Clinical Laboratory Medicine

SECTION I:: GENERAL LABORATORY
Basic Laboratory Management
Business Management of the Clinical Laboratory
Laboratory Safety
The Interpretation of Laboratory Tests
Laboratory Information Systems
Ethics in Laboratory Medicine

SECTION II:: MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY
Introduction to Molecular Diagnostics
Molecular Biology of Inherited Disease
Molecular Biology of Solid Tumors
Molecular Biology of Infectious Diseases
Clinical Applications of Molecular Biology Hematopoietic Disorders

SECTION III:: CLINICAL CHEMISTRY
Immunochemical Methods
The Plasma Proteins
Diagnostic Enzymology and Other Biochemical Markers of Organ Damage
Lipids and Lipoproteins
Endocrine Function and Carbohydrates
Electrolytes and Acid-Base Balance
Respiration and Measurement of Oxygen and Hemoglobin
Nitrogen Metabolites and Renal Function
Calcium, Magnesium, and Phosphate
Heme Synthesis and Catabolism
Toxicology
Trace Elements, Vitamins, and Nutrition
Inborn Metabolic Errors
Point-of-Care Testing
Tumor Markers

SECTION IV:: MEDICAL MICROSCOPY AND URINALYSIS
Synovial, Pleural, and Peritoneal Fluids
Urine

SECTION V:: CYTOGENETICS
Basic Cytogenetics
Clinical Cytogenetics
Prenatal Cytogenetic Diagnosis
Cytogenetic Studies in Neoplastic Hematologic Disorders
The Chromosome-Breakage Syndromes:: Clinical Features, Cytogenetics, and Molecular Genetics
Solid Tumor Cytogenetics

SECTION VI:: HLA TYPING
HLA:: Structure, Function, and Methodologies
Molecular HLA Typing
HLA:: The Major Histocompatibility Complex-Applications
Bone Marrow Transplantation

SECTION VII:: HEMATOLOGY
Hemapoiesis and the Hematopoietic Growth Factors
Peripheral Blood and Bone Marrow:: Morphology, Counts and Differentials, and Reactive Disorders
Red Blood Cell Disorders
The Thalassemia and Hemoglobinopathy Syndromes
Acute Leukemias and Myelodysplastic
Chronic Lymphoproliferative Disorders, Immunoproliferative Disorders, and Malignant Lymphoma
Chronic Myeloproliferative Disorders

SECTION VIII:: COAGULATION
Overview of Hemostasis
Laboratory Evaluation of Platelet Disorders
Coagulation Abnormalities
Thrombophilia

SECTION IX:: MICROBIOLOGY
Specimen Collection and Processing for Microbiology
Bacteriology
Fungi and Fungal Infections
Chalmydia, Mycoplasma, and Rickettsia
Aerobic Actinomycetes
Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing
Molecular Techniques for Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases
Role of the Clinical Microbiology Laboratory in Hospital Epidemiology and Infection Control
Autopsy Microbiology
Diagnostic Virology
Parasitology

SECTION X:: IMMUNOPATHOLOGY
Basic Principles of Immunodiagnosis
Flow Cytometry
Cellular and Humoral Mediators of Inflammation
Monoclonal Gammopathies
Primary Immunodeficiency Disease
Allergic Conditions
Receptor Assays of the Clinical Laboratory

SECTION XI:: BLOOD BANK /TRANSFUSION MEDICINE
Organization, Function, Regulation, and Legal Concerns of Blood Banks
Blood Collection
Pretransfusion Testing
Blood Component Therapy
Transfusion Therapy
Neonatal Transfusion
Complications of Blood Transfusion
Immune Hemolysis