Learn how clinical chemists identify and quantify a variety of analytes in blood and bodily fluids using analytical techniques. This course explores the basic principles, procedures, physiological basis, instrumentation, and significance of testing performed in clinical chemistry. The emphasis is on basic laboratory techniques to assess analytes including electrolytes, proteins, carbohydrates, hormones, hemoglobin, and serum enzymes, and the correlation of test results with diseases and disorders. Statistical techniques, therapeutic drug monitoring, molecular diagnostics, and reference values are also covered.
Course Number: CHEM-40005
Credit: 3.00 unit(s)
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4/12/2021 - 6/13/2021
$675
Online
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CLASS TYPE:
Online Asynchronous.
All instruction and course materials delivered and completed online between the published course start and end dates.
Grandin, Heather Michelle
H. Michelle Grandin , Ph.D. is currently working as a scientific consultant in the field of biomaterials on applications ranging from vascular stents to dental implants, while focusing on surface material properties and implant design. During her postdoctoral research, and later as a senior scientist at the ETH, she steered a number of international partnership projects through the development of 3D microwell arrays for the study of isolated cells with uses ranging from stem cell to cancer research.
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TEXTBOOKS:
REQUIREDTietz Fundamentals fo Clinical Chemistry and Molecular Diagnostics 8th
by Nader Rifai
ISBN / ASIN: 9780323530446
You may purchase textbooks via the UC San Diego Bookstore.
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POLICIES:
No visitors permitted.
No refunds after: 4/19/2021.
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4/12/2021 - 6/13/2021
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You will have access to your course materials on the published start date OR 1 business day after your enrollment is confirmed if you enroll on or after the published start date.
There are no sections of this course currently scheduled. Please contact the Science & Technology department at 858-534-3229 or unex-sciencetech@ucsd.edu for information about when this course will be offered again.