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Current MSc students From left in Front row: Atefe Ghahramanloo, Elnaz Zahiri, Atena Soleimani, Mahtab Novrouzi Back row: Hamed Amiri, Mohammadreza Mahdinejhad, Sajjad Ehtiati |
| General Description |
| This program is mainly designed to train people capable of working in the medical diagnostic laboratories. They should be able to apply their expertise to resolve challenges in medical diagnostic laboratory and improving the quality of services by implementing guidelines. The graduates will also act as highly qualified assistant in the research groups. They are also be eligible to enter Ph.D program in clinical Biochemistry. |
| Requirements for the candidates |
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You are welcomed to apply for the program if you have have a Bachelor degree in Medical Lab Sciences, Biology or Chemistry with distinctive records and background knowledge in Biochemistry, Cellular and Molecular Biology, Organic Chemistry, and English proficiency. |
| Duration: 4-6 semesters |
| Program Details | |||
| Admitted students are required to pass the following requirement. | |||
| 1 | Prerequisite courses | 11 Credits | If required by the Educational Committee of the Clinical Biochemistry Department, the students will be ask to take a number of course from the following list as prerequisite for the mains courses. |
| 2 | Compulsory courses | 18 Credits | The candidates are required to take all of these subjects. |
| 3 | Elective courses | Minimum of 6 Credits | The candidates are required to take some courses equivalent of 6 credits from the subjects listed in this table. |
| 4 | Research thesis | 8 Credits | |
| Note: Each Unit of course work equals 17 hours of lectures and 34 hours of Laboratory practice work. | |||
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Prerequisite Subjects |
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| Course Name | Theory | Lab Practice | Total | |
| 1 | Physiology (Cellular and organ physiology) | 2 | - | 2 |
| 2 | Biochemistry (Structure and metabolism of macromolecules) | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | Immunology (antibodies and cytokines, Innate and Acquired Immunity against pathogens, tumor immunology, autoimmunity) | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | Medical Bioinformatics (retrieving and analyzing data from relevant databases) | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1 |
| Total Courses | 11 | |||
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Compulsory Courses (Core Subjects) |
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Theory |
Lab Practice |
total |
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5 |
Laboratory methods |
1 |
1 |
2 |
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6 |
Biochemistry and Molecular diagnosis |
2 |
- |
2 |
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7 |
Enzymology |
2 |
- |
2 |
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8 |
Metabolic disorders |
2 |
- |
2 |
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9 |
Biochemistry of Hormones and tumor markers |
2 |
- |
2 |
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10 |
Advanced Histochemistry |
2 |
- |
2 |
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11 |
Clinical Biochemistry |
3 |
- |
3 |
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12 |
Seminar |
1 |
- |
1 |
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13 |
Field training at hospital (102 hours) |
- |
2 |
2 |
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14 |
Research thesis |
- |
8 |
8 |
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Total courses |
26 |
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Elective Courses (Non-Core Subjects) |
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Theory |
Lab Practice |
total |
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15 |
Immunichemistry |
2 |
- |
2 |
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16 |
Hematology |
2 |
- |
2 |
| 17 |
Research Methodology |
2 |
- |
2 |
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18 |
Nutritional Biochemistry |
2 |
- |
2 |
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19 |
Cytochemistry |
2 |
- |
2 |
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20 |
Membrane Biochemistry and Transport |
2 |
- |
2 |
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21 |
Molecular mechanism of diseases |
2 |
- |
2 |
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22 |
Bioinformatics |
1 |
1 |
2 |
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23 |
Statistics |
2 |
- |
2 |
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Total Courses |
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18 |
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