ImmunologyLaajuus (4 ECTS)

Objective

Students describe the structures, functions and disorders of the human defence system. They explain the antigen-antibody reaction and describe its significance to clinical diagnostics. Students carry out the most common immunoassay tests and explain their pre-analytical requirements and clinical significance as well as the principles of the methods that they use, while also assessing the reliability of results.

Content

Human immune system, acquired and cell-mediated immunity and disease diagnostics; antigen-antibody reaction and its use in clinical diagnostics; monoclonal and polyclonal antibodies and their preparation; pre-analytics of the most common immunoassay tests and principles of methods.

Qualifications

Prerequisites: Anatomy, Physiology and Pathophysiology; General and Inorganic Chemistry; Cell Biology and Genetics

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Students describe the structures, functions and disorders of the human defence system. They explain the antigen-antibody reaction and describe its significance to clinical diagnostics. Students carry out the most common immunoassay tests and explain their pre-analytical requirements and clinical significance as well as the principles of the methods that they use, while also assessing the reliability of results.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

Students describe the structures, functions and disorders of the human defence system and explain the antigen-antibody reaction, providing good justifications. They describe its significance to clinical diagnostics and apply it well.
Students carry out the most common immunoassay tests and explain their pre-analytical requirements and clinical significance.
They explain and assess the principles of the methods that they use to a good standard and assess the reliability of their results, justifying their actions.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

Students master the factors and functions of the human defence system in considerable detail and are able to describe the mechanisms of immunological tissue damage and their connection to clinical conditions.
Students describe the antigen-antibody reaction and its use in clinical diagnostics in depth and master the principles of immunological methods in detail.
They carry out the most common immunoassay tests very reliably and assess them thoroughly.