Biomedical Science

Methods of measurement reading and interpretation possibilities: analytic methods of separation, photometric procedures, electrochemistry, osmometry, dry state chemistry, parameter specific preanalysis, analytic methods of measuring and determination of clinical chemistry parameters (proteins, metabolites, enzymes, electrolytes etc.), urinalysis and analysis of various specimens; quality management, documentation, validation and interpretation of results, instrumental analyses, POCT.

Preanalysis, analysis and interpretation of the findings of clinical investigation as well as pathophysiology in the areas of water, electrolyte, acid-base balance, diagnostic metabolism, organ-specific laboratory based diagnosis, diagnosis of inflammatory conditions, hormones, oncological conditions, pre-and postnatal laboratory diagnosis.

Technical foundations of IT (hardware, networks, system software), data management- databases, creating master data , analytic appliances from the point of view of IT, emergency systems, quality control and quality assurance.

Pre-analysis, cell count methods in various specimens, haemoglobin, haematocrit, signs , smear techniques and staining, differentiation of blood cells and bone marrow cells, graphical characteristics, cell typing with flow cytometry, cytochemical determination, quality management, documentation, validation and interpretation of the results, venous blood collection

Pre-analysis, analysis of primary and secondary haemostasis and fibrinolysis, analysis of inhibiting factors of haemostasis and fibrinolysis, manual, technical and electronic methods of analysis, quality management, documentation, validation and interpretation of the results.

Haematopoietic organs (bone marrow and lymphatic tissue), morphology and physiological function of different blood cells, blood count parameters with including differential blood count, special features of preanalysis, pathogenesis, clinical appearance, laboratory diagnosis, therapy of the haematopoietic system (anaemia, reactive changes of the white blood count, myelodysplastic syndrome, myeloproliferative syndrome, lymphoproliferative diseases, acute leukaemia, thrombocytoses and parasitoses), mechanical particle count, immunocytological analysis, interpretation of special haematopathological findings.

Preanalysis, primary and secondary haemostasis, fibrinolysis (course, activating and inhibiting factors); pathogenesis, clinical picture, diagnosis of haemorrhagic diatheses, anticoagulant therapy and monitoring, suitable use of coagulation analyses, documentation, validation and interpretation of laboratory results.

Methods of scientific work, stages of the research process, data collection and preparation, writing a scientific paper; presenting research findings.

Advanced physical foundations of microscopy, mechanical and optical parts of a microscope and their function, correct adjustment, sources of error, care and maintenance, optical foundations of image creation, application of relevant microscopic procedures, contrasting techniques , fluorescence microscopy, laser scanning microscopy, electron microscopy.

Gynaecological and extragenital cytology: cell collection; material processing, fixation, detection methods, microscopic assessment of physiological cell pictures as well as of benign and malignant changes in gynaecological and extragenital preparations; assessment of cytological standard staining and the quality of preparation; electronic and optoelectronic screening methods. General and specific organ histology and morphological changes in pathologically changed tissue in selected histological specimens and suitable case studies

Cell morphology; benign and malignant cell changes; criteria for malignancy; gynaecological cytology (cell collection, physiological cell picture, benign changes, dysplasia, malignant cell pictures, terminology); extragenital cytology (cell collection, physiological cell picture, benign changes, malignant cell pictures) using examples of the respiratory tract, urinary tract, CNS, serous cavities, lymph nodes; differential cytology; analytic imaging techniques; quality management; computer-assisted, optoelectronic screening procedures; interpretation of the findings.

Definition of terms (illness, signs of illness, basic terminology of epidemiology), course and causes of disease, pathological cell and tissue changes; pathogenesis, morphological changes, clinical specialties, diagnostic and therapeutic possibilities of selected areas such as the heart and circulatory system, the lymphatic system, the respiratory tract, the gastrointestinal tract, the liver, the pancreas, the urinary tract, the reproductive organs, the breast, the placenta and pregnancy.

General medical terminology, special terminology, word building strategies, communication with patients, above all in functional diagnostics

Society and health, historical development of job profile, job profile and different fields , occupational laws, professional ethics, job profiles in the health system and interdisciplinarity;

Physical foundations, clinical relevance of respiratory physiological, cardiovascular and electroneurophysiological examinations; practical parameters relevant in pulmonary, cardiovascular and neurological diseases; indications and contraindications for functional diagnostic tests; technical basis of apparatus and application of selected procedures: hydrogen breath test, spirometry, bodyplethysmography, blood gas analysis, bronchospasmolysis testing, inhalation challenge testing; electrocardiography and blood pressure measurement at rest, different methods of exercise stress testing, oscillography, thermography; electroencephalography, electroneurography, evoked potentials; ultrasound investigations (Doppler sonography), quality management, documentation, validation and interpretation of the results.

