnormal laboratory results Ø abnormal laboratory results,

reference ranges Ø Cardiac Markers, Lipid profile Ø Liver Markers Ø Markers renal function Ø Examination of urine, electrolytes Ø Diabetes Ø Blood cells test Ø Thrombophilia / bleeding risk Ø Tumor markers Ø Celiac disease Ø Changes in acid-base balance Ø laboratory tests in the newborn and

elderly Ø laboratory examinations during

pregnancy FORMATIVE AIMS. THE COURSE AIMS TO:

Ø PROMOTE THE ANATOMY PATHOLOGY ROLE IN CLINICAL PRACTICE STRESSING THE CLOSE COLLABORATION BETWEEN DIFFERENT HEALTHCARE PRACTITIONERS

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AND ANATOMY PATHOLOGISTS. Ø PROMOTE RELATIONS BETWEEN

LAB TESTS AND CLINICAL PRACTICE.

Ø RECOGNIZE AND ADDRESS THE MAIN PROCEDURES AND TECHNIQUES IN ANATOMICAL PATHOLOGY LABORATORIES.

Ø UNDERSTAND THE FUNDAMENTAL ISSUES INVOLVED IN A LABORATORY OF ANATOMICAL PATHOLOGY.-

Ø UNDERSTAND THE NATURE OF UNDER WAY PATHOLOGICAL PROCESSES AND THEIR DIAGNOSIS; UNDERSTAND PATHOLOGIC STAGES AND PROGNOSTIC PARAMETERS; - UNDERSTAND THE ROLE OF PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY IN ADDRESSING THERAPEUTIC CHOICES

COURSE SUMMARY CONTENT

Ø HISTO-CYTOLOGICAL SAMPLING TECHNIQUES (ADEQUACY OF A SAMPLE, STORAGE OF SAMPLES, TRANSPORTATION AND HANDLING OF BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES)

Ø TECHNIQUES IN CYTOPATHOLOGY, IN HISTOPATHOLOGY, IN IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY, ULTRASTRUCTURAL TECHNIQUES.

Ø MOLECULAR BIOLOGY TECHNIQUES APPLIED TO ANATOMICAL PATHOLOGY.

Ø AUTOPSY TECHNIQUES. Ø CRYOSTAT AND HISTOLOGICAL

EXAMINATION BY FREEZING THE TISSUE (EXTEMPORANEOUS).

COURSE EXTENDED CONTENT

Ø INTRODUCTION TO PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY: REQUEST FOR LABORATORY EXAMINATION, MACROSCOPIC EXAMINATION, SAMPLE PROCESSING, MAKING A DIAGNOSIS AND PATHOLOGY REPORT.

Ø PATHOLOGICAL LABORATORY PROCEDURES: CYTOPATHOLOGY, HISTOPATHOLOGY AND MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY TECHNIQUES.

Ø HISTOLOGICAL AND CYTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUE.: HISTOCHEMICAL TECHNIQUES, IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY TECHNIQUES,

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ULTRASTRUCTURAL AND MOLECULAR. TECHNIQUES.

Ø OUTLINES OF MORPHOLOGIC CHARACTERISTICS OF THE LESIONS IN ANATOMICAL PATHOLOGY

Ø CANCER: DEFINITION AND CLASSIFICATION, MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF CANCER, CANCER MARKERS.

Ø CELL PROLIFERATION AND CELL DEATH

Ø .CYTOLOGY OF THE UTERINE CERVIX AND HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS (HPV) TEST .

Ø AUTOPSY TECHNIQUES: REQUEST, EPICRISIS, RULES AND REGULATIONS PERTAINING TO TREATMENT OF CORPSES, AUTOPSY ROOM AND AUTOPSY SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS; EXTERNAL, INTERNAL EXAMINATION; MACROSCOPIC EXAMINATION OF HUMAN BODY PARTS AND SAMPLING,CORPSE MANAGEMENT AFTER AUTOPSY, FIXING AND PRESERVING SAMPLES AND ANATOMIC PARTS.

