5 YEAR RESIDENTIAL MEDICAL TRAINING PROGRAM

CURRICULUM MAP

 

STUDY PROGRAM FOR THE DEGREE

IN HEALTH TECHNOLOGY IN THE

CLINICAL LABORATORY PROFILE

 

BY TOPIC AND FORMS OF EDUCATIONAL ORGANIZATION:

 

FIRST YEAR

 

SUBJECT: INTRODUCTION TO HEALTH TECHNOLOGY

List of topics
	Conferences	Seminars	Workshop	Practical class	TOTAL
NATIONAL HEALTH SYSTEM	1		–	6	7
THE CURRENT CUBAN UNIVERSITY	2				2
TECHNOLOGICAL TRAINING	2		–		2
CULTURAL TRAINING	1	2			3
ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION	2				2
ETHICS AND BIOETHICS	2	2			4
Individual project					2
Assessment					4
TOTAL	10	4		6	26

 

SUBJECT: IT AND RESEARCH I

Topic	Title	Setup	Sem.	CP	CTP	EV.	Total
I	Computer science for the management and presentation of information in research.	2		5	3		10
II	Computer science in the search and recovery of information in research.	2	4	1		1	8
III	Computer science in the processing of information collected during research.			4	4		8
	Final seminar		4				4
Total		4	8	10	7	1	30

 

SUBJECT: English I.

Unit	Communicative functions	Sample expressions	Structural Elements
1	Spelling names; saying figures and telephone numbers, talking about yourself and others	C- U- B- A 831 4356 I am tired	Numbers and alphabet Be adjectives
2	Introducing yourself Saying what you want to do Talking about medical problems	I am…/ My name is… I want to see Dr. Johnson I have diarrhea	Forms of TO BE The simple present
3	Expressing possibility and ability. Possessive form. Asking and telling the time	I can speak English very well. What time is the English lesson? It´s at 8 o´clock.	Prepositions / simple present can
4	Describing existence	There is a concert in the theatre	There is…/ are…
5	Describing daily habits and routines	I always start work at 8	Present simple/ adverbs of frequency
6     ____ 7		I saw the period in November _________________ I am going to work in another country	The simple past Reasons with “because…” _________________ The future with going to

 

SUBJECT: PHYSICAL PREPARATION AND SPORT I

Topic	Setup	Seminars	CTP	CP	E	Total
Physical exercise for healthy people General physical preparation	2	2	2	6	2	14
Considerations on the organization and control of physical exercises	2	2	1	1		6
Physical preparation Auxiliary sports activity	–	–	2	9	1	12
TOTAL	4	4	5	16	3	32

 

 SUBJECT: INTRODUCTION TO THE CLINICAL LABORATORY

Topics	Organizational structure of the training
	Conferences	CTP	Seminar		Research internship		Total
LABORATORY OBJECTIVES AND FUNCTIONS BASIC PRINCIPLES OF LABORATORY WORK	2						2
GLASSWARE AND REAGENTS	2	2					4
BIOSECURITY MEASURES FOR LABORATORY WORK	2		2				4
IV BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES	2	2	2				6
PIS							2
LABORATORY MATERIAL	2	2	2				6
MECHANIZATION AND AUTOMATION	2	2	2				6
Total	12	8	8		252		30

 

SUBJECT: BASIC HEMATOLOGY

No.	Topics	Total hours	C	S	TP
1	Leukocytes	12	6	4	2
	Inter-semester exam	2
2	Anemias	12	6	4	2
3	Hemostasis	12	8	4
	Subtotal	38	20	12	4
	Concentrated	30
	Total hours	68

 

SUBJECT: IT AND RESEARCH II

 

No.	Topics	Setup	CP	CTP	Eval	Sem	Total hours
1	Descriptive statistics	2	3	3	1	1	10
2	Population and health statistics	–	3	3	–	–	6
3	Elements of inferential statistics	4	3	2	1	–	10
	TOTAL	6	9	8	2	1	26

 

SUBJECT: ENGLISH II

Communicative functions	Sample expressions	Structural Elements
Talking about things happening at the moment	What are you doing? At the moment / now / right now	Verb Be + -ing form of the action verb.
Describing people, things and places	What does she/he look like? / What is she/ he like? What is it like?	Have got / has got There is / there are
Making comparison	My brother is younger than you	Adjectives more…than …er than  The …est
Expressing necessity. Giving advice, making polite requests and asking for permission	What should you do? Can I help you?	Modal can, should, would, must, may
Saying what you like and don’t like	What do you like? What’s your favorite …? What kind of … do you like?	I like books I like to read books I like reading books

 

