Overview

This 22.5 hour review and update in the areas of clinical chemistry, immunology, microbiology, and molecular medicine is intended to improve knowledge about the pathogenesis and clinical manifestations of a wide variety of metabolic infectious, immunologic, and genetic disorders along with the selection, performance, and interpretation of clinical laboratory tests. 

This course will provide a forum for the exchange of ideas among clinicians, clinical and anatomic pathologists, and laboratory scientists on new developments diagnosing these disorders.  Ample discussion time will be provided to address controversial issues.

Upon completion of the course, attendees should:

• Describe new emerging disorders, their clinical presentation, and laboratory diagnosis
• Critically analyze new test developments in the areas of clinical chemistry, immunology, infectious disease, microbiology, and molecular medicine and fit these in to an appropriate context for the diagnosis
• Assess new therapeutic modalities, which are being developed and understand how these are monitored using clinical and laboratory tests

Who Should Attend

Pathologists, both clinical and anatomic, as well as, clinical laboratory scientists, clinical geneticists, clinical chemists, pediatric, medicine and family medicine clinicians; infectious disease specialists; clinical immunologists, microbiologists, residents and postdoctoral fellows, as well as, clinical laboratory technologists, supervisors, managers, and those in the pharmaceutical and diagnostic industry.