PMLS 1 (3) Medical Technology Curriculum PDF

DEFINITION OF CURRICULUM - First 3 years - gen ed and professional courses (theoretical) Curriculum - Latin word currere = to run. - Fourth year - students’ internship training in - Kno...

DEFINITION OF CURRICULUM - First 3 years - gen ed and professional courses (theoretical) Curriculum - Latin word currere = to run. - Fourth year - students’ internship training in - Knowledge and skills students are expected CHED accredited training laboratories to learn. Learning standards, objectives. affiliated with their department. - Units and lessons, assignments and projects given to students. CMO No. 13, series of 2017 - Books, videos, presentations, and readings - Policies, Standards & Guidelines for using in a course. BSMT/BSMLS - Tests, assessments to evaluate student - Guide for institutions offering the program. learning. - Goals, program outcomes, minimum John Dewey courses offerings. - Curriculum is the continuous reconstruction, - Compliant with the K-12 Curriculum moving from child’s present experience into - Educational institutions are fiven certain studies. leeway in enhancing the curriculum for their - Studies - organized bodies of program. truth/experience. - Indicates prescribed minimum number of Indiana Department of Education units per course, whether it has laboratory - Planned interaction of students with or lecture component. instructional content for evaluating the 1 unit lecture = 1 hour of class every week attainment of educational objectives. 3 unit lecture = 3 hours of class every week. - Explicitly states outcomes the students have (54 hours per sem - 1 year 2 sems = 18 weeks) to achieve through the use of planned 1 unit laboratory = 3 hours of class every week. instructional processes. PMLS 1 = 3 unit lecture, w/o lab = 3 hrs every - Consists of planned process of week. measurement and evaluation to gauge Bacte 1 = 5 unit course (3 lec & 2 lab) = 3 hours & student learning. 6 hours lab work = 54 lec + 108 lab) - Pre-requisites for some courses is followed: MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY CURRICULUM - Student must be aware of the courses they CHED need to take in order to move on to more - Established on May 18, 1994 advanced courses in the curriculum. - Republic Act No. 7722 , Higher Education Act of 1992 GENERAL EDUCATION COURSES - Government agency that covers HEIs both - Aim to develop foundational knowledge, public and private. skills, and habits necessary for students to - Tasked to organize and appoint members of succeed in life. technical panel for each program area. - Understand diversity in culture, contribute to society, gain bigger perspective and Technical Committee for Medical Technology understanding of living with others. Education (TCMTE) - Develop human individuals that have a - Composed of leading academicians deeper understanding of self and responsible for assisting the Commission in: acceptance of others. - Setting standards among institutions 1. UTS offering BSMT/MLS 2. RPH - Monitoring and evaluating such institutions. 3. TCW 4. MMW BSMT / BSMLS Program 5. Purposive Comm - One of the allied health program 6. The Life and Works of Rizal - 4-year program 7. Science, Technology, and Society  8. Art Appreciation and interaction of students with people in 9. Ethics. the community. CORE COURSES 4. Cytogenetics - Basic & essential for future classwork and - Focused on the study of the concepts and graduation pre-requisites. principles of heredity and inheritance. - 25 units - Ex. genetic phenomena, sex determination, genetic defects rooted in inheritance. - Discusses the abnormalities and genetic disorders. - Analysis of nucleic acids and their application to medical science. 5. Human Histology - Study of fundamentals of cells, tissues and PROFESSIONAL COURSES organs on microscopic structures, and - Develop the knowledge, technical functions. competence, professional attitude, and - Lab component - microscopic identification values necessary to practice the demands and differentiation of cells that make up the of the profession. systems of the body. - Critical thinking skills, decision-making, 6. Histopathologic Techniques with Cytology interpersonal, collaboration. - Covers basic concepts of disease - 80% passing grade. processes, etiology, and the development of anatomic, microscopic changes brought 1. Principles of Medical Laboratory Science 1: about by the disease process. Introduction to Medical Laboratory Science, - Histopathologic techniques necessary for Laboratory Safety, and Waste Management. tissue preparation collected via surgery, - Deals with basic concepts and principles biopsy or autopsy for macroscopic and related tom the profession. microscopic examinations for diagnostic - Curriculum, practice of the profession, purposes. clinical laboratories, continuing professional - School laboratory: education, biosafety practices, and waste - Tissue processing management. - Cutting of process tissue 2. PMLS 2 : Clinical Laboratory Assistance and - Staining Phlebotomy - Mounting of stained tissue for - Clinical laboratory assistance - concepts microscopic examination and principles of different assays performed - Performing biosafety and waste in the lab. management, - Phlebotomy - basic concepts, principles, 7. Clinical Bacteriology and application of the standard procedures - Study of physiology and morphology