SUBJECT: PHYSICAL PREPARATION AND SPORT II

Topic	Setup	Seminars	CTP	CP	E	Total
Physical prophylactic and therapeutic culture (PPTC)	2	4	–	–	–	6
Therapeutic physical diagnosis. Test. Postural	2	–	2	2	2	8
General physical preparation	–	–	–	8	2	10
Applied physical preparation	–	–	2	4	2	8
TOTAL	4	4	4	14	6	32

 

SUBJECT: GENERAL ELEMENTS OF PARASITOLOGY AND MICROBIOLOGY

 

Topic	Conference	C.P.	Evaluation	Total
1. Microbiology. Generalities	2	2	–	4
2. Disinfection, sterilization and biosecurity	2	–	–	2
3. Infectious process and microbiological diagnosis	2	–	–	2
4. Sexually transmitted diseases	6	4	–	10
5. Tuberculosis and other mycobacteria	2	4	–	6
Inter-semester exam	–	–	2	2
6. General information on parasites	2	–	–	2
7. Physical and chemical examination of stool	2	2	–	4
8. Protozoa	4	6	–	10
9. Helminths	4	6	–	10
Mid-term exam project	–	–	2	2
TOTAL	24	26	4	54

 

SUBJECT: CLINICAL CHEMISTRY

 

Topics	Conferences	Practical classes.	Seminars.	Assessment	Total
1. Hydrocarbons.	8	4	–	–	12
2. Oxygenated functions	6	4	–	–	10
3. Lipids	2	2	–	2	6
4. Carbohydrates	6	2	–	–	8
5. Nitrogenated compounds	6	2	–	–	8
Total	28	14	–	2	44

 

SECOND YEAR

 

SUBJECT: ENGLISH II

Unit	CPILI	Total
1	6 hours	6 hours
Consolidation	2 hours	2 hours
Assessment	2 hours	2 hours
2	2 hours	2 hours
3	2 hours	2 hours
Assessment	2 hours	2 hours
		16 hours

 

SUBJECT: PHILOSOPHY AND HEALTH I

 

CURRICULUM

• The conception of the world, of man and society.

 

• The world and man. Region, object and fundamental problem of philosophy.
• The material and the ideal.
• Society and the dialectical method. Applied to the social sphere.
• The social structure and political organization of society and class struggle. Social policy and health policy.
• Humanism and human rights.
• Man and his culture. Identity Culture Politics. Ideology and freedom. Battle of ideas.
• Man and diseases. The biological and the social. Determinants of the health-disease process. Biologicism and sociology. Models of thought.

 

SUBJECT: CLINICAL LABORATORY I

 

Topics
	Conferences	CTP	Practice in the laboratory	Seminar	Total
I. Basic aspects of clinical chemistry. Glucose determination	2		2	2	6
II. Determination of proteins	2	2	3		7
III. Determination of some low-pm nitrogenous compounds	3		3	3	9
IV. Enzymes	3		3	3	9
PIS					3
V. Bilirubin	3		3	3	9
VI. Basic lipid determinations	3		2	2	7
Total	16	2	16	13	50

SUBJECT: CLINICAL LABORATORY II

Topics	Organizational structure of the training
	Conferences	CTP	Practice in the laboratory	Seminar	Research internship	Total
I. Pre-analytical phase	6			2		8
II. Analytical phase	4	2		2		8
PIS	2					2
III. Post-analytical phase	4			2		6
IV. Reference values	6	2				8
V. Preparation of the Manual of Procedures	4	2		2		8
Total	26	6		8		40

 

 

SUBJECT: HEMATOLOGY I

Subjects	ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE OF THE TUITION
	Exam	Setup	CTP	PL	SEMIN.	TOTAL
CELL COUNTS		12	3	12	3	30
PIS	2					2
HEMATOLOGICAL STUDIES		6	2	6	2	16
Hemostasis		6		3	3	12
Total	2	24	5	21	8	60

 

SUBJECT: ENGLISH IV

 

Unit	CPILI	Assessment	Total
1. Talking about places, people and jobs	2 hours		2 hours
2. Describing different specialties	2 hours		2 hours
3. Describing hospital	2 hours		2 hours
Consolidation	2 hours –		2 hours
Assessment		2 hours	2 hours
4. Talking about different parts of the body	2 hours –		2 hours –
5. Giving advice	2 hours		2 hours
Assessment	2 hours		2 hours

 

 

SUBJECT: IT AND RESEARCH III

 

No.	Topics	Setup	Sem.	CE	CP	Total hours
1	Scientific investigation methodology	2	1	5	4	12
	Final seminar		4			4
	TOTAL	2	5	5	4	16

 

SUBJECT: PHILOSOPHY AND HEALTH II

• The human activity

2.1. Cognitive activity.

2.1.1. The S-O relationship and sensory and rational knowledge.

2.1.2. Common knowledge and scientific knowledge.

2.1.3. Gnoseological principles and scientific method.

2.1.4. Science and technical scientific revolution. The so-called neutrality of science. Its current use and dilemmas. Science and technology – Impact on health.

