Module information
Module details
- Title
- Introduction to Diagnostic Services and Laboratory Medicine
- Type
- Rotation
- Module code
- S-CM-R4
- Credits
- 10
- Phase
- 1
- Requirement
- Compulsory
Aim of this module
This module will introduce trainees to the Diagnostic Services and Laboratory Medicine. Trainees will gain an appreciation of practices in Diagnostic Services and Laboratory Medicine, including the multidisciplinary team involved in providing patient care.
Work-based content
Training activities
| # | Learning outcome | Training activity | Type | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| # 1 | Learning outcome 1,2,3,6 |
Training activities
Attend a consultation, multidisciplinary team meeting or other event where diagnostic imaging is discussed and interpreted, reflect on the discussion |
Type OTA | Action View |
| # 2 | Learning outcome 1,2,3,6 |
Training activities
Shadow a Clinical Scientist in another life sciences specialty and reflect on their role |
Type OTA | Action View |
| # 3 | Learning outcome 1,2,3,6 |
Training activities
Shadow a Clinical Scientist outside a life sciences specialty and reflect on their role |
Type OTA | Action View |
| # 4 | Learning outcome 1,2,3,6 |
Training activities
Observe samples for analysis being collected from patients, reflect on the process |
Type OTA | Action View |
| # 5 | Learning outcome 1,2,3,6 |
Training activities
Follow the pathway of samples from patients with infections through the laboratory and reflect on the journey for;
|
Type OTA | Action View |
| # 6 | Learning outcome 1,3,4,6 |
Training activities
Explore an innovation that will have impact across departmental boundaries and requires collaboration between specialties and reflect on the impact this will have on practice and patient pathways |
Type OTA | Action View |
| # 7 | Learning outcome 1,3,5,6 |
Training activities
Review the impact of quality assurance in another life sciences specialty, reflect on how this guides and improves practice |
Type OTA | Action View |
| # 8 | Learning outcome 1,2,3,6 |
Training activities
Follow the pathway a biopsy or tissue sample from preparation to staining and microscopy, reflect on the process |
Type OTA | Action View |
| # 9 | Learning outcome 1,2,3,6 |
Training activities
Observe Whole Genomic Sequencing in an infection or another setting, reflect on the process |
Type OTA | Action View |
| # 10 | Learning outcome 1,2,3,6 |
Training activities
Attend a cross pathology meeting where quality, health and safety, education, governance or ethics is discussed, reflect on the meeting |
Type OTA | Action View |
Assessments
Complete 1 Case-Based Discussion
Complete 1 DOPS or OCE
Direct Observation of Practical Skills Titles
- Apply appropriate infection control procedure for the specialty area
Observed Clinical Event Titles
- Gather a patient history relevant to the specialty from a patient, patient representative, or another member of the multidisciplinary team
- Present a patient history relevant to the specialty to another member of the multidisciplinary team.
- Follow up on sample with another department
Learning outcomes
| # | Learning outcome |
|---|---|
| 1 | Explore the contribution of Diagnostic Services and Laboratory Medicine to patient care. |
| 2 | Identify the roles and relationships of the multidisciplinary team working in Diagnostic Services and Laboratory Medicine. |
| 3 | Describe the working practices of Diagnostic Services and Laboratory Medicine. |
| 4 | Examine the impact of innovation on Diagnostic Services and Laboratory Medicine. |
| 5 | Review the effect of legislation on Diagnostic Services and Laboratory Medicine. |
| 6 | Compare and contrast the practice of Diagnostic Services and Laboratory Medicine with other services and specialties. |
Clinical experiences
Activities
There is no clinical experiential learning associated with this module.
Academic content (MSc in Clinical Science)
Important information
The academic parts of this module will be detailed and communicated to you by your university. Please contact them if you have questions regarding this module and its assessments. The module titles in your MSc may not be exactly identical to the work-based modules shown in the e-portfolio. Your modules will be aligned, however, to ensure that your academic and work-based learning are complimentary.
Learning outcomes
- Describe the design, operation, and performance of a range of diagnostic tests used in pathology diagnostic services to support Clinical Microbiology.
- Critically evaluate methods of diagnostic imaging for the purpose of supporting a diagnosis of infection.
- Critically appraise the role of genomics and bioinformatics in infectious diseases.
- Discuss the partnership of Clinical Microbiology with other clinical specialisms in the investigation of infections.
Indicative content
- Chemical, cellular, and tissue level of organisation of the body.
- Blood film staining and interpretation in normal and pathological conditions, including parasites.
- Cytology sampling and staining and interpretation in normal and infectious conditions.
- The sample journey from pre-analytical to post-analytical stage and the impact on the patient pathway.
- Methods for therapeutic drug monitoring.
- Understand the establishment, application and limitations of biological normal reference ranges, including age, ethnic and sex related reference ranges:
- Normal ranges and predictive values for pathology tests used to inform infectious disease diagnosis.
- Understand basic principles of medical imaging:
- Ionising radiation methods.
- Non ionising methods.
- Identify normal images and those from infectious conditions.
- Introduction to pathogen genomics and bioinformatics:
- Nucleic acid structure and function, chemical structure of DNA and replication, transcription and translation.
- Molecular science methodology in the investigation of infectious disease.
- Potential application of relevant emerging technologies.
- Management of molecular science data, including basic bioinformatics.