Curriculum Components

Students studying for the Associate Degree in Laboratory Medicine must successfully complete 78 credit hours distributed as follows:

Course Description

1. English 1 Expression & Writing

This course is designed to prepare the student for English writing and it will focus on reading and writing as integrally related skills. Students will study and practice reading comprehension, the writing process, and critical thinking. Students will create clear and correct sentences as they develop the skills necessary to write a variety of focused, developed, organized paragraphs and/or short essays. Students will be responsible for writing multiple full-process paragraphs/essays. The course may include a departmental proficiency test or portfolio assessment.

2. Islamic culture:

Sources of Islamic Legislation - Characteristics of Islamic Legislation - Islamic Systems - Family System - Judicial System - System of Government - Economic System - Characteristics of Islamic Economic Legislation -  Islamic Education - Objectives of Islamic Education and Its Characteristics - Religious Activity - General Educational Principles Islamic - the provisions of Tajweed - steps to teach branches of Islamic education.

3. Human civilization:

This course aims to introduce the student to the concept of civilization and its importance, ancient civilizations, modern Islamic and European civilization, and to know the factors of its development and achievements, and the achievements achieved by these civilizations in all political, economic, social and scientific renaissance.

4. General Chemistry:

The objective of the general chemistry laboratory course is to become proficient in techniques used by practicing chemist, to carry out experiments safely and carefully in the laboratory, to obtain data accurately and to manipulate the data correctly. This course also complements and consolidates the theoretical knowledge acquired in the general chemistry lecture course.  To provide students with basic skills and laboratory safety rules by which they can be qualified for employment or further study.  To familiarize the student with handling the chemical substances, balances and equipment.

5. Fundamentals of Nursing:

This course aims to introduce students to basic information about the nursing profession and the role of nurses in this field. It also shows him the concept of nursing as an art and science using nursing theories and biological and social sciences to present and meet the basic needs of individuals as well as to identify factors that require nursing intervention at the level of health and disease.

6. Biology (Cytology):

Students will understand the structures and purposes of basic components of prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells, especially macromolecules, membrane, how these cellular components are used to generate and utilize energy in cells, how different substances transport through the cell membrane including passive and active transport, the cell cycle and its regulation, the biosynthesis of protein from gene, cell communications and types of membrane receptors.

7. Computer skills:

This course aims to discuss the basic information related to the use of computers in education and the use of educational computer capabilities in the field of education, dealing with basic programs in MS Office software, dealing with digital images and modifying them using computer applications.

8. English 2 Conversation Skills

The course content includes conversations, debates, and presentations on a wide range of concrete, abstract, and specialized topics. It is designed to enhance the speaking and listening skills of non-native English speakers. Emphasis is on pronunciation, stress, rhythm, and intonation patterns of American English. Oral communication, listening comprehension, and vocabulary development are stressed. Students build their skills through instruction and intensive practice

9. Biostatistics:

The course examines the role of statistics in the field of medicine and the common statistical terminology used in the use of types of variables (data types). In addition, identify the SPSS types of errors and the presentation and description of statistical data and types of statistical charts. It also examines the possibilities and types of common distributions common. Centralization and variance measurements, natural distribution and other types of continuous distributions, and examines statistical data, estimation and hypothesis testing. Coincidence, bias, confusing factors, and Fisher & Chi-squared testing. It also deals with the types of basic health indicators used in medical statistics, the comparison of rates, and the introduction to biotopical studies. In addition, the design of health research and the study of future congestion and study of congestive retrovirus and case study and cross-sectional and cross-sectional study. Moreover, the ethics of medical research and experimental studies.

10. Medical Physics:

The course aims at introducing students to the basic principles of general physics, focusing on the basic laws and the general theories and techniques usually found in the books of medical physics and biophysics, helping the student to understand the laws and theories with practical applications and to show their interconnection.

11. Basics of Medicine and Surgery:

The course focuses on the principles of medicine and surgery, as well as the following topics: pain relief, Thoracentesis puncture, closed chest under water, puncture and infarction of pericardial, chest trauma, tracheotomy, head trauma, bandages, injection methods, central venous catheterization, Story - and checking devices). The study also includes nutrition and surgical patients (assessment of nutritional status - intravenous feeding - feeding through the tube), preparation of the patient for surgical operation, transfusion, bleeding and venous fluids, wounds and stitches, sterilization and disinfection, Treatment, and trauma.

12. Medical Terminology:

13. Immunology:

The course deals with the following topics: principles of immunology, antibodies and complementarities, intrinsic immunity, autoimmune immunity and its diseases, organ transplantation, blood groups, human leukocyte antigens, immunity and vaccines, immune diagnosis techniques Viral infections, immunity against bacterial diseases, and immunodeficiency diseases.

14. Turkish language for non-specialists:

The aim of this course is to introduce students to the Turkish language, starting with how to read and pronounce Turkish characters and grammatical and grammatical rules related to this language, and then to listen to and understand the simple Turkish passages and the ability to read, understand and comprehend simple texts related to daily work. From forming a comprehensive idea about it.

15. Self-Management and Medical Psychology:  

In this course, students study how learners benefit by acquiring skills in their public and private lives, the different characteristics that make them receptive and ready to learn from the rest of the advanced age, improving the psychological and social life of students and developing the learner's personal characteristics, such as communication and cooperation with others.

16. Medical Ethics and Laws:

The course aims at providing students with the necessary knowledge and attitudes to provide quality in nursing care, ethical principles and use of appropriate ethics in decision-making to solve problems in an ethical manner.

