3 credits

Urinalysis Syllabus
Medical Laboratory Technician Program

513-101-001

Instructor: 

Peggy Jensen

 608.249.1591

 608.246.6535        

Lecture/Lab Schedule

Meeting Times:

1. Ringsrud, K. M. & Linne, J. J., Urinalysis and Body Fluids: A ColorText and Atlas, (1st) St. Louis, Mosby, 1995

2. Handout-out Packet on-line Top

1. Utilize quality assurance and quality control techniques and principles in urinalysis..

2. Develop the characteristics of an effective medical laboratory technician professional.

3. Summarize kidney anatomy and function as it relates to routine urinalysis and other renal function tests.

4. Summarize collection and preservation procedures for urine specimens.

5. Interpret and correlate physical properties, chemical analysis, and microscopic examination of urine.

6. Discriminate between urinary tract diseases and expected urinalysis  abnormalities.

7.  Summarize the proper use of the microscope (bright-field and phase) for urine and body fluids analysis.

8. Differentiate between normal and abnormal urine sediment structures in the urine microscopic.

9. Collect feces and perform fecal occult blood test.

10. Relate special testing procedures for other body fluids and screening procedures for inborn errors of metabolism to their disease states.

11. Determine likely patient diagnosis. Top

A = 93 - 100%
AB = 89 - 92%
B = 85 - 88%
BC = 81 - 84%
C = 76 - 80%
D = 70 - 75%
F = BELOW 70% Top

• Lab Reports:   

1. Macroscopic Reports (On-line) 3 points X 20

2. Microscopic Reports (Manual) 5 points X 20

3. Complete Urinalysis (On-line + suspected diagnosis) 10 points X 2
4. Lab Worksheets

= 200 points

• Worksheets and Case Studies

• Journaling (8X) and Course Assessments 
  (3x)(2 points each)

• Discussions 6 X 10

• Clinic Report:

• Paper: "How Can You Tell a Good MLT When You See One?" 

• Quizzes:  Quizzes plus 2 Medical Terminology Quizzes (5 to 15 points each) Lowest quiz dropped 

• "Show Me" Practical 

• Final Lab Practical: (200) 

• Comprehensive Written Final Exam: 

• Group Project (Errors in Metabolism) 

Total Points

Component Descriptions

• Quizzes: There will be a quiz on each subject area.  The group discussions and lab activities REQUIRE that you are an informed participant. Your objectives and study questions in the power-points.  You have one dropped grade for the lowest.  Return to Grade Components

• Final Exam: This is a cumulative final exam which will be held during exam week. The final will consist of 100 multiple choice questions. The repeated review of the reading quizzes, take-home quizzes, unit exams, and discussions will help you retain information for this exam. Return to Grade Components

• Lab reports: These reports are turned in each time laboratory work is performed. They are an indication of your ability to match the expected results, but they will not be graded to complete accuracy since they are for practice. The grade for these are determined by the following criteria:

  • Turned in on time 5 points (Unless one of the following is missing)

  • Late: -2.5 points

  • Quality Control is not recorded on reports and cumulative Q. C. sheet. - 1 point

  • Not signed or dated - 1 point

  • Specimen misidentified or specimens mixed up - 1 point  Return to Grade Components

• "Show Me" Laboratory Practical: This lab practical is worth 50 points.  You will receive between 2 to 3 urine sediments that will be used to find and show the instructor or instructor assistant wbc's, rbc's, squamous epithelial cells and other common components of a normal urine.  You will also be required to enumerate the reds and whites and to put your microscope away properly.  You will show how to set the proper lighting for both bright-field and phase microscopy and how to put away your microscope.   Return to Grade Components

•  Laboratory Practical: The final laboratory practical include 4 to 6 urines to be tested along with a description of the patients and their clinical symptoms. In addition, they test your ability to recognize abnormal results and correlate these results with disease states or interfering substances. The lab practicals will also test your knowledge of quality control and quality assurance.  Return to Grade Components

• Clinic report: This is the report which is required to be completed during your 4-hours at a clinic site.  Grading Form.   Return to Grade Components

• "A good MLT has a soft, yet steady hand, a sharp, yet objective eye, and a compassionate, yet persistent heart." Mindi Hansen: 

• "The personnel within the lab must have certain qualities that they obtain through education and a real knowing of themselves. When these qualities are intertwined with each other, you obtain the Medical Laboratory Technician." Angela Taylor.

• "When I think of a good MLT, I think of a caring person" Leslie Koch    Return to Grade Components

Laboratory Activities are in the Lab section of Blackboard