The degree course lasts three years. Full time students should acquire 60 credits per year, i.e. 180 credits in total. The learning work, including individual study, needed to acquire knowledge and skills is expressed in educational credits (CFU). One credit is equal to 25 hours of activity. The
The fraction of time reserved for personal study or other individual activities will not be less than 50% of the value of the credit, except for highly experimental or practical educational activities.
The Degree Course has the objective of training professionals competent in the technical procedures necessary for the execution of diagnostic methods on biological materials or on the person, or of technical healthcare activities. Graduates in the class must be equipped with adequate preparation in core disciplines, enabling them to better understand the most important elements at the basis of the pathological processes that develop in the years of growth, as well as in the adult and geriatric age, on which they carry out their diagnostic activity. The mission of the Degree Course in " Biomedical Laboratory Techniques " is the training of biomedical laboratory technicians , healthcare professional of the technical-diagnostics and technical assistance area able to perform with professional autonomy, the technical procedures necessary for the execution of diagnostic methods on biological materials or on the person, viz technical healthcare activities in accordance with the provisions of the Minister of Health. Graduates must also be able to use at least one European Union language, other than Italian, in the specific field of expertise and to exchange information.
The attainment of professional skills is accomplished through a theoretical and practical training including also the acquisition of behavioral skills that is achieved in the context of each specific job profile, in a way to ensure, to the end of the course, the full mastery of all the necessary skills and their immediate marketability in work contexts
Practical educational activities and clinical internship are a an integral part of vocational training; they are carried out under the supervision and guidance of professional tutors, coordinated by a professor with the highest position for each professional profile and corresponding to the rules defined at European level where they exist.
The educational objective of the Master of Science in Biomedical Laboratory Techniques is to provide students with the basic knowledge of biological and pathological phenomena, with the operating mechanisms of analytical equipment, with the methodological bases of the analytical process for the clinical chemical, microbiological and clinical pathology tests, including pharmaco-toxicological and pharmaceutical compounding analysis, biotechnological, immunohaematological tests, immunometric tests by radio immunological methods, the genetic and anatomical and histopathological and autopsy room tests, as well as the principles of laboratory safety and radiation protection.
Students’ assessment is carried out through examinations and mid-term tests.
Mid-term tests are designed solely to verify the effectiveness of the learning and teaching processes in relation to specific content and objectives. The examinations aim at evaluating and attributing a mark certifying the individual students skills and competences. In addition, within the health care profession of biomedical laboratory technician, graduates carry out the activities assigned to them by DM of Health September 26, 1994, nr. 745 and subsequent amendments and additions; for this reason, the course aims at promoting students' ability to acquire knowledge on the responsibility of the acts of their competence and to carry out laboratory analysis and research activities related to biomedical and biotechnological analysis and in particular of biochemistry, microbiology and virology, pharmacology , immunology, clinical pathology, hematology , cytology and histopathology.
Graduates in biomedical laboratory diagnostic techniques carry out autonomous technical and professional activity in direct collaboration with other graduate laboratory staff in charge of different activities; they must therefore be responsible, within the laboratory, of the proper performance of analytical procedures and of their work as part of their duties in accordance with the protocols defined by the senior executives; they must verify the correspondence of the activities to the indicators and standards set by the manager of the facility and check and verify the correct operation of the equipment used, the must also provide routine maintenance and the possible elimination of downsides; participate in the planning and organization of work within the structure in which they operate; they must carry out their activity in both public and private laboratories, authorized in accordance with the legislation in force, as professionals or private practitioners; they must help to train support staff and contribute directly to updating their professional and research profile.