2/1 CLINICAL PHYSIOPATHOLOGY

Total credits: 7 MED/04-GENERAL PATHOLOGY (3 credit: total hours including homework: 75; class hours 24) MED/03-MEDICAL GENETICS (1 credit: total hours including homework: 25; class hours 8) CLINICAL LABORATORY: MED/13-ENDOCRINOLOGY (1 credit: total hours including homework: 25; class hours 8) CLINICAL LABORATORY: MED/06-MEDICAL ONCOLOGY (1 credit: total hours including homework: 25; class hours 8) CLINICAL LABORATORY: MED/16-RHEUMATOLOGY (1 credit: total hours including homework: 25; class hours 8). PATHOPHYSIOLOGY

Ø HOMEOSTASIS OF FOOD INTAKE AND NUTRIENTS REGULATION

Ø ACID BASE HOMEOSTASIS AND HYDROSALINE BALANCE

Ø CONCEPTS OF RESPIRATORY PATHOPHYSIOLOGY

Ø BASICS OF RENAL PATHOPHYSIOLOGY

Ø BASICS OF CIRCULATORY APPARATUS PATHOPHYSIOLOGY

Ø BASICS OF DIGESTIVE

V EXAM DATE (21/12/2009) EXAM SCORE (30/30L)

Y

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APPARATUS PATHOPHYSIOLOGY Ø BASICS OF LIVER

PATHOPHYSIOLOGY Ø BASICS OF BLOOD AND

HEMATOPOIESIS PATHOPHYSIOLOGY. THE ANEMIAS

Ø BASICS OF METABOLISM PATHOPHYSIOLOGY. DIABETES MELLITUS.

MEDICAL GENETICS Ø Classification of genetic diseases. Ø Non-Mendelian characters. Ø Methods of expression analysis and

quantitative analysis. Ø The concept of genetic syndrome. Ø Dichotomous and continuous

characters. Multigenic model. Ø Methods of analysis of complex

traits.

2/1 ENGLISH LANGUAGE-3 Total credits: 2 ENGLISH LANGUAGE (L-LIN/12) (LINGUISTIC COMPETENCE ACHIEVED: B1-1) (2 credits: total hours: 50)

W & V EXAM DATE (05/02/2009) EXAM SCORE (PASSED)

Y

2/1 BIOMEDICAL LABORATORY-2

Total credits: 3. MEDICAL LAB TECHNIQUES (MED/46- TECHNICAL SCIENCES OF MEDICINE AND LABORATORY) (2 credits: total hours including homework: 50; class hours: 16) ELECTRONIC MEASURES (ING-INF/07- ELECTRIC AND ELECTRONIC MEASURES) (1 credit: total hours including homework: 25; class hours: 8) MEDICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES: Content

Ø T, B AND NK LYMPHOCYTES:

GENERAL CONCEPTS, ONTOGENY, PHENOTYPES AND FUNCTIONS.

Ø METHODS OF CELL SEPARATION: LYMPHOCYTES AND IN VITRO LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATIONS

Ø CYTOMETRIC TECHNIQUES. Ø CYTOMETRY AND

FLUORESCENCE-ACTIVATED CELL SORTING (FACS) (DNA CONTENT ANALYSYS, CELL CYCLE, APOPTOSIS).

Ø IMMUNOPHENOTYPING AND ITS APPLICATIONS.

Ø METHODS OF MEASURING LYMPHOCYTE

V EXAM DATE (09/07/2010) EXAM SCORE (28/30)

Y

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PROLIFERATIONINVITRO. Ø METHODS OF MEASURING

LYMPHOCYTE EFFECTOR FUNCTIONS: ANTIBODY PRODUCTION, CYTOTOXICITY (CTL AND NK); INTRACELLULAR CKs

Ø METHODOLOGIES FOR DIFFERENTIATION OF B AND T LYMPHOCYTES

Ø ASSESSMENT TECNIQUES OF THE ABSOLUTE AND RELATIVE NUMBERS OF CIRCULATING B, T, NK LYMPHOCYTES

ELECTRONIC MEASURES Content:

Ø Using the analog multimeter: potential difference measurements, batteries in series, sum of the potential differences.

Ø Ohm's Law: current measurement and resistance calculation.

Ø Resistors in series and parallel. Ø RC circuit: time constant

measurements. Ø Elementary circuits with transistors. Ø Using the oscilloscope: generation of

sinusoidal signals of variable frequency and amplitude.

Ø Operational amplifier: the inverting and non-inverting configuration.

Ø Digital electronics: flip flop using two NAND gates, realization of a digital counter.

