Main goals of the course are:
i) to provide an overview of the activities of a clinical laboratory looking at the organizational context and current business;
ii) to illustrate the various stages which are at the basis of main analytical methods, either molecular or biochemical, used in biomedical laboratories for modern diagnostic purposes;
iii) to provide the key of interpretation for the obtained results from a pathophysiological point of view.
To promote a critical approach towards laboratory diagnosis.