17. Communication skills

Defining the concept of self, enabling the student to understand and self-knowledge, during this course student will study the fundamentals and theories of communication and the factors influencing the effectiveness of communication. In addition, how to develop communication skills of all types and focuses on the interaction of the individual with the group and the interaction of the individual to the environment.

18. General Analytical Chemistry:

this course aims study of solutions, basic principles of chemical balance, compounds of limited solubility or insoluble, acids  base titration, non-aqueous titration, complexometric titrations, oxidation - reduction reactions, principles and calculations in quantitative analysis, quantitative analysis, methods of quantitative analysis.

19. Anatomy of Organs and human physiology:

The course provides basic information on the various human body systems in terms of structure and function, including the study of cell structure, body fluids, nervous system, gastrointestinal system, circulatory system, respiratory system, urinary system, reproductive system, musculoskeletal system, skeletal processes, metabolic processes, endocrine system and lymphatic system. It deals with the medical terminology of each system. The course links the basic anatomy information to the planned clinical anatomy.

20. /Hematology (1) / Natural:

The course examines the total blood count where the student learns a routine examination to take a complete picture of the blood, which helps in the diagnosis of diseases, how to draw a sample of the blood of the target person and to perform tests such as white blood cells, red blood cells and platelets, And required.

21. Bacteriology:

In this course, students are taught about bacteria, bacterial cell structure, bacterial pathogens, human pathogenic bacteria, infection pathways, disease development, pathogens and their relation to disease, diagnosis methods, treatment, prevention, methods of isolating bacteria from different sources, pure bacterial farms, Their characteristics and methods of classification and biological importance, the identification of genetic differences between bacteria, the difference between positive bacteria for the gram and the negative of the gram.

22. Anatomy and Histology:

The student will be able to name the anatomical structures associated the systems, demonstrate competence in differentiating terms relating to the integumentary system, able to order the events associated with the developmental cycles of somatic and reproductive cell division.

The student will be able to locate the structures associated with the brain and spinal cord. Enable to identify the anatomy of the heart, blood and lymph vessels, locate the structures associated with the brain and spinal cord.

23. General biochemistry:

This course will focus on the structures, functions and interactions of the biomolecules. The objective is to discover the impotence of these molecules in biochemical processes critical for sustaining life.

24. Hematology / 2 /Illness:

This course studies the following topics: blood formation and elements of immunity, anemia (iron deficiency, malignancy, malignancy, folic acid deficiency, hemolytic dysplasia), leukocyte disorders, leukemia, lymphoma, Platelet disorders (HIT - DIC - HUS - TTP - ITP) - Blood vessels, coagulation disorder, blood transfusion, blood derivatives.

25. Hematology / 3 / general thrombosis and Immunities:

This course studies blood clots, their causes, risk factors, complications, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of clots, as well as study of immunizations, types, factors affecting them, and mechanisms.

26. Hematology / 4 / serums and blood bank:

This course examines the serums and measures its concentration and role in immunotherapy. It also studies the banks and stores of blood collection and processing, how to store and store blood management, damage platelet storage, inventory alternative practices, and long-term storage.

27. Parasitology and viruses:

In this course, we will examine parasites and parasitism, emphasizing the influence of parasites on The ecology and evolution of free-living species, and the role of parasites in global public health, Vines description, structure & classification, Virus propagation, Virus culture & isolation, Human viral infections, Diagnosis of viral infections, Interferons & chemical treatment of virus,  and Viral vaccines.

28. Mycology:

The aim of this course is to teach student: classification , morphology , isolation and identification of pathogenic fungi to man , Disease diagnosis , antifungal drugs , mycotoxins and Medical Mycology Glossary.

29. Organic chemistry:

To develop an understanding and appreciation of both structure and chemical transformations of organic molecules.

To bring the student to a good knowledge on structure and reactivity of the most important aliphatic functional groups.

Students will acquire basic concepts of electronic structure and be able to apply them to solve problems from various areas of organic chemistry, including nomenclature, stereochemistry, reactivity patterns and synthesis.

30. Food Chemistry and Control:

The course studies the following topics: Physical, chemical and functional properties of water, carbohydrates, lipids and proteins in foods, role of enzymes and additives in food, chemical changes and interactions between essential food ingredients during production processes, natural and chemical properties and stability of vitamins and dyes, Foods such as different structural reactions and oxidation reactions.

31. Nutrition and diets:

The course deals with the chemistry of essential substances such as vitamins, minerals, carbohydrates, water, and the effect of these substances on the human body. The course also addresses the essential nutrients in normal and in different cases and shows the importance of proper nutrition in maintaining the health of the individual.

32. Child and family health

In this course, students are introduced to the basic information to provide nursing care in the field of community health, from discovering the effects of community health to finding appropriate solutions. The role of the health nurse's responsibility in providing primary, secondary and advanced health care in coordination with the rest of the health team is also discussed. Discuss methods of communication, guidance and health education for children and families, as well as discuss the most important health problems in society.

33. Equipment and maintenance of Medical Laboratories:

This course aims to identify the devices that are present in the medical laboratories, their types and specialties, how to use each and deal with them, management of these laboratories, ways of inspecting and maintaining these devices, and monitoring and controlling quality standards.

34. Molecular biotechnologies:

35. Clinical Biochemistry:

This course presents a detailed study of the chemical structures and vital functions of the main biochemical molecules, including sugar, proteins, fats and their components, enzymes and hormones of various kinds. The work of the laboratory includes methods of qualitative and quantitative detection of these different molecules.

36. Pathology:

This course explains all the known names in pathology starting with the types of pathogens, symptoms and signs of disease, and how diseases occur, then study this at the level of the cell and its interaction due to different effects, and thus the occurrence of inflammation, tumors and all the pathological consequences, Cell healing or death.