| Study Programme |
Applied Digital Life Sciences |
| Regulations Applicable |
RPO, 29 January 2008, School of Life Sciences and Facility Management Academic Regulations, 15 Dec. 2009, Annex for the Bachelor of Applied Digital Life Sciences degree programme |
| Module Type |
| X |
Compulsory Module |
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Elective Module |
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Optional Module |
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| Planned Semester |
5th Semester |
| Module Coordinator |
Adisa Trnjanin |
| Telephone / E-Mail |
+41 (0)58 934 57 37 / adisa.trnjanin@zhaw.ch |
Lecturer(s),
Speaker(s),
Associate(s) |
- Adisa Trnjanin
- Norman Juchler
- Georg Spinner
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| Entrance Requirements |
Human Anatomy and Pathophysiology, Organische Chemie, Systeme der Biologie, Biologie und Technikgrundlagen, Anorganische Chemie |
| Learning Outcomes and Competencies |
Technical skills:
The students are able to
- Understand the principles of common biomedical laboratory diagnostic techniques
- Process and interpret the corresponding data appropriately
Transferable skills:
- Detect problems with real measurements and being aware of pre-analytical influencing variables
- Be aware of ethical aspects of handling human patient material (e.g. anonymity)
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| Module Content |
- Clinical Biochemistry: blood serum, whole blood, blood plasm, cerebro-spinal fluid
- Haematology: whole blood analysis, FACS and single cell analysis
- Medical microbiology: microbiological analysis of body fluids, biopsies, medical devices (e.g. catheters)
- Histology: staining and imaging of biological samples
- Immunology: application to antibody analysis in infectiology
- Genetic tests: genetic diagnostics, screening, pregnancy, oncology etc.
- Preclinical and clinical studies: samples from animals and patients
- Data science aspects of handling and analyzing the data from the presented laboratory techniques
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| Follow-up Modules |
Semester thesis and bachelor thesis |
| Methods of Instruction |
Lecture, group work and excursion |
| Digital Resources |
- Moodle
- Educational videos
- Case studies / group work (including solutions)
- E-Learning Tools
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| Lesson Structure / Workload |
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| Classroom Attendance |
Presence is strongly recommended, but not enforced with a presence list. However, excursions are mandatory. |
| Assessment |
- Written exam at the end of the semester (70%) / e-assessment
- Experience grade (30%)
If there is a low number of participants, the lecturer may change the form of a repeat examination after consultation with the head of the study programme: e.g. an oral examination can be used to replace a written one. Please report any changes to the form of examinations by e-mail to pruefungsadmin.lsfm@zhaw.ch and Cc. Head of study programme.
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| Language of Instruction |
English |
| Comments |
Some costs for excursion to a clinical laboratory |