Update your knowledge in the latest techniques and work systems in Biochemistry in the clinical analysis laboratory, with the most efficient teaching system on the market"

A unique specialization program that will allow you to acquire advanced training in this field"

Biochemistry is defined as the science that studies living beings at the molecular level, being a more modern discipline than others such as biology and chemistry and, therefore, its development has been slower. However, in recent decades, Biochemistry has experienced a great boost due to the advancement of research techniques, thus allowing for the possibility of a more molecular and scientific development of Medicine. 

The most clinical part of this modality is oriented to analysis in hospital laboratories that allows patient care as clinical support for physicians.  Therefore, research in clinical biochemistry or biomedicine is an essential science nowadays as it serves to study the molecular mechanisms of the physiological processes that occur in our organism and at the same time, it allows us to investigate the failure of these physiological processes and their consequences for health.

This Postgraduate diploma addresses the biochemical base underlying the molecular pathology of diseases.  It develops the physiological regulation that governs the correct functioning of biochemical processes, as well as the reasons why the interruption or incorrect functioning of these processes leads to the development of a pathology. 

It also analyzes the molecular basis that initiates biochemically based pathologies and their diagnosis by means of the management of analytical parameters through the practical resolution of clinical cases.  Practical learning through clinical cases is a fundamental part of the work of the module, with a view to the work environment.

It addresses the molecular origin of diseases with the biochemical parameters to which they are associated in laboratory diagnostic tests. This training is the foundation of any clinical laboratory in the hospital setting and provides students with the necessary tools for their professional development.

With this Postgraduate diploma you will be able to combine high intensity training with your personal and professional life, achieving your goals in a simple and real way”

This Postgraduate diploma in The Biochemical Laboratory in the Field of Clinical Analysis offers you the advantages of a high-level scientific, teaching, and technological course.  These are some of its most notable features:

• Latest technology in online teaching software
• Highly visual teaching system, supported by graphic and schematic contents that are easy to assimilate and understand 
• Practical cases presented by practising experts
• State-of-the-art interactive video systems
• Teaching supported by telepractice
• Continuous updating and recycling systems.
• Self-regulating learning: full compatibility with other occupations
• Practical exercises for self-evaluation and learning verification
• Support groups and educational synergies: questions to the expert, debate and knowledge forums
• Communication with the teacher and individual reflection work
• Content that is accessible from any fixed or portable device with an Internet connection
• Supplementary documentation databases are permanently available, even after the course

A highly skilled course which will allow you to become a highly competent professional in biochemistry in a clinical analysis laboratory”

The teachers of this course are professionals currently working in a modern and accredited Clinical Laboratory, with a very solid training base and up to date knowledge in both scientific and purely technical disciplines.

In this way, we ensure that we provide you with the training update we are aiming for. A multidisciplinary team of professionals trained and experienced in different environments, who will cover the theoretical knowledge in an efficient way, but, above all, will put the practical knowledge derived from their own experience at the service of the course: one of the differential qualities of this course.

This mastery of the subject is complemented by the effectiveness of the methodological design of this Postgraduate diploma in The Biochemical Laboratory in the Field of Clinical Analysis. Developed by a multidisciplinary team of experts, it integrates the latest advances in educational technology. This way, you will be able to study with a range of comfortable and versatile multimedia tools that will give you the operability you need in your training. 

The design of this program is based on Problem-Based Learning: an approach that conceives learning as a highly practical process. To achieve this remotely, we will use telepractice:  with the help of an innovative interactive video system, and learning from an expert, you will be able to acquire the knowledge as if you were actually dealing with the scenario you are learning about. A concept that will allow you to integrate and fix learning in a more realistic and permanent way.

The learning in this Postgraduate diploma is developed through the most developed didactic methods in online teaching to guarantee that your efforts produce the best results possible"
 

Our innovative telepractice concept will give you the opportunity to learn through an immersive experience, which will provide you with a faster integration and a much more realistic view of the contents: “learning from an expert”

The contents of this Postgraduate diploma course have been developed by the different experts on this course, with a clear purpose: to ensure that our students acquire each and every one of the necessary skills to become true experts in this field. 

A complete and well-structured program that will take you to the highest standards of quality and success.