2/1 BIOMEDICAL

LABORATORY TECHNOLOGY PROFESSIONAL TRAINING: MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND GENETICS

Total credits: 7.5 BIOMEDICAL LABORATORY TECHNOLOGY PROFESSIONAL TRAINING : MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND GENETICS (7.5 credits: total hours: 187,5) DURATION: 01/09/2009-23/11/2009 SEAT OF THE LAB TRAINEESHIP: “Antonio Cao” PAEDIATRIC HOSPITAL (CAGLIARI), MOLECULAR GENETICS LABORATORY: RESPONSIBLE FOR TRAINING: Prof. Maria Cristina ROSATELLI

P EXAM DATE (23/11/2009) EXAM SCORE (EXCELLENT)

Y

2/1 BIOMEDICAL LABORATORY TECHNOLOGY SPECIALISTIC PROFESSIONAL TRAINING (SECOND YEAR, FIRST SEMESTER)

Total credits: 3.5 BIOMEDICAL LABORATORY TECHNOLOGY SPECIALISTIC PROFESSIONAL TRAINING IN ONCOLOGY (3.5 credits: total hours: 87.5) DURATION: 13/02/2010-15/03/2010 SEAT OF THE LAB TRAINEESHIP: UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI AND AUTONOMOUS REGION OF SARDINIA HOSPITAL, ONCOLOGY LAB OF “DUILIO CASULA” HOSPITAL (MONSERRATO): RESPONSIBLE FOR TRAINING: Dr. Clelia MADEDDU

P EXAM DATE (06/04/2010) EXAM SCORE (EXCELLENT)

Y

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2/2 ELECTIVE CREDITS:

ENGLISH LANGUAGE

Total credits: 2 ENGLISH LANGUAGE (L-LIN/12) (LINGUISTIC COMPETENCE ACHIEVED: B1-2) (2 credits: total hours: 50)

W & V EXAM DATE (07/05/2009) EXAM SCORE (PASSED)

Y

2/2 BLS Total credits: 0.5

W EXAM DATE (15/02/2011) EXAM SCORE (PASSED)

Y

2/2 HEMATOLOGY AND IMMUNOHAEMATOLOGY

Total credits: 5 HEMATOLOGY AND IMMUNOHAEMATOLOGY (MED/15- BLOOD DISEASES) (2 credits: total hours including homework: 50; class hours: 16) HEMATOLOGY AND IMMUNOHAEMATOLOGY (MED/05- IMMUNOHAEMATOLOGY) (2 credits: total hours including homework: 50; class hours: 16) HEMATOLOGY AND IMMUNOHAEMATOLOGY (MED/46- TECHNICAL SCIENCES OF MEDICINE AND LABORATORY) (1 credits: total hours including homework: 25; class hours: 8) HEMATOLOGY

Ø BLOOD COUNT, RETICULOCYTES, WBC DIFFERENTIAL COUNTER, MANUAL AND AUTOMATED CELL COUNTING

Ø CYTOCHEMISTRY, FLOW CYTOMETRY, MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Ø ANEMIAS-COAGULOPATHIES Ø CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA Ø ACUTE LEUKEMIA Ø LYMPHOMA Ø MYELOMA Ø CELL PREPARATION

TECHNIQUES AND CELL COLORING TECHNIQUES, PERIPHERAL BLOOD AND BONE MARROW PREPARATION TECHNIQUES

V EXAM DATE (07/04/2011) EXAM SCORE (30/30)

Y

2/2 ENGLISH LANGUAGE-4 Total credits: 2 ENGLISH LANGUAGE (L-LIN/12) (LINGUISTIC COMPETENCE ACHIEVED: B1-2) (2 credits: total hours: 50)

W & V EXAM DATE (07/05/2009)

Y

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EXAM SCORE (PASSED)

2/2 URGENT CARES LABORATORY

Total credits: 5 CLINICAL LABORATORY: MED/41-ANESTESIOLOGY (2 credits: total hours including homework: 50; class hours 16) CLINICAL LABORATORY: MED/09-INTERNAL MEDICINE (1 credits: total hours including homework: 25; class hours: 8) CLINICAL LABORATORY: MED/18-GENERAL SURGERY (1 credits: total hours including homework: 25; class hours: 8) CLINICAL LABORATORY: MED/46-TECHNICAL SCIENCES OF MEDICINE AND LABORATORY (1 credits: total hours including homework: 25; class hours: 8)

V EXAM DATE (18/06/2010) EXAM SCORE (29/30)

Y

2/2 FINAL EXAMINATION CREDITS-1

Total credits: 1 FINAL EXAMINATION CREDITS 1 (1 credit: total hours including homework: 25): MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND GENETICS DURATION: 18/01/2011-12/04/2011 SEAT OF THE LAB TRAINEESHIP: “Antonio Cao” PAEDIATRIC HOSPITAL (CAGLIARI), MOLECULAR GENETICS LABORATORY: RESPONSIBLE FOR TRAINING: Prof. Maria Cristina ROSATELLI

