LAB M 680
IMPORTANT NOTICE: LAB M 680 is being offered as a distance-learning course until further notice. Please contact lmclerk@uw.edu with questions.
Overview
Faculty in the Department of Laboratory Medicine & Pathology are responsible for all clinical laboratory analyses at the principal teaching hospitals: University of Washington Medical Center, Harborview Medical Center, Seattle Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center, Fred Hutch Cancer Center, and the Veterans Administration Puget Sound Health Care System.
This web page is designed to familiarize the medical student with the courses available in Laboratory Medicine. Course descriptions outline what each clerkship rotation covers. Prerequisites are listed, where applicable.
Whether you decide to register for one of our courses or not, we encourage you to seek out our staff, faculty, fellows, and residents for consultation regarding blood smears, Gram stains, or other interesting laboratory data. Our laboratories are staffed 24 hours a day and our resident-on-call (206.598.6190) is available to help you with urgent problems relating to laboratory care for your patient.
Registration Information
Pre-registration is handled through the Office of Academic Affairs, according to the policies of the School of Medicine and the clerkship calendar.
Please contact the Clerkship Administrator at lmclerk@uw.edu or 206.685.1624 for questions about this process.
Student health related information
The UWSOM supports students’ access to healthcare and strongly encourages them to obtain and maintain health insurance while enrolled at the UWSOM. The consolidated content on the links below has been created by collaboration between students and the UWSOM student affairs to ease of referencing for student related health information. All three sources will be updated centrally by student affairs and the Student Committee on Healthcare Access (SCoHA). If you have questions regarding the content, please reach out to adminsa@uw.edu.
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LAB M 680 - Clinical Laboratory Testing Distance Learning - Methods and Interpretation
Course Directors: Rebecca Treger, MD, PhD and Maryam Asif, MD, MBBS
Visiting medical students are welcome to apply in VSLO. Please email lmclerk@uw.edu before applying, to ensure there is space in the course.
Course Description
This clerkship provides medical students with an opportunity to develop their diagnostic and patient management skills through directed distance learning in a hospital-based clinical laboratory. Since the COVID-19 pandemic, many Laboratory Medicine resident service- work, conferences, and didactics have shifted to a predominately remote-access paradigm. This represents a unique opportunity to enable medical students to participate in similar, clinical activities with some additional guidance. The students in LabM 680 will directly observe faculty-level review of test results ("sign-out") or rounds and complete both guided and independent study, including small group sessions, journal article reading, and live and/or recorded didactics. Students will reflect on and share their experiences.
The goals of this remote clerkship are to give students an overview of many common laboratory tests, an understanding of basic laboratory testing principles, and an appreciation for the breadth of testing performed in the field of laboratory medicine.
Prerequisites: NONE.
Sample Schedule (subject to change)
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