A course created to boost your professional capacity in the biochemistry laboratory, with the solvency of the most qualified experts"

Module 1. Biochemistry I 

1.1. Biochemical and Molecular Base of Diseases

1.1.1.  Genetic Alterations
1.1.2.  Cell Signaling Alterations
1.1.3.  Metabolism Alterations

1.2. Metabolism of Nutrients

1.2.1.  Concept of Metabolism
1.2.2.  Biochemical Phases of Nutrition: Digestion, Transport, Metabolism, Excretion
1.2.3.  Clinical Laboratory in the Study of Alterations in Digestion, Absoprtion and Metabolism of Nutrients

1.3. Biochemical Study of Vitamins and Vitamin Deficiency

1.3.1.  Liposoluble Vitamins
1.3.2.  Hydrosoluble Vitamins
1.3.3.  Vitamin Deficiencies

1.4. Biochemical Study of Protein Alterations and Nitrogen Compounds

1.4.1.  Plasmatic Proteins
1.4.2.  Clinical Enzymology
1.4.3.  Evaluation of Biochemical Markers in Renal Function

1.5. Biochemical Study of Carbohydrate Metabolism Regulation and its Pathophysiological Alterations

1.5.1.  Hypoglycemia
1.5.2.  Hyperglycemia
1.5.3.  Diabetes Mellitus: Diagnosis and Monitoring in a Clinical Laboratory

1.6. Biochemical Study of the Pathophysiological Alterations of Lipids and  Plasma Lipoproteins

1.6.1.  Lipoproteins
1.6.2.  Primary Dyslipidemia
1.6.3.  Hyperlipoproteinemia
1.6.4.  Sphingolipidosis

1.7. Biochemistry of Blood in a Chemical Laboratory

1.7.1.  Blood Hemostasis
1.7.2.  Coagulation and Fibrinolysis
1.7.3.  Biochemical Analysis of Iron Metabolism

1.8. Mineral Metabolism and its Clinical Alterations

1.8.1.  Calcium Homeostasis
1.8.2.  Phosphorus Homeostasis
1.8.3.  Magnesium Homeostasis
1.8.4.  Biochemical Markers of Bone Remodeling

1.9. Acid-Base Balance and Peripheral Blood Gas Study

1.9.1.  Acid-Base Balance
1.9.2.  Peripheral Blood Gasometry
1.9.3.  Gasometry Markers

1.10. Hydroelectrolyte Balance and its Alterations

1.10.4.  Sodium
1.10.5.  Potassium
1.10.6.  Chlorine

Module 2. Biochemistry II 

2.1. Congenital Alterations of Carbohydrate Metabolism

2.1.1. Alterations in the Digestion and Intestinal Absorption of Carbohydrates
2.1.2. Galactose Metabolism Alterations
2.1.3. Fructose Metabolism Alterations
2.1.4. Glucogen Metabolism Alterations

 2.1.4.1. Glucogenesis: Types

2.2. Congenital Alterations of Amino Acid Metabolism

2.2.1. Aromatic Amino Acid Metabolism Alterations

 2.2.1.1. Phenylketonuria.
 2.2.1.2. Glutaric Aciduria Type 1

2.2.2. Alterations of Branched Amino Acid Metabolism

 2.2.2.1. Maple Syrup Urine Disease
 2.2.2.2. Isovaleric Acidemia

2.2.3. Alterations in the Metabolism of Sulfur Amino Acids

 2.2.3.1. Homocysturia

2.3. Congenital Alterations of Lipid Metabolism

2.3.1. Beta-Oxidation of Fatty Acids

 2.3.1.1. Introduction to Beta-Oxidation of Fatty Acids
 2.3.1.2. Fatty Acid Beta-Oxidation Alterations

2.3.2. Carnitine Cycle

 2.3.2.1. Introduction to Carnitine Cycle
 2.3.2.2. Carnitine Cycle Alterations

2.4. Urea Cycle Disorders

2.4.1.  Urea Cycle
2.4.2. Genetic Alterations of the Urea Cycle

 2.4.2.1. Ornithine Transcarbamylase (OTC) Deficiency
 2.4.2.2. Other Urea Cycle Disorders

2.4.3. Diagnosis and Treatment of Urea Cycle Diseases

2.5. Molecular Pathologies of Nucleotide Bases Alterations of Purine and Pyrimidine Metabolism

2.5.1. Introduction to Purine and Pyrimidine Metabolism
2.5.2. Purine Metabolism Disorders
2.5.3. Pyrimidine Metabolism Disorders.
2.5.4. Diagnosis of Purine and Pyrimidine Disorders