of in blood collection, transport, and bacteria and their role in infection and processing. immunity. - Study of pre-analytic, analytic, and - Collection of specimen and the isolation and post-analytic variables that affect reliability identification of bacteria. of test results. - Covers antimicrobial susceptibility testing 3. Community and Public Health for MT/MLS and development of resistance to - Study of foundations of community health. antimicrobial substances. (Human ecology, demography, and - School based laboratory: epidemiology) - Preparation of culture media - Promotion of community, public and - Collection of specimen environmental health and the immersion - Preparation of bacterial smear  - Staining of smear - Tackles the process of solving problems, - Inoculation of specimen on culture quality assurance/control, preparation of media. policy and procedure manuals, and other - Characterization of colonies of activities necessary to maintain a bacteria well-functioning laboratory. - Performing biochemical tests for 12. Medical Technology Laws & Bioethics identification of bacteria - Encompasses various laws, administrative - Biosafety and waste management orders, and other approved legal - Quality assurance and control documents. - Antimicrobial susceptibility testing. - Bioethics - study of ethics applied to health 8. Clinical Parasitology and healthcare delivery and to human life in - Study of animal parasites in humans and general. their medical significance in the country. - Different bioethical principles, philosophical - Pathophysiology, epidemiology, life cycle, principles, virtues and norms, and code of prevention and control. ethics. - Identification of ova/ adult worms and other 13. Hematology 1 forms seen in specimens submitted for - Study of blood as tissue diagnostic purposes. - Formation, metabolism of cells, laboratory - School-Based Laboratory assays, correlation with pathologic condition - Microscopic identification of diff and special hematology evaluation. groups of parasites pathogenic to - Quality assurance and control in man hematology laboratory as well as bone - Methods of preparing smear for marrow studies are also discussed. microscopic examination. - CBC 9. Immunohematology and Blood Bank - Hematocrit blood test - Concepts of inheritance, and laboratory - Platelet Count identification of red cells antigen and their - Preparation of blood smear and antibodies. staining - Covers application of these antigens and - Red cell morphology antibodies in transfusion medicine and - Erythrocyte sedimentation rate transfusion reactions work-up. - Fragility test - ABO and Rh Typing - Erythrocyte indices - Coombs test (direct and indirect - Reticulocyte count Coombs) - Inistrumentation - Blood donation process - Osmotic fragility test - Compatibility testing - Q/A Q/C - Transfusion reaction work-up - Biosafety & waste management - Preparation of RBC suspension 14. Hematology 2 10. Mycology and Virology - Concepts and principles of hemostatis, - Study of fungi & viruses as agents of abnormalities involving RBC, WBC and diseases. platelets. - On epidemiology, laboratory identification - Laboratory identification of blood cell and characterization, and prevention and abnormalities, quantitative measurement of control. coagulation factors and disease correlation. 11. Laboratory Management - Identification of abnormal RBC and - Looks into the concept of laboratory WBC management (planning, organizing, staffing, - Special staining techniques directing, controlling as applied in clinical - Coagulation factor test (APTT) laboratory)  - Prothrombin time (pt) bleeding time 18. Seminars 1 & 2 (BT), clotting time (CT), clot - Taken during 4th year in the program retraction time (CRT) together with the internship training. - Instrumentation - Deals with current laboratory analyses used 15. Clinical Microscopy in the practice of medical technology. - Study of urine and other body fluids 19. Molecular Biology & Diagnostics - Discussion of their formation, laboratory - Concepts, application of molecular biology analyses, disease processes, and clinical in clinical laboratory. correlation of laboratory results. - Application of different molecular techniques - Routine analysis as tools in the diagnosis of diseases. - Special examination of urine - Examination of body fluids (seminal, gastric juice, cerebrospinal fluid) - Pregnancy tests - Chemical examination of stool specimens. 16. Clinical Chemistry 1 - Concepts and principles of physiologically active soluble substances and waste materials present in body fluids particularly blood. - Formation, laboratory analyses, reference values/ clinical correlation with pathologic condition. - Instrumentation and automation, quality assurance and quality control. - Instrumentation - Q/A Q/C - Glucose determination - Lipid testing - Renal function blood urea nitrogen, blood uric cacid (BUN) (BUA) creatine - Protein testing (total protein, albumin, globulin) - Biosafety & waste management 17. Clinical Chemistry 2 - Also covers endocrine glands and hormones and their formation, laboratory analyses and clinical correlation. - Therapeutic drug monitoring and laboratory analyses of drugs and substances of abuse as well as toxic substances. - Bilirubin tests - Clinical enzymology (transferases, dehydrogenase, hydrolases) - Electrolyte testing - Hormone testing - Drug testing