Carrying out selected functional tests and diagnostic procedures in pulmonary, cardiovascular and neurological areas. Indications, contraindications and criteria for discontinuing functional-diagnostic investigations, quality assurance, interpretation and documentation of results

Pre-analysis; areas and possibilities of application of immunohaematological examinations; theoretical foundations of different methods of detection: agglutination tests, supplement tests, Coombs tests, molecular biological and other immunological methods; possible manual and automated procedures and sources of errors; blood group determination, search for antibodies and antibody differentiation, pretransfusional compatibility testing; testing guidelines and directives, quality management, documentation, validation and interpretation of the results.

Theoretical genetics and genetic control of blood group characteristics; Immunological foundations relevant to immunohaematology; ABO blood typing, rhesus system and other characteristics of erythrocytes, characterisation systems of lymphocytes and thrombocytes, transfusion medicine (legal foundations, production of blood products, examinations prior to transfusions, transfusion reactions); autoimmunohaemolytic anaemia (AIHA); Haemolytic disease of the newborn; forensic haematogenetics with paternity testing; interpretation of the results, quality control.

Fundamentals and examples of immunological procedures (manual and automated) and their evaluation methods: agglutination reactions, immune precipitation, immunoassays, immunoelectrochemical procedures, immunohistology, western blot; quality assurance, documentation, validation and interpretation of the results.

Components of the immune system (character, structure and function of lymphatic organs, cell systems and factors of immune defence); principles of immune response; mechanisms of innate and specific immunity; development of immune-competent cells and immune tolerance; pathogenesis, clinical features, laboratory diagnosis and therapeutic approaches to immune-mediated clinical phenomena such as allergies, autoimmunity, immunodeficiency, transplantation, tumours, principles of immunisation, production of monoclonal antibodies.

Changes of biochemical processes in the human body during illness; correlation between biochemistry and pathology.Connections between biochemistry, pathology and pathobiochemistry. Disturbances of the immunhaematopoetic system, exogenous disturbances of homoesotasis, disturbances in the heart circulation system, in the acid base balance, digestive system, in the endocrine system (in particular diabetes mellitus), the movement organs and supporting organs and the nervous system and the senses.

Pre-analysis, isolating nucleic acids and determining their concentration, implementing PCR-based (polymerase chain reaction) analytical methods and their application in biomedical diagnostics, performing diagnostic DNA hybridization techniques, specific safety measures, quality assurance, documentation, validation and interpretation of the results.

Application of methods and techniques of clinical chemistry in a hospital laboratory with the aim of putting the basic knowledge and methods of biomedical analysis into practice. Getting to know work routine as students of biomedical science within a study programme at the university of applied sciences, communication with patients and their families, reflection of the individual learning progress; write-up and documentation of acquired knowledge.

Getting to know work routine as students of biomedical science within a study programme at the university of applied sciences, communication with patients and their families, reflection of the individual learning progress; write-up and documentation of acquired knowledge.

Foundations of qualitative and quantitative research methods, structuring and planning experiments.

Preparing and delivering presentations by using different media.

Lab diagnostics and therapy of diseases of the haematopoietic system (anaemia, reactive changes of the white blood count, myelodysplastic syndrome, myeloproliferative diseases, lymphoproliferative diseases, acute leukaemia, thrombocytic diseases, parasitic diseases)

microscopic diagnostics of pathological blood and bone marrow preparations, interpretation of special constellations in haematopathological findings , special analytics in haematological diagnostics: cytochemical investigations, flow cytometry, molecular genetics

Layout and equipment for the cell culture laboratory; tissue culture flasks and culture media; primary cell and tissue culture, cell banks, sterile techniques and contamination , cell culture media and additives, use of routine methods in cell culture including organ acquisition in laboratory animals, (change of medium, subcultivation, cell counting, determining cell activity ) transfection, apoptosis, cryopreservation, preparation of cell lysates and cell sediments, standardising, documentation and quality control.

Layout and technical equipment of a cell culture laboratory; tissue culture flasks and culture media; sterile techniques, contamination; primary culture and tissue cultures, cell banks; routine methods: change of medium, subcultivation, cell counting, transfection, stemcells, IVF, tissue engineering, cytotoxicity and stimulation assay and possible evaluation methods, cell synchronising, cryopreservation, preparation of cell lysates and cell sediments. History of laboratory animal research and animal testing; animal testing regulations; handling of laboratory animals, application areas; organisation of experimental research processes

Expert hygiene and safety precaution methods; materials for investigation and pre-analysis; principles, (manual and automated) methods and test procedures to identify bacteria, fungi and parasites; principles and methods of sensibility testing; sample specific quality control, documentation, technical validation and interpretation of the results.

Application in food safety, environmental hygiene, hospital infection control, veterinary medicine, specific legal foundations, measures of hygiene and methods of investigation, quality assurance systems, monitoring programmes.

General foundations of medical microbiology; structure, physiology, genetics and taxonomy of prokaryonts, eukaryonts and viruses, methods of detection and identification, foundations of antimicrobial chemotherapy; pathogenesis, clinical picture, epidemiology, diagnosis, therapy and prevention of clinically relevant bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites; areas of application such as veterinary medicine, environmental and food hygiene.

