Education of Molecular Biological Methods as Part Of Medical Laboratory Programs

Year 2018, Volume: 10 , 258 - 260, 12.09.2018

Sibel Bayil Oguzkan Mehmet Ozaslan

Abstract

Medical laboratory programs are important courses that
provide associate degree education for intermediate technical staff who will
later be employed in healthcare services. 
As part of the curriculum, students in this field are trained in
molecular biological methods in the spring semester of their second year. The
course aims to teach methods for isolating DNA from different biological
materials, such as human blood, tissue samples and amniotic fluid, to teach the
theoretical steps of the PCR (polymerase chain reaction), which is the basic
method used for the amplification of the DNAs obtained, to allow students to
practice the PCR method in the hospital’s practice laboratories, to provide
theoretical lectures on methods for preparing agarose tanks and gels, applying
DNA into agarose gel and migrating and visualizing DNA, and to allow students
to apply these methods in student laboratories within vocational health service
schools. In addition, different PCR-based molecular biology methods and in
particular, techniques routinely applied in healthcare services are included in
the program’s curriculum, and practical training of techniques and methods
within the practical infrastructure of university hospitals is also provided.
In our healthcare system, the presence of molecular medicine laboratories in
both private and government institutions and the necessity of having equipped
technical staff in these fields has rendered molecular biological method
training a necessity. In conclusion, the combination of theoretical and
practical training in the teaching of molecular biological methods increases
the employment rate of students in our healthcare system after graduating from
the program.

Keywords

PCR, Agarose, Amnion

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