W & V EXAM DATE (13/04/2011) EXAM SCORE (EXCELLENT)

Y

2/2 DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES OF MICROBIOLOGY AND PARASITOLOGY

Total credits: 4 APPLIED HYGIENE (MED/42-GENERAL AND APPLIED HYGIENE) 1 CFU CLINICAL AND APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY (MED/07- MICROBIOLOGY AND CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY) 1.5 CFU PARASITOLOGY (VET/06- PARASITOLOGY AND ANIMAL PARASITIC DISEASES) 0.5 CFU VIROLOGY (MED/07- MICROBIOLOGY AND CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY) 1 CFU CONTENT EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PREVENTION: VACCINATIONS; INFECTIONS AND BIOLOGICAL RISK IN HEALTHCARE; DISINFECTION AND STERILIZATION. LEARN THE RULES 'TO MANAGE RISKS

V EXAM DATE (22/03/2011) EXAM SCORE (24/30)

Y

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IN BIOMEDICAL LABORATORY AND HOW TO PREVENT LABORATORY-ACQUIRED DISEASES DIAGNOSTIC MICROBIOLOGY PROCESS: COLLECTION, TRANSPORT AND STORAGE OF BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES; PRINCIPLES OF DIAGNOSTIC MICROBIOLOGY.

2/2 BIOMEDICAL LABORATORY TECHNOLOGY PROFESSIONAL TRAINING: CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Total credits: 7.5 BIOMEDICAL LABORATORY TECHNOLOGY PROFESSIONAL TRAINING: CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY (7.5 credits: total hours: 187.5) DURATION: 23/11/2009-19/02/2010 SEAT OF THE LAB TRAINEESHIP: UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI AND AUTONOMOUS REGION OF SARDINIA HOSPITAL, MICROBIOLOGY LAB OF “DUILIO CASULA” HOSPITAL (MONSERRATO): RESPONSIBLE FOR TRAINING: Dr. Corrado SERRA

P EXAM DATE (09/03/2010) EXAM SCORE (EXCELLENT)

Y

2/2 BIOMEDICAL LABORATORY TECHNOLOGY SPECIALISTIC PROFESSIONAL TRAINING

Total credits: 3.5 BIOMEDICAL LABORATORY TECHNOLOGY SPECIALISTIC PROFESSIONAL TRAINING (3.5 credits: total hours: 87.5) DURATION: 12.04.2010-07.05.2010 SEAT OF THE LAB TRAINEESHIP: UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI AND AUTONOMOUS REGION OF SARDINIA HOSPITAL, ENDOCRINOLOGY LAB SERVICE OF “DUILIO CASULA” HOSPITAL (MONSERRATO): RESPONSIBLE FOR TRAINING: Prof. STEFANO MARIOTTI

P EXAM DATE (19/05/2010) EXAM SCORE (EXCELLENT)

Y

2/2 BIOMEDICAL LABORATORY TECHNOLOGY SPECIALISTIC PROFESSIONAL TRAINING (SECOND YEAR, SECOND SEMESTER)

Total credits: 3.5 BIOMEDICAL LABORATORY TECHNOLOGY SPECIALISTIC PROFESSIONAL TRAINING IN HAEMATOLOGY (SECOND YEAR, SECOND SEMESTER) (3.5 credits: total hours: 87.5) DURATION: 20.05.2010-20.06.2010 SEAT OF THE LAB TRAINEESHIP: UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI AND AUTONOMOUS REGION OF SARDINIA HOSPITAL, HAEMATOLOGY LAB SERVICE OF “DUILIO CASULA” HOSPITAL (MONSERRATO): RESPONSIBLE FOR TRAINING: Prof. Francesco MARONGIU

P EXAM DATE (20/06/2010) EXAM SCORE (EXCELLENT

Y

3/1 ELECTIVE CREDITS Total credits: 1.25 Participation to a thematic seminar, 8 hours

NA EXAM DATE (03/11/2009)

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3/1 FINAL EXAMINATION

CREDITS 2 Total credits: 2 FINAL EXAMINATION CREDITS 2 (1 credit: total hours including homework: 50): MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND GENETICS (7 DURATION: 18/01/2011-12/04/2011 SEAT OF THE LAB TRAINEESHIP: “Antonio Cao” PAEDIATRIC HOSPITAL (CAGLIARI), MOLECULAR GENETICS LABORATORY: RESPONSIBLE FOR TRAINING: Prof. Maria Cristina ROSATELLI

W & V EXAM DATE (13/04/2011) EXAM SCORE (EXCELLENT)

