Study Guide

Vieraan kielen kirjallinen ja suullinen taito, joka ammatin harjoittamisen ja ammatillisen kehityksen kannalta on tarpeellinen.

Ruotsin kielen taito, joka julkisyhteisöjen henkilöstöltä vaadittavasta kielitaidosta annetun lain (424/2003) mukaan vaaditaan korkeakoulututkintoa edellyttävään virkaan kaksikielisellä virka-alueella ja joka ammatin harjoittamisen ja ammatillisen kehityksen kannalta on tarpeellinen.

Takes initiative and responsibility in client relationships;
· Designs and creates client-oriented laboratory services;
· Designs and creates material for teaching and counseling, and
participates in training other health care personnel and counseling
patients;
· Plans and carries out training, guidance and counseling on
laboratory services;
· Develops cooperation with internal and external clients according to
the principles of good service;
· Cultivates teaching and counseling skills that are needed in
laboratory services and scientific research;
· Contributes his/her own expertise in multiprofessional teams and
patient care.
Main contents:
Client and user oriented laboratory services
· Client and user oriented counseling and materials in
laboratory work (patient, sample and point-of-care
examinations)
· Multiprofessional team work in client counseling

Complies with the quality management system;
· Assesses the laboratory test process and its significance to the
patient’s treatment or as part of scientific research;
· Complies with patient safety and occupational safety instructions and
regulations and creates a safe atmosphere for patient contacts;
· Complies with the risk management system and aims to predict
risks;
· Develops laboratory work in compliance with the quality
management system and the principles of sustainable development.
Main contents:
Laboratory quality management systems
· Clinical laboratory process in health care
· Occupational safety in patient and laboratory work
· Risk management in laboratory work
· Principles of sustainable development in laboratory
work

Masters the terminology of laboratory tests and is able to explain the
purpose of laboratory tests;
· Explains the reasons for pre-analytical phase requirements and the
urgency of tests;
· Outlines plans for client-oriented guidance of sample collection;
· Plans and carries out sample collection, processing, preservation
and transportation in accordance with the quality management
system;
· Takes expert care of the patient’s wellbeing and safety during
sample collection and patient examination;
· Justifies his/her actions and complies with the legislation regulating
patient rights and privacy;
· Complies with international and national recommendations for preanalytical
laboratory work in patient and sample examinations;
· Develops and organizes sample collection together with other
personnel, complying with evidence-based practices.
Main contents:
Pre-analytical standards, recommendations and
guidelines for patient and sample tests
· Good and standardized national and international
practices of sample collection
· Client and user guidance in laboratory tests
· Patient and occupational safety in sample collection

Carries out patient tests in clinical physiology, nuclear medicine and
clinical neurophysiology according to quality requirements and
recommendations. Analyses samples involving clinical hematology,
immunohematology, clinical histology and cytology, clinical
immunology, clinical biochemistry, clinical microbiology, and medical
genetics, according to quality requirements and recommendations.
· Applies the methodological principles of laboratory tests;
· Is committed to following internal quality control and external quality
assurance procedures and explains and justifies their interpretation
and methods;
· Evaluates and develops the functionality of the analysis process;
· Contributes within the limits of his/her expertise to the development
of new methods, equipment acquisition, and the validation of new
devices and methods.
Main contents:
Methods of clinical laboratory work and the
processes of analysis and patient examination in
clinical physiology, nuclear medicine, clinical
neurophysiology, clinical hematology,
immunohematology, clinical immunology, clinical
biochemistry, clinical histology and cytology, clinical
microbiology, and medical genetics
· Internal quality control and external quality
assurance in clinical laboratory work
· Validation of equipment and methods
· Equipment acquisitions

Assesses the urgency of informing the patient of his/her laboratory
test results and their significance for the treatment, and acts
accordingly;
· Assesses the reliability of the laboratory test results and testing
process with regard to the laboratory quality management system
and the patient’s condition;
· Assesses factors concerning decision-making in the post-analytical
phase and works on his/her own decision-making skills;
· Uses ICT systems to report laboratory test results within the
organization and to patient care units;
· Takes expert care of the patient’s wellbeing and safety during and
after testing.
Main contents:
Reliability assessment of the laboratory test process
and its results
· Reference and decision limits
· Laboratory information systems and the delivery of
test results to the client
· Patient safety

