Certificate awarded
bachelors
Major
medical laboratory
Program outcomes
to be able to recognis and define problems
interpreting data and testing hypotheses
Program objectives
to make healthcare accessible to everyone to ensure the well being of the communities we serve
to provide medical laboratory testing services to satisfy the expectation of customers
Job Market
government hospitals and research center
private laboratory
Description
these laboratories are manned by scientists trained to perform and analyze tests on samples of biological specimens collected from patients
Program content
Duration
4 Year
General credits
45
Elective credits
0
Compulsory credits
40
Total credits
90
Subject code | Subject name | Credits | Subject type | Subject prerequisites |
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MT101 | Arabic language | 2 | General | - |
improve the arabic language of students |
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MT102 | medical terminology | 2 | General | - |
• Familiarity with as much as possible the most common and used medical and health terms in the English language. • Clarify, explain, understand and memorize those terms. • Empowering students and helping them to store and memorize the largest possible amount of medical terms used in hospitals and other health facilities. • the student would be able to pronounce the medical vocabulary correctly. • That the student be able to show the meanings of common medical terms that are commonly used in the health and medical fields. |
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MT103 | Computer applications | 2 | General | - |
This course will provide students with a fundamental understanding of the computer basics |
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MT104 | physics | 3 | General | - |
This course will provide students with a fundamental understanding of the nature of physics Understand the principle of general physics. |
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MT105 | Chemistry | 3 | General | - |
chemical structural formulas and how to name it, and its physical and chemical properties, some methods of preparation and its uses. General chemistry/ recognize the units of measurement for the material – article classification – atomic theory – Periodic Table –isotopes – chemical formulas – chemical calculation – Quantum numbers – Pauli Exclusion Principle – Hund,s rule – physical properties of atoms. |
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MT106 | biology | 3 | General | - |
This course covers the principles of biology. It also gives general information about human body, It also covers the laboratory safety issues and the important precautions needed to be taken before, during, and after finishing the laboratory work. This course also covers knowledge of cell structure and its divisions, how traits are passed on from one generation to another, and the different tissues in the body and the systems that make up the human body, as well as knowledge of the classification of the animal kingdom. |
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MT107 | bio statistics | 2 | General | - |
1- Enable the student to know the importance of statistics and its relationship to other sciences 2- To enable the student to identify the measures of dispersion 3- Enable the student to identify the methods of calculating the correlation coefficient and regression 4- Enable the student to identify the possibilities and methods of calculating them 5- Enable the student to identify random variables and their probability distributions |
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MT108 | First Aid and Occupational Safety | 3 | General | - |
This course covers the principles of first aid and the important equipment used to provide first aid. It also gives a general information about human body, and the symptoms and danger signs of medical problems. It also covers the laboratory safety issues and the important precautions needed to be taken before, during, and after finishing the laboratory work. Occupational health and safety (definition, aims, quality, requirements, and procedure). How to promote occupational health and safety in work place. Occupational hazards, Occupational risk for radiologist. Laboratory safety, universal precaution in laboratory, waste disposal. |
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MT109 | Instrumentation | 3 | General | - |
The course is designed to enable the student to understand the components and basic electrical circuits behind the construction of diagnostics x-ray apparatus |
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MT201 | Anatomy | 3 | Compulsory | - |
This course will provide students with a fundamental understanding of the nature of human body gross anatomical structures |
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MT202 | Biochemistery | 3 | Compulsory | - |
The course enables students to appreciate the mechanism of radioactive substances labeling with organic substances in nuclear medicine testing procedures. |
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MT203 | Microbiology | 3 | Compulsory | - |
The course enables students to know: *The microorganism and definition of all branch of microbiology * The classification of Microorganisms. *Methods and types sterilization and disinfectant. * Culturing and cultivation of Microorganisms and basic way of their identifications |
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MT204 | Histology | 3 | General | - |
This course will provide students with a fundamental understanding of Introduction to histology Know the different types of tissues of the body Recognize the function performed by each tissue Learn about common terms and definitions used in histology |
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MT205 | Physiology | 3 | General | - |
Physiology is studying of biological function. medical physiology course will study human function at the level of whole organisms, tissues, cells and molecules (Study of human body function).Physiology is fundamental to medicine and studying function in both health and disease. ( Content : Introduction, Autonomic nervous system, Blood, Nerve& muscle, Cardiovascular system, Respiratory system, Gastrointestinal tract, Renal system, Central Nervous system, Special senses, Reproductive system and Endocrine) |
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MT206 | Medical Psychology | 2 | General | - |
is the scientific study of the mind and behavior |
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MT207 | Professional Ethics | 2 | General | - |
principles that govern the behavior of a person or a group in business environment |
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MT208 | Health Management | 2 | General | - |
responsible for providing leadership and direction and training and management for the medical operations |
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MT308 | Research Methodology | 2 | Compulsory | - |
This course will provide students with a fundamental understanding of the nature of research Methodology • understand some basic concepts of research and its • methodologies • identify appropriate research topics • select and define appropriate research problem and parameters |
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MT302 | Analytical Chemistry | 3 | General | MT105 |
Get an introduction to analytical chemistry and its applications in clinical settings. Students will learn basic principles of analytical chemistry and will explore a wide range of common techniques and methods used in modern analytical laboratories, including HPLC, mass spectrometry, spectroscopic and immunochemical techniques |
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MT301 | Clinical chemistry | 3 | Compulsory | MT105, MT202, MT205 |