2.2. Valuative activity and spiritual production. The formation of values (its role in the continuity of socialism).

2.2.1. Consciousness and its forms.

2.2.2. The moral conscience, ethics, professional ethics of the technologist and the ethics of communication.

2.2.3. Legal awareness and law. The fair use of science and technology and its results in the field of health.

2.2.4. Religious conscience. Religion, belief and science in the field of health.

 

THIRD YEAR

 

SUBJECT: FUNDAMENTALS OF HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY

Topic	C	S	CP	E	TH
Subject I – Introduction to psychology	4	1	1		6
Subject II – Psychology and health	2	1	1		4
Subject III – Educational communication in health	4	2	2		8
Subject IV – Age and its relation with the health-disease process.	3	1	2		6
Subject V – Psychological reactions during the health-illness process	4	1	1		6
Project				2	2
Total	17	6	7	2	32

 

SUBJECT: CUBAN HISTORY WORKSHOPS

No.	Titles	CE	Total
Introduction to the course			2	2
1	Nationality is the purest form of patriotism	4	4
2	Only those who obey their nation are constructive for their country	6	6
3	The fight in the present to improve the future	4	4
4	History will absolve me	4	4
5	The world only respects those who have founded and battled	6	6
6	Internationalism, the most beautiful flower of the Revolution.	4	4
Presentation of research projects			4	4
Total				34

 

SUBJECT: CLINICAL LABORATORY III

 

Topics	Organizational structure of the training
	Conferences	CTP	Practice in the laboratory	Seminar	Research internship	Total
I – Hydromineral balance	6		2	2		10
II – Basic acid balance	14		2	4		20
Total	20		4	6		30

 

SUBJECT: HEMATOLOGY II

Unit	Topics	Hours Total	C	S	TP
I	Anemias. Generalities	2	2
	Study of nutritional anemias	8	2	2	4
	Study of anemias Hemolytics	6	2	2	2
	Inter-semester exam	2
II	Physiology of hemostasis	2	2		–
	The coagulogram	6	2		4
	Integrative seminar	2		2
	Subtotal	28
	Education internship at work	24
	Total	52	10	6	10

 

SUBJECT: CLINICAL BIOCHEMISTRY I

Subjects	CLASS (HRS)
1 – Introduction to biochemistry. Biomolecules.	2
2 – Structural and functional characteristics of carbohydrates.	4
3 – Structural and functional characteristics of lipids.	4
4 – Structural and functional characteristics of amino acids.	4
5 – Structural and functional characteristics of proteins.	4
6 – Structural and functional characteristics of nucleic acids.	4
7- Structural and functional characteristics of vitamins.	2
PIS	2
TOTAL	26

 

SUBJECT: DISSERTATION PREPARATION I-II

 

Subjects	C	DG	CTP	CP	TI	E	T
1. Introduction and general points	2	2	2				6
2. Effects of disasters on health		4			2		6
3. Health sector organization	2	2	2	2	2		10
4. Operation of field hospitals. Technical profiles activity.	2	2	2	2	2		10
5. Mass handling of corpses	2		2	2			6
Final assessment						2	2
Total	8	10	8	6	6	2	40

 

SUBJECT: INSTRUMENTAL ANALYSIS

 

No.	Subjects	Hours	Setup	Sem.	LAB practice
1	Automated management systems in the laboratory	2	2
2	Measuring equipment	4	2	2
3	Electrical induction equipment	4	2	2
	Inter-semester exam	2
4	Fractionation equipment	4	4
5	Image amplification, processing and preservation	2	2
6	Biosignal recorders	2	2
7	Immunochemistry	8	4	2	2
8	Hematological complexes and clot meters	4	2		2
	Total hours	32	20	6	4

 

 

 

FOURTH YEAR

 

SUBJECT: PEDAGOGY

Topics	Class-meeting	Seminar	Practical class	Extra-class work	Total
I. The education process	2	–	–	–	2
II. The teaching-educational process	2		–	–	2
III. Components of the teaching-educational process	6		2		8
IV. The evaluation of learning	3		1		4
Total	13		3		16

 

SUBJECT: CLINICAL LABORATORY IV

 

No.	TOPICS	Total hours	Setup	Sem
1	Biological fluids and general points	2	2
2	LCR and SNC	4	2	2
3	Fluids for digestive functions	6	6
	Inter-semester exam	2
4	Seminal fluid and fertility of the couple	6	4	2
5	Synovial fluid and joint diseases	2	2
6	Amniotic fluid	4	2	2
7	Other liquids	2	2
	Total	28	20	6

 

SUBJECT: GENERAL IMMUNOLOGY DIAGNOSTICS

No.          TOPIC                                Teaching method

Total hours        Conf.        Sem.