Complies with the values and professional ethics of clinical
laboratory work and health care;
· Participates in discussion on professional ethics in the field of social
and health care;
· Accepts responsibility for his/her own professional growth;
· Complies with information security regulations in patient work and
research;
· Processes biological materials in compliance with legislation and
with respect for the rights of the patient;
· Strives to build collegiality and an ethically sustainable working
community.
Main contents:
Values and ethical principles of clinical laboratory
work
· Professional development in clinical laboratory work
· Information security in patient work and research
· Legislation on biological sample material
· Legislation regulating the work of Biomedical
Laboratory Scientists

Assesses the basic functions of the human body and abnormalities
in the disease process, and applies this knowledge to practice;
· Applies biomedical competence to the pre-analytical, analytical and
post-analytical phases of the clinical laboratory test process and the
assessment of these phases;
· Evaluates the use of laboratory tests in health promotion,
diagnostics, treatment effectiveness evaluation, and the
development of treatment methods.
Main contents:
Biomedical terminology
· Human anatomy, biochemical and physiological
functions as a basis for laboratory tests
· Basic cellular and molecular biology and genetics
· Pharmacology
· Mathematics, chemistry, physics
· Laboratory tests as a method of examining the
functioning of the body

Participates in development projects of health care and clinical
laboratory work in multiprofessional teams;
· Follows the principles of intrapreneurship and works like an
entrepreneur in different environments;
· Applies evidence-based data to the production process of laboratory
services and to the development of this process;
· Strives for cost efficiency and economy and markets his/her
expertise in laboratory services for purposes of patient care;
· Participates in financial planning, product pricing and service
acquisition together with other experts;
· Plans, guides and organizes team work and acts in the role of a
team leader;
· Develops professional contacts and expert networks as well as
communications and interaction.
Main contents:
Research and development in clinical laboratory
work
· Innovation
· Evidence-based practices
· Entrepreneurship as a career choice;
intrapreneurship
· Working community skills
· Economic skills and cost efficiency
· Processing of statistical data

The graduating student adheres to the ethical principles and values of their field of profession, taking the principles of equality and non-discrimination into account.
- Is able to take responsibility for their own actions and their consequences and reflects on them in accordance with the ethical principles and values of their field.
- Takes others into account and promotes equality and non-discrimination.
- Take into account the realisation of diversity and accessibility in their actions.
- Understands the principles of responsible conduct of research and adheres to them.
- Is able to influence society based on ethical values.

The graduating student is able to develop solutions that anticipate the future of their own field, applying existing knowledge and research and development methods.
- Solves problem situations creatively and reforms operating methods together with others.
- Is able to work in projects in cooperation with actors of different fields.
- Is able to apply existing knowledge in the field in development and utilises research and development methods.
- Is able to seek customer-oriented, sustainable and economically viable solutions, anticipating the future of their field.

The graduating student is able to operate in multicultural and international operating environments and networks.
- Is familiar with the impacts of their cultural background on their activities and is able to develop operating methods that take multiculturalism into account in their work community.
- Is able to monitor and utilise the international development of their field in their work.
- Is able to communicate internationally in their work tasks.

The graduating student is familiar with the principles of sustainable development, promotes their implementation and acts responsibly as a professional and a member of society.
- Is able to use information related to their field in finding, implementing and establishing sustainable solutions and operating models.
- Understands sustainability challenges, their interdependencies and the various aspects of issues and problem

The graduating student recognises the strengths and development areas of their competence and learning methods, and they utilise the opportunities communities and digitalisation provide in their learning.
- Assesses and develops their competence and learning methods in different learning environments.
- Is able to acquire, critically assess and appropriately apply the national and international knowledge base and practices of their field.
- Also takes responsibility for group learning and sharing what has been learned.

The graduating student has versatile working life skills and is able to operate in work communities of their field.
- Is able to work constructively in a work community and promotes their own and their work community’s well-being.
- Is able to act professionally in communication and interaction situations at a workplace.
- Utilises the opportunities offered by technology and digitalisation in their work.
- Understands the complexity of changing working life and their own resilience in changing working life situations
- Has capabilities for an entrepreneurial approach.