This course discusses the role of clinical chemistry in the diagnosis of diseases and explains terms and units and safety in clinical chemistry. The course also describes the preparation of reagents and storage, collection of specimens, urine analysis. The course also describes the plasma protein, lipoproteins and carbohydrate disorders, help in understanding quality control (precision & accuracy study). |
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MT305 | Hematology | 3 | Compulsory | MT202, MT205 |
This course will provide students with a fundamental understanding of the nature of hematology (blood, blood composition and function). Also this course includes the studies of blood typing and hemoglobin and all issues regarding the hemoglobin deficiencies.This course provided the student with knowledge about the common blood disorders that affect the human body. The course also discusses the implementation of quality control in hemaology lab. |
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MT303 | bacteriology | 3 | Compulsory | MT203 |
1. Identification and isolation of the bacteria using: Gram stain (Gram positive and Gram negative).. Cultural characteristics. Biochemical characteristics. Serological characteristics. Other unique characteristics. Acid fast staining and other staining methods In order to aid in the process of identification of microbes. |
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MT304 | Parasitology | 3 | Compulsory | MT203 |
This course is designed to equip medical laboratory sciences students with the basic concepts of medical Parasitology and general laboratory diagnosis of parasitic diseases of human importance; to provide the students with basic knowledge and understanding of the medically important protozoa and their detection and identification in different clinical specimens. |
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MT306 | Pathology | 3 | Compulsory | - |
This course will provide students with a fundamental understanding of the nature of the disease, including its causes, growth patterns, and consequences |
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MT307 | Hospital Training I | 2 | Compulsory | MT203, MT204 |
This course is divided into 4 main sections: Hematology, clinical chemistry, microbiology and Histo-pathology. It provides students with essential knowledge and all practical work in the medical laboratories labs. |
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MT401 | Clinical chemistry 2 | 3 | Compulsory | MT202, MT205, MT301 |
This course provided the student with knowledge about renal function and abnormal change of NPNs, electrolytes with emphasis on their laboratory diagnosis. Also this course provided the student with knowledge about liver function and abnormal change of bilirubin, enzyme with emphasis on their laboratory diagnosis for several liver diseases and disease manifestations. The course also discusses the implementation of quality control in clinical chemistry lab. This course includes the studies of hormone function, classification, action and hormonal assays. Also it includes the understanding of enzymes classification, function and clinical importance in diagnosis. |
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MT403 | Virology | 3 | Compulsory | - |
This course will provide students with a fundamental understanding of the nature of virology, including virus structure, concept of symmetry, structural differences between enveloped and non-enveloped viruses, classification, gene expression and transmission, understanding of some of the mechanisms involved in viral replication and pathogenesis, describe general virus life cycle. Studding clinical symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of human and veterinary viral diseases. Understand basic mechanism of oncogenes and viral transformation. Understanding of Host-Virus interactions, describe three general mechanisms of viral entry, predict the tissue tropism of viruses based on the receptor on the host cell, contrast different trigger mechanism and their connection to entry mechanism, and evaluate the potential of entry inhibitor antivirals. |
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MT404 | Molecular Diagnostics | 3 | Compulsory | MT105, MT106, MT202 |
This course is intended to introduce fundamental and important topics of the Molecular Biology and the central dogma of cell life. Indeed, this course describes the Molecular diagnosis and instruments used to molecular diagnosis of human diseases. |
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MT405 | Mycology | 3 | Compulsory | MT203 |
This course will provide students with a fundamental understanding of the nature and characteristics of fungi; fungal life cycles. Providing an overview of medically important fungi, their etiology, epidemiology, and treatment. Learning the impact of exposure on animal and human health to fungal toxins. Identifying the types of mycotic infections and, types of Mushroom Poisoning and other Mycotoxins: Prognosis and Treatment, Culture isolation and identification; Treatment options for infections in animals and humans. Studying the methods of isolation and culture of pathogenic fungi. Recognize the antimycotic agents and treatment options. Study the specific human infections caused by fungi ,i.e, Superficial mycoses: Pityriasis Versicolor; Tinea Nigra ; Piedra. Cutaneous mycoses - various forms of Tinea and their causes, symptoms, and treatment: |
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MT406 | Hospital Training II | 3 | Compulsory | MT203, MT301, MT305, MT401 |
This course is divided into 4 main sections: Blood banking, clinical chemistry, microbiology and immunology. It provides students with essential knowledge and all practical work in the medical laboratories labs. Also, provides essential knowledge about the safety guidelines followed in medical labs. It provides the student with knowledge about renal function, liver function, cardiac enzymes and electrolytes and abnormal change in these parameters with emphasis on their laboratory diagnosis. Also, provides the student with essential practical methods in field of bacterial culture and its diagnosis in vitro. It gives the students all the lab information regarding antigen – antibody reaction in the immunity field. It provided the student with knowledge about blood transfusion and its reactions in the field of Hematology and blood banking. |
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MT402 | Blood bank | 3 | Compulsory | MT305 |
This course will provide students with a fundamental understanding of the nature of phenotyping and genotyping of significance blood groups, fractionation of blood products. Briefly focus on the immune reactions of blood transfusion and important factors that effect on hemagglutination. |
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MT407 | Immunology and Serology | 3 | Compulsory | MT203, MT305 |
The candidate will gain knowledge about immunity, organs of immunity and cells involved; Types of antigens and properties; immunoglobulin – types; MHC and its significance; hypersensitivity reactions. |
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MT408 | Laboratory Management and quality control | 3 | Compulsory | - |
The course enables students to understand of the quality systems used for implementation of total quality management in the clinical laboratories. The course covers all the basic elements and tools required to implement the quality system essentials across all phases of the laboratory workflow: pre-analytical, analytical, post-analytical. In addition, it will include focused lectures related to quality and safety standards required in specialized areas such as blood bank, clinical microbiology, and molecular diagnostics. Practical examples from the laboratory setting will be part and parcel of the lecturers to help students relate theory to practice |