Preanalytics, isolation and qualitative and quantitative analysis of nucleic acids, carrying out relevant methods of molecular biology and genetics, including genetic engineering methods on pro- and eukaryotic cell systems, their analysis, interpretation, quality control and bioinformatic analysis in particular with regard to research questions

General foundations and areas of application of molecular and clinical human genetics; general bases of the embryology and reproductive medicine, legal bases and specialist directives of the human genetics and reproductive medicine

Basic knowledge of genomics, chromosomes, structure and function of genes, chemical structure of nucleic acids, replication, transcription, translation and genetic modification, gene regulation; relevant methods and tools in molecular biology; application of molecular biology in diagnosing diseases.

Enhancing basic knowledge in specialist fields of biomedical science; developing independent work and problem-solving skills, acquisition of new methods and techniques.

Enhancing basic knowledge in specialist fields of biomedical science; developing independent work and problem-solving skills, acquisition of new methods and techniques.

Laboratory organisation, description and presentation of laboratory diagnostic methods.

Pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics, ways of administration and storage of drugs, genetic polymorphism, structure and ways of action, therapeutic application and side-effects of important classes of medicinal products, drugs and drug misuse, therapeutic drug monitoring, special toxicology: respiratory poisons, metals – metalloids, acid-base solvents, carcinogens, alkaloids; diagnostic detection procedures (manual and automated).

Planning, realisation and findings interpretation of diagnostic uses on the basis of case studies. The case studies will be worked on interdisciplinary with methods of the cell culture, clinical-chemical lab diagnostics or functional-diagnostic exercises as well as investigations from the histologic, haematological, homostaseological, cytological, histopathological, immunological, immunhaematological or molecular-biological analysis procedures.

Enhancing practical competence to deal with research questions in the bachelor paper 1, reflection, written documentation of the used methods and techniques in a laboratory log.

Enhancing practical competence to deal with research questions in the bachelor paper 1, reflection, written documentation of the used methods and techniques in a laboratory log.

Definition of morals and ethics, legal aspects and norms and their relationship to each other; theories and principles of ethics; ethics committee, patient solicitors, job ethics in transplantation, research, reproductive medicine, intensive care , palliative care, socioeconomical aspects, animal experiments; man and technology.

Lab organisation: Workplace design, IT-systems, functional processes in the analysis process, quality of structure, process and result; quality management: basics and terminology of QM, QM systems relevant to the profession, tools in QM, responsibility, Q politics, internal and external default documents (document steering system), selfinspection, staff qualification, implementing of a QM- system; Basics of project management: definition, types, duties, planning and execution

Reading techniques, note taking, paraphrasing, overcoming of writing difficulties, compiling and presenting a poster in English of their own research project

The first bachelor paper involves a literature based design of an experimental study and is compiled during the placement.

Planning and drafting a project, preparing a synopsis, choosing the appropriate method, performing a critical literature search.

Structuring and planning of experiments, descriptive statistics, interference statistics, regression and correlation analyses, job-specific knowledge databases.

Processing and conducting clinical studies; legal foundations: Medicinal Products Act, ICH guidelines, compulsory registration, Medical Devices Act, statistics, biometry, data management, QM.

Creating and processing automated image data evaluations; processing images; manual measurement, automated evaluation; processing and presenting data; archiving of scientific images; storage of image data.

Principles of the industrial law, social security law, and sanitary law with a special focus on the allied health professions act and the Austrian hospitals act, statutory regulations of other occupational groups in health care.

Basic organisational structure and facilities of the Austrian health care system, principles of benefit financing, trends in health and social politics.

Enhancing practical knowledge and skills in the fields of cell culture, reproductive medicine, tranfusion medicine and other special areas of biomedical science; multiprofessional areas in science, industry and veterinary medicine (may be chosen according to individual focus)

Enhancing practical knowledge and skills in the fields of cell culture, reproductive medicine, tranfusion medicine and other special areas of biomedical science; multiprofessional areas in science, industry and veterinary medicine (may be chosen according to individual focus)

Conflict resolution strategies (patient; colleagues, superior), motivating communication with patients, reflexion of the personal learning progress in the chosen field; written documentation of the acquired knowledge, improvement of independence and problem resolution competence, quality management, virtual supervision, placement reflection, daily routine in the lab

The second bachelor paper involves the procedure of the experimental study planned in the first bachelor project. It is compiled during the placement.

Planning and drafting a project, preparing a synopsis, choosing the appropriate method, performing a critical literature search.

Planning, execution and findings interpretation of diagnostic and scientific questions; case studies are compiled and interpreted in an interdisciplinary context with current bioanalytical methods and techniques; the students get to know new bioanalytical techniques in workshops; presentation of new medical and clinical focuses of research

Theoretical foundations of selected topics related to chromatography and mass spectrometry (liquid chromatography, gas chromatography, mass spectrometry) in order to understand the principles associated with chromatographical separation, sample preparation, injection, column selection and detector settings. Optimization of chromatographic conditions for separation and detection of target analytes.

Use of radioactive substances and core-physical procedures in the medicine to the functional diagnostics and localisation diagnostics as well as open nuclids in the therapy and the ray protection with its physical, biological and medical bases