Y

3/1 TECHNIQUES OF ANATOMY, ISTOLOGY AND PATHOLOGICAL CYTOLOGY

Total credits: 4 MOLECULAR BIOLOGY IN ANATOMICAL PATHOLOGY (MED/08-ANATOMICAL PATHOLOGY) 1 CFU UTRASTRUCTURAL ANALYSIS (MED/08-ANATOMICAL PATHOLOGY) 1 CFU TECHNIQUES OF MACROSCOPIC ANATOMICAL PATHOLOGY (MED/08-ANATOMICAL PATHOLOGY) 1 CFU COURSE SUMMARY CONTENT

Ø ULTRASTRUCTURAL TECHNIQUES.

Ø MOLECULAR BIOLOGY TECHNIQUES APPLIED TO ANATOMICAL PATHOLOGY.

Ø AUTOPSY TECHNIQUES.

3/1 BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY TECHNIQUES

Total credits: 4 MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES (BIO/12-CLINICAL BIOCHEMISTRY AND CLINICAL MOLECULAR BIOLOGY) 1.5 CFU (1.5 credits: total hours including homework: 37.5; class hours 12) CLINICAL BIOCHEMISTRY 1: DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES (BIO/12-CLINICAL BIOCHEMISTRY AND CLINICAL MOLECULAR BIOLOGY) (0.5 credits: total hours including homework: 12.5; class hours 8) CLINICAL BIOCHEMISTRY 2: DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES (BIO/12-CLINICAL BIOCHEMISTRY AND CLINICAL MOLECULAR BIOLOGY) (2 credits: total hours including homework: 50; class hours 16) CONTENT Type of laboratory test:

Ø analytical assay in clinical chemistry

Ø interfering factors

V EXAM DATE (26/01/2011) EXAM SCORE (29/30)

Y

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Ø biological samples Ø quality control testing Ø reference values, Ø specificity, sensitivity, Ø abnormal laboratory values Ø serum proteins Ø diagnosis and monitoring

diabetes 3/1 TECHNIQUES OF

CLINICAL PATHOLOGY

Total credits: 6 MOLECULAR METHODS IN CLINICAL PATHOLOGY (MED/05- CLINICAL PATHOLOGY) (1 credits: total hours including homework: 25; class hours 8) TECHNICS OF MEDICINE AND LABORATORY (MED/46- TECHNICAL SCIENCES OF MEDICINE AND LABORATORY) (1 credits: total hours including homework: 25; class hours 8) APPLIED HYGIENE (MED/42- APPLIED HYGIENE) (1 credits: total hours including homework: 25; class hours 8) FORENSIC MEDICINE (MED/43- FORENSIC MEDICINE) (1 credits: total hours including homework: 25; class hours 8) CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY (BIO/14-PHARMACOLOGY) (1 credits: total hours including homework: 25; class hours 8) CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY (BIO/14-PHARMACOLOGY) (2 credits: total hours including homework: 25; class hours 8) MOLECULAR TECHNIQUES IN THE MEDICAL LABORATORY Aim

• To learn most common techniques of omics scinces in the biomedical laboratory.

Content:

• Nucleic acid, protein, metabolites isolation.

• Design and operation of the molecular diagnostic laboratory.

• Instrument in the omics laboratory TECHNICS OF MEDICINE AND LABORATORY

Ø TOOLS TO HELP TECHNICIANS IN ORDERING AND INTERPRETING LABORATORY TESTS.

Ø PRINCIPLES OF MASS SPECTROMETRY, NMR

V EXAM DATE (18/02/2011) EXAM SCORE (30/30)

Y

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SPECTROSCOPY Ø PRINCIPLES OF CLINICAL

ENZYMOLOGY. Ø AUTOMATION IN BIOMEDICAL

LABORATORY. FORENSIC MEDICINE GENERAL INTRODUCTION. THE JUDICIARY, FORENSIC MEDICINE AIMS 'AND FORENSIC MEDICINE FIELDS AND SPECIALTIES. CRIMES AND SUBJECTIVE NECESSARY ELEMENTS OF A CRIME; CAUSATION, COMMISSIVE CONDUCT RESULTING FROM AN OMISSION. IMPUTABILITY CAUSES 'AND NON-IMPUTABILITY CAUSES; CAPACITY TO ACT, INTERDICTION AND OTHER PROCEDURES TO PUT A PERSON WITHOUT CAPACITY OF ACT UNDER CARE. LIABILITY FOR PERSONAL INJURY. TERMINATION OF PREGNANCY AND ABORTION. SEXUAL OFFENCES. CONSENT OF THE PATIENT. REPORTING CRIMES TO THE JUDICIAL AUTHORITY: DUTY AND PROCEDURES. DOCUMENTATION OF A PATIENT'S MEDICAL HISTORY: MEDICAL RECORD, HEALTH RECORD, NURSING RECORDS. PROFESSIONAL LIABILITY: CIVIL LAW. HEALTH CARE ETHICS AND DEONTOLOGY: DUTY OF PROFESSIONAL SECRECY, CONSCIENCE CLAUSES, FUTILE MEDICAL CARE, EUTHANASIA. CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY

