Back to Find Units Page

Unit of Study BIOL2006 - Clinical Biochemistry (2021)

Show me unit information for year

Unit Snapshot

  • Enrolment information

    This unit contains laboratory activities and/or professional experience learning that require students to fulfil certain vaccination and compliance requirements prior to attending. As some of these can take up to 5 months to complete, you must prepare now. Failure to comply with these requirements will result in you being unable to undertake the stipulated Laboratory Activity and/or Professional Experience Learning which may result in failure of the unit. Full details are available at www.scu.edu.au/clinicalplacements

Unit description

Expands on student knowledge of human disease by incorporating results of clinical biochemistry and genetic investigations. In addition, students further develop their practical skills in biochemical and molecular analytical techniques. Current trends in biochemical/molecular research including gene therapy are also presented.

Unit content

  • Biochemical tests in clinical medicine.
  • Disturbances of water and electrolytes.
  • Bone metabolism.
  • Gastrointestinal tract disease.
  • Glucose metabolism.
  • Disorders of metabolism.
  • Biochemical endocrinology.
  • Neurotransmitters.
  • Biochemistry of renal and cardiovascular diseases.
  • Clinical biochemistry in paediatrics, pregnancy and in the elderly.
  • Regulation of gene expression.
  • Cellular homeostasis: cell growth and cancer.

Availabilities

Location Domestic International
Gold Coast
Session1
Session1

Learning outcomes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

summarise disease processes from a biochemical viewpoint

employ problem solving and application of biochemical concepts to clinical scenarios

debate developments in gene therapy for the treatment of a range of genetic, non-genetic diseases and cancer

evaluate biochemical and/or genetic clinical data and justify conclusions

solve clinical cases by using biochemical methods

select and employ relevant laboratory methods and safe practice in the biochemical laboratory

Prescribed learning resources

Prescribed Texts
  • No prescribed texts.

Prescribed Learning Resources may change in future Teaching Periods.