Course Name:Clinical Correlation 
Course Prefix: MLS
Course Number: 4409
             Submitted by (Name & E-Mail):  Janet Oja, janetoja@weber.edu

Current Date:  11/15/2012
College: Health Professions
Department:   Clinical Lab Sci                              
From Term: Fall  2013 

Substantive

change 

Current Course Subject CLS
Current Course Number 4409

MLS 4409 - Clinical Correlation (1) Campus** - Sp; Online** - Su, F, Sp Physician guided correlation between laboratory data and patient diagnosis. MLS 3302. **Acceptance into the MLS BS Program required

New/Revised Course Information:

Subject:  CLS            

Course Number: 4409

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Course Title: Clinical Correlation

Abbreviated Course Title: Clinical Correlation

Course Type:  LEC

Credit Hours:  1  or if variable hours:    to

Contact Hours: Lecture 1  Lab    Other

Repeat Information:  Limit 0   Max Hrs 0 

Grading Mode:  standard

This course is/will be: a required course in a major program
a required course in a minor program
a required course in a 1- or 2- year program
elective

Prerequisites/Co-requisites:

Course requirements include acceptance into the MLS BS program

Course description (exactly as it will appear in the catalog, including prerequisites):

MLS 4409 - Clinical Correlation
(1) Campus – F; Online – F, Su, Sp

This course will enable students to better integrate material from all the major medical laboratory science disciplines including Blood Bank, Chemistry, Hematology, Immunology, Microbiology, and Urinalysis. The case studies presented will also include information about the pathophysiology, etiology and epidemiology. Students will correlate results with disease states, and develop problem solving and critical thinking skills based on real scenarios. Students will also develop skills on how to write and present a case study of their own based on an assigned disease, which will include data gathered from all disciplines and will be presented to the class. Course requirements include acceptance into the MLS B.S. program.


Justification for the new course or for changes to an existing course. (Note: Justification should emphasize academic rationale for the change or new course. This is particularly important for courses requesting upper-division status.)

MLS 4409 will replace the current MLS 4409 as an elective course for the laboratory or pre-professional (Track I or Track II) BS MLS student. This course will enable students to integrate MLS courses previously taken and utilize the material from those courses to prepare and present case studies. MLS 4409 will prepare students for the ASCP certification exam, the national certification exam necessary for a career in medical laboratory sciences.

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1. Did this course receive unanimous approval within the Department?

true

If not, what are the major concerns raised by the opponents?

2. If this is a new course proposal, could you achieve the desired results by revising an existing course within your department or by requiring an existing course in another department?

3. How will the proposed course differ from similar offerings by other departments? Comment on any subject overlap between this course and topics generally taught by other departments, even if no similar courses are currently offered by the other departments. Explain any effects that this proposal will have on program requirements or enrollments in other department. Please forward letters (email communication is sufficient) from all departments that you have identified above stating their support or opposition to the proposed course.

4. Is this course required for certification/accreditation of a program?

no

If so, a statement to that effect should appear in the justification and supporting documents should accompany this form.

5. For course proposals, e-mail a syllabus to Faculty Senate which should be sufficiently detailed that the committees can determine that the course is at the appropriate level and matches the description. There should be an indication of the amount and type of outside activity required in the course (projects, research papers, homework, etc.).