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Diagnostic Case Studies 1.

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Course director

Number of hours/semester

lectures: 0 hours

practices: 12 hours

seminars: 0 hours

total of: 12 hours

Subject data

  • Code of subject: OAF-DE1-T
  • 1 kredit
  • General Medicine
  • Optional modul
  • spring semester
Prerequisites:

OAK-KBK-T finished

Course headcount limitations

min. 5 – max. 12

Topic

Laboratory medicine plays a decisive role in differential diagnosis, therapeutic decision-making, and patient follow-up in the modern patient care. The Diagnostic Case Studies course aims to develop advanced clinical reasoning and diagnostic competencies in fourth- and fifth-year medical students. The subject provides a structured, case-based learning environment in which students actively apply diagnostics to solve real clinical cases. The course is designed to enable students to select appropriate diagnostic investigations, interpret results within their clinical context, and consider preanalytical and clinical aspects of laboratory testing. During the practices, students work collaboratively in groups to establish differential diagnoses, justify their test rest requests, interpret laboratory abnormalities, and determine the most probable diagnosis. The course concludes with a practial exam in which students apply the acquired competencies through the evaluation of clinical cases.

The case studies in this semester include the diagnostic approach to preanalytical errors, electrolyte and acid-base disorders, as well as hematological, cardiovascular, hepatological, and nephrological diseases.

Lectures

Practices

  • 1. Preanalytical cases - Szekeres Zsolt János
  • 2. Preanalytical cases - Szekeres Zsolt János
  • 3.

    Electrolyte disorder case studies

    - Szekeres Gábor
  • 4. Electrolyte disorder case studies - Szekeres Zsolt János
  • 5.

    Hematological case studies

    - Pál Sándor
  • 6. Hematological case studies - Szekeres Zsolt János
  • 7. Cardiovascular disease case studies - Horváth-Szalainé Rostás Ildikó
  • 8. Cardiovascular disease case studies - Dolmán Veronika
  • 9. Liver disease case studies - Jakabfi - Csepregi Rita Klaudia
  • 10. Renal disease case studies - Vén Berta
  • 11. Practical examination - Szekeres Zsolt János
  • 12. Practical examination - Szekeres Zsolt János

Seminars

Reading material

Obligatory literature

Literature developed by the Department

Literature developed by the Department

Notes

Recommended literature

W. J. Marshall, M. Lapsley, A. Day, K. Shipman: Clinical Chemistry; 9th Edition, Elsevier, 2022. ISBN: 9780702079306

Conditions for acceptance of the semester

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Mid-term exams

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Making up for missed classes

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Exam topics/questions

The course concludes with a practical exam during which students demonstrate the application of acquired diagnostic reasoning and laboratory decision-making skills through the analysis and presentation of a clinical case study aligned with the semester’s curriculum.

Examiners

  • Szekeres Zsolt János

Instructor / tutor of practices and seminars

  • Dolmán Veronika
  • Horváth-Szalainé Rostás Ildikó
  • Jakabfi - Csepregi Rita Klaudia
  • Pál Sándor
  • Szekeres Gábor
  • Szekeres Zsolt János
  • Vén Berta
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