311416 (v.1) Clinical Biochemistry 336

Area:	School of Biomedical Sciences
Credits:	25.0
Contact Hours:	7.0
The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline.
Lecture:	1 x 3 Hours Weekly
Laboratory:	1 x 4 Hours Weekly
Prerequisite(s):	310492 (v.1) Clinical Biochemistry 331 or any previous version OR 311412 (v.1) Clinical Biochemistry 335 or any previous version
Syllabus:	This unit covers endocrine and other specialised clinical biochemistry tests. It includes the investigation of thyroid, hypothalamic/pituitary/adrenal disorders, as well as reproductive function, covering both male/female infertility, pregnancy, antenatal screening and assessment of foetal health. Other topics covered include inborn errors of metabolism, tumour markers, therapeutic drug monitoring, molecular diagnostics, iron metabolism, advanced immunoassay, measurement uncertainty, proficiency testing, and method and instrument evaluations and tumour markers.
To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement.
Field of Education:	019901 Medical Science
SOLT (Online) Definitions*:	Supplemental *Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information
Result Type:	Grade/Mark

Availability

Year	Location	Period	Internal	Partially Online Internal	Area External	Central External	Fully Online
2010	Bentley Campus	Semester 2	Y

Area External refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.

Central External refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area

Partially Online Internal refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External

Fully Online refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External