1. Antigens 2                    2                –
2. Antibodies 6                    2               2
3. Antigen – antibody interaction   6                    4               2

Inter-semester exam                                                  2

4. Complement system 6                    4                2
5. Dynamics of the immune response    6                    4                2
6. Application in the clinical laboratory   4                    2                2

Immunological methods

Total hours                                                          30                 18              10

 

 

 

 

 

SUBJECT: IT AND RESEARCH IV

No.	Topics	Setup	Workshop classes	Sem	CP	Total hours
2	Practical research in the profession	2	8	2	6	18
	Final seminar	–	–	8	–	8
	TOTAL	2	8	10	6	26

 

SUBJECT: PUBLIC HEALTH

Topics	ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE OF THE TUITION						TOTAL
	Setup	Sem.	Workshop	ET	Assessment
I. Public health fundamentals	2	–	–	–	–	2
II. Health research	1	1	–	–	–	2
III. State of health of the population Analysis of the health situation of the community	4	4	4	–	–	12
IV. Diseases and other health damage	2	2	2	–	–	6
V. Health interventions	2	–	2	–	–	4
VI. Health surveillance	2	2	–	–	–	4
Total	13	9	8	–	2	32

 

SUBJECT: CLINICAL LABORATORY SERVICES MANAGEMENT

No.	Topics	Teaching methods
		Total	Setup	TP	Sem.
1	Communication	6	2	2	2
2	Administration	6	4	–	2
3	Leadership and group work	6	4	–	2
4	Administration applied to the laboratory	8	4	2	2
	Subtotal	26	14	4	8
	Education at work	64
	Total hours of the subject	90

 

SUBJECT: LABORATORY CORRELATION

No.	Topics	Total	Setup	Sem.	TP
1	Hematopoietic syndromes	6	4		2
2	Digestive syndromes and liver disease	4	2	2
3	Cardiovascular syndromes, respiratory syndromes and CNS disease	6	4		2
	Partial assessment	2
4	Nephrological, endocrine-metabolic syndromes and reproductive system diseases	6	4	2
5	Musculoskeletal and immunological syndromes	4	2		2
6	Critical patient	2	2
	Partial assessment	2
	Total hours	32	16	4	6

 

SUBJECT: ETHICS AND BIOETHICS

SUBJECT	CLASS/ORIENTATION	SEMINAR	TOTAL
I – Ethics and moral	2 hours	—————	2
II – Ethics of science and technology	2 hours	2 hours	4
III – Medical ethics and bioethics	2 hours	4 hours	6
IV – Ethics of Cuban health workers	4 hours	4 hours	8
TOTAL	10 hours	10 hours	20 hours

 

SUBJECT: CLINICAL BIOCHEMISTRY II

 

Topics	CLASS (HRS)
1 – Introduction to the intermediate metabolism	4
2 – Cell breathing	4
3 – Carbohydrate metabolism	6
4 – Lipid metabolism	6
5 – Protein metabolism	4
6 – Integration of the intermediate metabolism	4
7 – Specialized biochemistry	6
PIS	2
TOTAL	36

 

FIFTH YEAR

 

PREPROFESSIONAL PRACTICE

Modular plan:

MODULE	UNITS	WEEKS
1. Specialization laboratory (7 weeks)	Nephrology Blood gases Biological fluids Endocrine	2 2 2 1
2. Biochemistry (4 weeks)	General points and carbohydrates Proteins and nitrogenous compounds Enzymes Lipids	1 1 1 1
3. Special Hematology (9 weeks)	Study of anemias Cytomorphology Coagulation	3 3 3

 

Subjects	Total
Nephrology	80
Blood gases	80
Biological fluids	80
Endocrine	40
Carbohydrates	40
Proteins and nitrogenous compounds	40
Enzymes	40
Lipids	40
Study of anemias	120
Cytomorphology	120
Coagulation	120
TOTAL	800

 

MODULES	ROTATIONS		ET	Total hours
Specialization laboratory	1	Nephrology	120	120
	2	Blood gases and Ionograms	120	120
	3	Biological fluids	120	120
	4	Endocrine	120	120

 

MODULES	ROTATIONS		ET	Total hours
Biochemistry	1	General points and carbohydrates	120	120
	2	Enzymes	120	120
	3	Lipids	120	120
	4	Proteins and nitrogenous compounds	120	120
Special hematology	5	Study of anemias	120	120
	6	Cytomorphology	120	120
	7	Coagulation	120	120

 In this fifth year the student will carry out education activities at work for 40 weeks.