Duration
20h Th
Number of credits
| Master in biomedicine (120 ECTS) | 2 crédits | |||
| Master in biomedicine (60 ECTS) | 2 crédits |
Lecturer
Etienne Cavalier, Corinne Charlier, André Gothot, Pierrette Melin
Coordinator
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the second semester
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
Clinical biology includes 4 different disciplines, the introduction will be done by 4 professors:
Clinical Microbiology (Pierrette Melin)
- Description of the different tasks - missions of a clinical microbiology laboratory and the organizational mode.
- The best strategies to use appropriately the laboratory and the limited available ressources.
- The mostly used analytical methods are shortly described, including the quality assurance background.
- The worldwide problem of the increased of emerging multi-resistances to antimicrobial agents among bacteria and the major role of the laboratory for their detection.
- Towards tomorow microbiology and automation
- Management of biosecurity regarding handling of pathogenic microorganims.
Clinical chemistry (Etienne Cavalier)
Hematology (André Gothot)
During this part, the main cytology and coagulation analyses are reviewed.
Clinical toxicology (Corinne Charlier)
In the course, the main tasks of the Toxicology department are presented and the main reasons to ask for a therapeutic monitoring are described and explained.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
Clinical Microbiology (Pierrette Melin)
At the end of this course, students will be
- able to describe the different tasks - missions of a clinical microbiology laboratory and the organizational mode.
- able to give clear and structured information towards the rational choice of analytical efforts within a cost-effective background for health policy.
- able to understand and to explain the main used analytical methods within a quality assurance background.
- aware of the increased of emerging multi-resistances to antimicrobial agents hapenning among bacteria and of the major role of the laboratory for their detection.
- able to provide a short overview of the expected evolution in microbiology and automation
- aware of the biosecurity needs and how to manage handling of pathogenic microorganims.
Clinical chemistry (Etienne Cavalier)
Hematology (André Gothot)
- the principles of cytology and coagulation tests
- their interpretation in different clinical contexts
- the methodology used to set up a validation report
Clinical toxicology (Corinne Charlier)
He will be able to understand the main role of therapeutic monitoring.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures and discussion
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)
Clinical microbiology:
Face to face
Slide sets of all lectures are available online on the university website through "myULg".
Clinical toxicology:
Face to face.
Diaporama available on the university website.
Clinical chemistry:
Coming soon
Hematology:
Face to face. Slide sets of all lectures are available online on the university website through "myULg".
Recommended or required readings
Clinical microbiology:
Required to prepare exams: Slide sets of all lectures available online on the university website through "myULg".
A non exhaustive list of text-books can also be useful but they are not compulsory.
- Bactériologie médicale - Techniques usuelles 2ème édition François DENIS, Marie-Cécile Ploy, Christian Martin, Edouard Bingen, Roland QUENTIN Editeur: Elsevier Masson. 11/2011 ISBN: 9782294096686
- Numerous references are available for reading /downloading on the website of the American Society for Microbiology (ASM):
http://clinmicro.asm.org/index.php/bench-work-resources
Clinical chemistry: Coming soon
Hematology:
Dacie and Lewis, Practical Haematology, Churchill Livingstone.
Assessment methods and criteria
Written exams, 4 opened questions: one per professor.
Work placement(s)
- 4-6 months internship opportunity during last year of master (final thesis)
- Other lab internship opportunities
Organizational remarks
Contacts
Clinical microbiology department
University Hospital of Liège, B-23 Sart Tilman,
4000 LIEGE Belgium
Secretary
PFor any contact or appointment request, please address your demand to the secretary Mrs MC Lhôte
- Phone: 00.32.4.366.24.39
- Telecopy: 00.32.4.366.24.40
- email: micromed@ulg.ac.be
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Clinical toxicology department University Hospital of Liège, B-23 Sart Tilman, 4000 LIEGE Belgium Secretary B.CORNET
003243667683
Professor Prof. Corinne Charlier, c.charlier@chu.ulg.ac.be
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Clinical chemistry department University Hospital of Liège, B-23 Sart Tilman, 4000 LIEGE Belgium Secretary A COMPLETER
Professor Prof. Etienne Cavalier
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Biological haematology department University Hospital of Liège, B-35 Sart Tilman, 4000 LIEGE Belgium Secretary Mrs Cécile Henet, hematobio@ulg.ac.be, 04/366 75 36
Professor Prof. André Gothot, agothot@ulg.ac.be
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