Ø PHARMACOKINETICS Ø PHARMACODYNAMICS Ø ADVERSE REACTIONS TO

DRUGS: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE BIOMEDICAL LAB TECHNICIAN

Ø PHARMACOGENETICS: BASIC PRINCIPLES AND APPLICATION

Ø CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY AND DETERMINATION OF DRUGS WITH SPECIAL ATTENTION TO: LITHIUM, ANTIEPILEPTICS, WARFARIN, DIGOXIN, THEOPHYLLINE

3/1 BIOMEDICAL

LABORATORY TECHNOLOGY TRAINING: ANATOMICAL PATHOLOGY

Total credits: 8.5 BIOMEDICAL LABORATORY TECHNOLOGY PROFESSIONAL TRAINING: ANATOMICAL PATHOLOGY (8.5 credits: total hours: 213) DURATION: Jan 2011-12/04/2011 SEAT OF THE LAB TRAINEESHIP: “GIUSEPPE BROTZU” HOSPITAL (Cagliari), ANATOMICAL PATHOLOGY SERVICE

P EXAM DATE (12/04/2011) EXAM SCORE (EXCELLENT)

N

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LABORATORY. RESPONSIBLE FOR TRAINING: Dr. Gualtiero CATANI.

3/2 ELECTIVE CREDITS: BIOMEDICAL LABORATORY TECHNOLOGY TRAINING

Total credits: 5.75 BIOMEDICAL LABORATORY TECHNOLOGY PROFESSIONAL TRAINING: BIOCHEMISTRY (5,75 credits: total hours: 143.75) DURATION: 30/06/2010-30/09/2010 ERASMUS SEAT OF THE LAB TRAINEESHIP: UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA (BARCELONA-SPAIN), FACULTY OF BIOLOGY, DEPARTMENT OF BIOCHEMISTRY RESPONSIBLE FOR TRAINING: Silvia BUSQUETS RIUS.

P EXAM DATE (30/09/2010) EXAM SCORE (EXCELLENT)

N (ERASMUS PROJECT)

3/2 COMPUTER SCIENCE SKILLS FOR BIOMEDICAL LAB 2

Total credits: 1.5. COMPUTER SCIENCE SKILLS FOR BIOMEDICAL LAB (1.5 credits: total hours including homework: 37.5; class hours: 12) - Image and signal representation - Introduction to biomedical signal and image processing - Database

V EXAM DATE (20/04/2011) EXAM SCORE (PASSED)

Y

3/2 STATISTICAL SKILLS FOR BIOMEDICAL LAB 2

Total credits: 1. STATISTICAL SKILLS FOR BIOMEDICAL LAB (1 credit: total hours including homework: 25; class hours: 8) At the end of the course the students should had learned how to summarize and interpret experimental data, how to read and evaluate current scientific literature and also how to describe results from statistical analyses in a technical report. Main topics: Population and sample; Standard error, Confidence interval; Probability, Hypothesis testing, Statistical tests (t, z, chi-square).

V EXAM DATE (20/04/2011) EXAM SCORE (PASSED)

Y

3/2 FINAL EXAMINATION CREDITS 3

Total credits: 2 FINAL EXAMINATION CREDITS 2 (2 credit: total hours including homework: 50): MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND GENETICS DURATION: 18/01/2011-12/04/2011 SEAT OF THE LAB TRAINEESHIP: “Antonio Cao” PAEDIATRIC HOSPITAL (CAGLIARI), MOLECULAR GENETICS LABORATORY: RESPONSIBLE FOR TRAINING: Prof. Maria Cristina ROSATELLI

W & V EXAM DATE (13/04/2011) EXAM SCORE (EXCELLENT)

Y

3/2 HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT SCIENCES

Total credits: 4.5 HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT 1 (MED/46- TECHNICAL SCIENCES OF

