Clinical Practice 1 at Health Care Laboratories (5 ECTS)

Objective

The student
• identifies the principles of primary health care and clinical laboratory activities
• understands the role of clinical laboratory activities as part of health care and social services
• has an overall picture of the laboratory activities at their work placement and the related service system
• is able to function as a member of a working community and multidisciplinary teams
• understands the importance of sampling as part of the patient's/client's care chain
• refers clients in a client-centric manner for sampling and patient examinations
• is able to collect, handle, preserve and dispatch laboratory analysis samples in accordance with instructions to a high quality standard
• is able to carry out sample tests and patient examinations performed in primary health care and to assess the reliability of the results
• is able to use laboratory data systems
• acts safely, aseptically and ergonomically
• understands the importance of medical confidentiality as part of their professional ethics and the client's/patient's privacy protection
• is able to assess their own professional development and areas for operational improvement
• develops their interaction, guidance and counselling and working community skills.

Content

• Service system in primary health care
• Pre-analytics of key primary health care examinations and taking of samples
• Guidance and counselling of clients in examinations
• Customer service and the collection, preparation, preservation and dispatch of samples
• Functioning in a working community
• Occupational and patient safety and privacy protection
• Laboratory data systems
• Asepsis and ergonomics when taking samples

Evaluation scale

0-5

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

Assessment: Pass/Fail
For evaluation criteria, see the attachment.
Assessment criteria for beginners are applied.

Qualifications

Anatomy, physiology and pathophysiology, Client and Patient Orientation, Pre-analytics 1 & 2, Methods in Laboratory Work, Point-of-Care Testing and Health Technology, Professional skills for laboratory services in the health care and social services sector.