Integrated Health Sciences Practicum
Course No.:
BSN 3
Placement:
First Year
Total Hours:
120 Hours
Total Marks:
100 Marks
Course Description
This practical health sciences course offers students the opportunity to develop skills in examination of different body substances and identification of the characteristic features and abnormalities of the body substances. This practical course will also serve as the basis for developing in-depth understanding about the various disease conditions.
Course Objectives
At the end of the Integrated Health Sciences Practicum, the student will be able to:
- Indicate the position, and structure of human body systems.
- Draw peripheral blood specimen for examination.
- Carry out blood test for hemoglobin, sugar, protein and cholesterol.
- Perform total and differential blood counts including the examination of their functions such as ESR, BT, PT, CT.
- Perform blood grouping and cross-matching and Rh typing.
- Conduct the cranial nerve function tests.
- Interpret the findings of respiratory function tests.
- Collect urine specimen appropriately for various tests.
- Perform oral glucose tolerance test.
- Examine the CSF sample for its constituents.
- Identify the abnormal cells and tissues in the given biopsies.
- Perform routine examination of urine, feces and sputum specimens for blood, microorganism and parasites.
- Perform blood examination for parasites and organisms causing malaria, filaria and kala azar.
- Identify the characteristics of bacteria grown in culture media.
- Interpret the findings of culture and sensitivity tests of body fluids such as urine, feces, blood, CSF, sputum etc.
- Interpret the findings of common laboratory tests for typhoid fever, STD and HIV/AIDS.
- Prepare the pharmaceutical mixtures and solutions using the hospital guideline.
- Prepare an emergency medicine cart including the list of emergency medicines.
- Prepare a list of medicines that are on standing order.
- Calculate drug dose and IV fluid requirements.
Syllabus Table of Contents
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Course Content Details (Teaching/Learning Activities)
Anatomy 12 hrs
- Orientation of students to anatomy laboratory including equipment and chemicals.
- Anatomical examination of body systems through organ specimens, models and charts.
- Histological examination of organ specimens and body tissues.
Physiology 24 hrs
- Orientation to physiology laboratory including equipment and instruments.
- Obtaining peripheral blood specimen: Capillary puncture (finger tip, ear lobe and heel) and Vein-puncture.
- Erythrocyte counting, examination of hemoglobin level, hematocrit and stained red cell examination, ESR testing, T and B lymphocyte assays.
- Leucocyte study: Leucocyte counting, differential counting.
- Platelet study: Platelet counting, examining bleeding time, prothrombin time and coagulation time.
- Blood grouping and cross matching and Rh typing.
- Testing for sensory and motor nerve functions.
- Examination of cranial nerve functioning including vision test and hearing test (Rinne’s and Weber’s tests).
- Observation of respiratory function tests: Spirometry, vital capacity.
Biochemistry 18 hrs
- Orientation to biochemistry lab and the equipment, instruments.
- Performing blood chemistry examination such as blood glucose, serum protein, urea and uric acid, serum Na, K, Cl, Ca, HCO3.
- Performing oral glucose tolerance test.
- Examination of CSF specimen and interpreting the findings including glucose and protein.
Microbiology 36 hrs
- Orientation to microbiology lab and the equipments.
- Identification of the types of microscope and their use: Using Gram stains and Ziehl Neelson’s stains.
- Culture test result of urine, blood and feces, sputum.
- Examination of blood for the presence of malarial parasite, leishmania and filariasis.
- Microscopic examination of common intestinal parasite.
- Interpretation of the findings of tests like VDRL, ELISA.
- Collection of specimens for microbial diseases.
Pathology 18 hrs
- Sterilization and disinfection.
- Feces examination: Routine gross examination for color, odor, consistency and microscopic examination for leukocytes, epithelial cells, fats, parasites and occult blood, Entaemoba histolytica, Giardia lambia, and ova of hookworm, ascaris and tapeworm and thread worm.
- Urine examination: Routine gross examination for color, odor, specific gravity, pH and blood and microscopic examination for RBCs, WBCS, epithelial cells and casts.
- Urine testing for protein, sugar and ketone bodies, and human chorionic gonadotropin hormone.
- Sputum testing for acid-fast bacilli.
- Orientation to Pathology lab: Equipment, instruments and tests.
- Normal histology of skin, liver, bone, breast, kidney, lungs, stomach, colon, uterus, eye etc.
- Observation of the gross and microscopic changes in cells and tissues in various disease conditions including neoplasm (through specimens and slides demonstrations).
- Interpretation of pathological findings.
- Gross and microscopic examination according to body systems.
Pharmacology 12 hrs
- Listing of medicines and intravenous fluids procured by the Pharmacy and their distribution.
- Preparation of pharmacological mixtures and solutions.
- Emergency medicines: maintenance of a stock of emergency drug and their distribution.
- Listing of medicines on standing orders.
- Drug dose calculation for children.
Assessment and Evaluation
- Assessment/Evaluation Methods: Case presentation, maintaining procedure book, interpretation of laboratory findings and practical examination.
- Final Examination: Oral examination and OSPE.