V

Y

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MEDICINE AND LABORATORY) (0.5 credit: total hours including homework: 12,5; class hours 4) HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT 2 (M-PSI/01-GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY) (1 credit: total hours including homework: 25; class hours 8) HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT 3 (M-PSI/06-WORK AND ORGANIZATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY) (1 credit: total hours including homework: 25; class hours 8) HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT 4 (SECS-P/07-BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION) (2 credits: total hours including homework: 50; class hours 16) COURSE EXTENDED CONTENT HEALTH CARE DEONTOLOGY

a. ORIGIN AND EVOLUTION OF THE PROFESSION: 1. ORIGINS OF HEALTH PROFESSIONS 2. AT THE BEGINNING: THE MEDICAL LAB ASSISTANT AND THE PREPARER (ROYAL DECREE 1631/1938, ARTICLE 88); 3. FROM MUTUAL HEALTH INSURANCE SYSTEM OF ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE SERVICES TO THE NATIONAL HEALTH SYSTEM 4. REORGANIZATION OF THE SYSTEM OF EDUCATION AND OF QUALIFICATIONS AUTHORIZING THE PRACTICE OF THE HEALTH PROFESSIONS

5. THE1992 HEALTH CARE REFORM (LAW DECREE 502/1992) AND THE REFORM OF DIDACTIC SYSTEMS OF ITALIAN UNIVERSITIES (LAW 341/1990) 6. THE HEALTH PROFESSION OF BIOMEDICAL LABORATORY TECHNICIAN 7. REFORM OF THE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM (MINISTERIAL DECREE 509/1999 and MINISTERIAL DECREE 270/2004) 8. THE CURRENT SITUATION 9. CONCLUSIONS

b. HEALTH PROFESSIONS IN

SARDINIA 1. THE HEALTH PROFESSIONS SERVICE OF SARDINIAN AUTONOMOUS REGION 2. LEGISLATIVE FRAMEWORK 3. FUNCTIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

EXAM DATE (16/02/2011) EXAM SCORE (30/30)

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PROFESSIONS 4. STAFF 5. STAFF ORGANIZATION CHART 6. FUNCTIONS OF THE MANAGER OF HEALTH PROFESSION 7. ORGANIZATIONAL POSITIONS 8. COORDINATORS

c. THE REGIONAL HEALTH SERVICE SEEN THROUGH THE SITE OF THE AUTONOMOUS REGION OF SARDINIA 1. THE LOCAL HEALTH UNITS, THE UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARY HOSPITAL TRUST, THE “BROTZU” HOSPITAL TRUST. 2. THE REGIONAL NETWORK OF LABORATORY SERVICES

d. MEDICAL CONTINUING EDUCATION - RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL UPDATING 1. THE AGE.NA.S. SITE - NATIONAL AGENCY FOR REGIONAL HEALTH SERVICES 2. COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT (CBA) (UNIVERSITY ', NATIONAL AND REGIONAL HEALTH SYSTEM, MEDICAL FIRMS) 3. STATE IN SARDINIA

e. ETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS 1. CONCEPTS AND

DIFFERENCES BEETWEN ETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS

2. THE CODE OF ETHICS OF BIOMEDICAL LABORATORY TECHNICIANS.

GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY AIMS: PROVIDING A BASIC KNOWLEDGE ON GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY. FOCUS IS ON RESEARCH AND PRACTICAL APPLICATION OF PSYCHOLOGY TO THE PROFESSIONAL PROFILE OF BIOMEDICAL LABORATORY TECHNICIAN. HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT-BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION GENERAL CONTENT:

Ø MISSION, AIMS, ENTITY OF DIFFERENT TYPES IF COMPANY.

Ø SEEING A COMPANY AS A SYSTEM

Ø COMPANIES AND ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY

Ø FUNCTIONAL AREAS OF A TYPICAL BUSINESS : BASICS.

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Ø TYPICAL BUSINESS OPERATIONS: BUYING FACTORS, SELLING GOODS AND SERVICES, DISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH.

Ø COMPANY MANAGEMENT: TYPICAL OPERATIONS OF CASH FLOW MANAGEMENT AND CAPITAL FLOW MANAGEMENT.

Ø ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT AND CORPORATE BALANCE

SPECIAL CONTENT

Ø PUBLIC FIRMS: LOCAL HEALTH UNITS AND HOSPITAL TRUSTS: MISSION, AIMS. OBJECTIVES

Ø REDUCING COSTS IN THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM: ECONOMIC BALANCE OF SERVICE PROVIDED, BALANCED BUDGET, EFFECTIVENESS AND EFFICIENCY OF PUBLIC SPENDING.