2.6. Porphyrias. Alterations in the Synthesis of the Heme Group

2.6.1. Heme Group Synthesis
2.6.2. Porphyrias: Types

 2.6.2.1. Liver Porphyrias

  2.6.2.1.1. Acute Porphyrias

 2.6.2.2. Hematopoietic Porphyrias

2.6.3. Diagnosis and Treatment of Porphyrias

2.7. Jaundice Bilirubin Metabolism Disorders

2.7.1. Introduction to Bilirubin Metabolism
2.7.2. Congenital Jaundice

 2.7.2.1. Unconjugated hyperbilirubinaemia
 2.7.2.2. Conjugated Hyperbilirubinemia

2.7.3. Diagnosis and Treatment of Jaundice

2.8. Oxidative Phosphorylation

2.8.1. Mitochondria

 2.8.1.1. Mitochondrial Enzyme and Protein Constituents

2.8.2. Electronic Transport Chain

 2.8.2.1. Electronic Transporters
 2.8.2.2. Electronic Complexes

2.8.3. Coupling of Electronic Transport to ATP Synthesis

 2.8.3.1. ATP Synthase
 2.8.3.2. Oxidative Phosphorylation Uncoupling Agents

2.8.4. NADH Shuttle

2.9. Mitochondrial Disorders

2.9.1. Maternal Inheritance
2.9.2. Heteroplasmy and Homoplasmy
2.9.3. Mitochondrial Diseases

 2.9.3.1. Leber Hereditary Optic Neuropathy
 2.9.3.2. Leigh Disease
 2.9.3.3. MELAS Syndrome
 2.9.3.4. Myoclonic Epilepsy with Ragged Red Fibers (MERRF)

2.9.4. Diagnosis and Treatment of Mitochondrial Diseases

2.10. Other Disorders Produced by Alterations in Other Organelles

2.10.1. Lysosomes

 2.10.1.1. Lysosomal Diseases

  2.10.1.1.1. Sphingolipidosis
  2.10.1.1.2. Mucopolysaccharidosis

2.10.2. Peroxisomes

 2.10.2.1. Lysosomal Diseases

  2.10.2.1.1. Zellweger Syndrome

2.10.3. Golgi Apparatus

 2.10.3.1. Golgi Apparatus Diseases

  2.10.3.1.1. Mucolipidosis II

Module 3. Biochemistry III  

3.1. Study of Motor Function

3.1.1. Overview of Motor Function and Osteoarticular System
3.1.2. Alterations of Motor Function
3.1.3. Diagnosis of Alterations of Motor Function

 3.1.3.1. Diagnostic Techniques
 3.1.3.2. Molecular Markers

3.2. Study of Cardiac Function

3.2.1. Overview of Cardiac Function
3.2.2. Alterations of Cardiac Function
3.2.3. Diagnosis of Alterations of Cardiac Function

 3.2.3.1. Diagnostic Techniques
 3.2.3.2. Molecular Markers

3.3. Study of Renal Function

3.3.1. Overview of Renal Function
3.3.2. Alterations of Renal Function
3.3.3.  Diagnosis of Alterations of Renal Function

 3.3.3.1. Diagnostic Techniques
 3.3.3.2. Molecular Markers

3.4. Study of Liver Function

3.4.1. Overview of Liver Function
3.4.2. Alterations of Liver Function
3.4.3. Diagnosis of Alterations of Liver Function

 3.4.3.1. Diagnostic Techniques
 3.4.3.2. Molecular Markers

3.5. Study of Neurological Function

3.5.1. Overview of Neurological Function
3.5.2. Alterations in Neurological Function (Neurodegenerative Diseases)
3.5.3. Diagnosis of Alterations of Neurological Function

 3.5.3.1. Diagnostic Techniques
 3.5.3.2. Molecular Markers

3.6. Study of Hypothalamic and Pituitary Functions

3.6.1. Overview of Hypothalamic and Pituitary Functions
3.6.2. Alterations in Hypothalamic and Pituitary Functions
3.6.3. Diagnosis of Alterations in Hypothalamic and Pituatry Functions

 3.6.3.1. Diagnostic Techniques
 3.6.3.2. Molecular Markers

3.7. Study of Pancreatic Function

3.7.1. Overview of Pancreatic Function
3.7.2. Alterations of Pancreatic Function
3.7.3. Diagnosis of Alterations in Pancreatic Function

 3.7.3.1. Diagnostic Techniques
 3.7.3.2. Molecular Markers

3.8. Study of Thyroid and Parathyroid Function

3.8.1. Overview of Thyroid and Parathyroid Functions
3.8.2. Alterations of Thyroid and Parathyroid Function
3.8.3. Diagnosis of Alterations in Thyroid and Parathyroid Functions

 3.8.3.1. Diagnostic Techniques
 3.8.3.2. Molecular Markers

3.9. Study of Adrenal Gland Function

3.9.1. Overview of Adrenal Gland Function
3.9.2. Alterations of Adrenal Gland Function
3.9.3. Diagnosis of Alterations in Adrenal Gland Function

 3.9.3.1. Diagnostic Techniques
 3.9.3.2. Molecular Markers

3.10. Study of Gonad Function

3.10.1. Overview of Gonad Function
3.10.2. Alterations of Gonad Function
3.10.3. Diagnosis of Alterations in Gonad Function

 3.10.3.1. Diagnostic Techniques
 3.10.3.2. Molecular Markers

A comprehensive teaching program, structured in well-developed teaching units, oriented towards learning that is compatible with your personal and professional life"