Competencies and objectives

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Course context for academic year 2023-24

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Course content (verified by ANECA in official undergraduate and Master’s degrees) for academic year 2023-24

UA Basic Transversal Competences

  • CT1 : To read and understand texts in English.
  • CT2 : Show computer and information system skills and abilities.
  • CT3 : Show oral and written communication skills.

 

General Competences

  • CG10 : Understand and identify the causative agents and risk factors that induce the states of health and the development of the disease.
  • CG35 : Understand the importance and limitations of scientific thought in the study, prevention and management of diseases.
  • CG36 : Be able to formulate hypotheses, collect and critically assess information for problem solving, following the scientific method.
  • CG37 : Acquire basic training for research activity.
  • CG9 : Understand and recognize the effects, mechanisms and manifestations of the disease on the structure and function of the human body.

 

Specific competences:>>Module III: Human clinical training

  • CE3.19 : Know the diagnosis and genetic counseling.

 

Specific competences:>>Module IV: Diagnostic and therapeutic procedures

  • CE4.02 : Know the indications for biochemical, hematological, immunological, microbiological, anatomopathological and imaging tests.
  • CE4.07 : Know the biochemical, cytogenetic and molecular biology markers applied to clinical diagnosis.
  • CE4.23 : Know how to obtain and process a biological sample for study through the different diagnostic procedures.
  • CE4.24 : Know how to interpret the results of diagnostic laboratory tests.

 

 

 

Learning outcomes (Training objectives)

- Describe the processes, terminology and metrological concepts used in a clinical biochemistry laboratory.

- Know the molecular basis of the metabolic alterations studied and their effect on biochemical parameters in humans.

- Identify and interpret changes in the concentration of the main biomarkers.

- Know the biochemical alterations of the main organs.

- Acquire skills in the application of the scientific method to the study of disease, its molecular causes and its biochemical signs.

- To introduce students to research into genetic-based diseases and inborn errors of metabolism.

 

 

Specific objectives stated by the academic staff for academic year 2023-24

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General

Code: 27229
Lecturer responsible:
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Credits ECTS: 6,00
Theoretical credits: 1,80
Practical credits: 0,60
Distance-base hours: 3,60

Departments involved

  • Dept: BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND SOIL AND AGRICULTURAL CHEMISTRY
    Area: BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
    Theoretical credits: 1,8
    Practical credits: 0,6
    This Dept. is responsible for the course.
    This Dept. is responsible for the final mark record.

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