Ø INFORMATION SYSTEM EVALUATING HEALTH CARE SERVICES: INDICATORS AND PARAMETERS.

Ø ANALYTICAL ACCOUNTING COST OF PRODUCTION: NATURE, CLASSIFICATION, METHOD OF CALCULATING HEALTH SYSTEMS AUDIT MANAGEMENT.

Ø BUDGETING IN HEALTH CARE SYSTEM: TOP DOWN AND BOTTOM UP BUDGETING.

Ø ANALYSIS OF COST DEVIATIONS: BASICS

3/2 TECHNIQUES OF DATA PROCESSING

Total credits: 4 DATA PROCESSING 1 (ING-INF/05-DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS) (2 credits: total hours including homework: 50; class hours 16). DATA PROCESSING 2 (SECS-S/02- STATISTICS FOR EXPERIMENTAL AND TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH) (2 credits: total hours including homework: 50; class hours 16) FORMATIVE AIMS DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS PROVIDING A BASIC KNOWLEDGE ON STANDARDS, REFERENCE MODELS AND DATA PROCESSING PROCEDURES.

W EXAM DATE (14/02/2011) EXAM SCORE (26/30)

Y

3/2 HISTOPATHOLOGY AND CITOPHATOLOGY TECHNIQUES

Total credits: 4 HYSTOPATHOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES (MED/08-ANATOMICAL PATHOLOGY) (2 credits: total hours including homework: 50; class hours 16)

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CYTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES (MED/08-ANATOMICAL PATHOLOGY) (1 credits: total hours including homework: 25; class hours 8) CYTOGENETICAL TECHNIQUES (MED/03-MEDICAL GENETICS) (1 credits: total hours including homework: 25; class hours 8) COURSE SUMMARY CONTENT

Ø HISTO-CYTOLOGICAL SAMPLING TECHNIQUES (ADEQUACY OF A SAMPLE, STORAGE OF SAMPLES, TRANSPORTATION AND HANDLING OF BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES)

Ø TECHNIQUES IN CYTOPATHOLOGY, IN HISTOPATHOLOGY, IN IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY

Ø CRYOSTAT AND HISTOLOGICAL EXAMINATION BY FREEZING THE TISSUE (EXTEMPORANEOUS).

MEDICAL GENETICS

Ø Chromosomes in man and normal and pathological human karyotype.

Ø Major chromosomal syndromes in man.

Ø Cytogenetic analysis.

3/2 BIOMEDICAL LABORATORY TECHNOLOGY TRAINING: CLINICAL PATHOLOGY AND CLINICAL BIOCHEMISTRY

Total credits: 8.5 BIOMEDICAL LABORATORY TECHNOLOGY PROFESSIONAL TRAINING: CLINICAL PATHOLOGY AND CLINICAL BIOCHEMISTRY (8.5 credits: total hours: 212.5) DURATION: 01/10/2010-20/12/2010 SEAT OF THE LAB TRAINEESHIP: “Giuseppe Brotzu” HOSPITAL (Cagliari), LABORATORY SERVICE. RESPONSIBLE FOR TRAINING: Dr. Marcello Angius.

P EXAM DATE (20/12/2010) EXAM SCORE (EXCELLENT)

N

3/2 BIOMEDICAL LABORATORY TECHNOLOGY SPECIALISTIC PROFESSIONAL TRAINING (THIRD YEAR, FIRST SEMESTER)

Total credits: 3.5 BIOMEDICAL LABORATORY TECHNOLOGY SPECIALISTIC PROFESSIONAL TRAINING IN HAEMATOLOGY (THIRD YEAR, FIRST SEMESTER) (3.5 credits: total hours: 87.5) DURATION: 14.03.2011-25.03.2011 SEAT OF THE LAB TRAINEESHIP: UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI AND AUTONOMOUS REGION OF SARDINIA HOSPITAL, HAEMATOLOGY LAB SERVICE OF “DUILIO CASULA” HOSPITAL (MONSERRATO): RESPONSIBLE FOR TRAINING: Prof. Francesco MARONGIU

P EXAM DATE (25/03/2011) EXAM SCORE (EXCELLENT)

Y

3/2 STATE EXAM FOR CERTIFIED BIOMEDICAL LABORATORY

STATE EXAM FOR CERTIFIED BIOMEDICAL LABORATORY TECHNICIANS & FINAL ACADEMIC EXAM

W & V & P FINAL EXAM

Y

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TECHNICIANS & FINAL EXAM

DATE (28/04/2011) FINAL EXAM SCORE (110/110 cum Laude)