The course aims to: 1) Provide students with the basic knowledge of physical, biochemical and biological functions that regulate cell, organ and whole organism under physiological conditions and in diseases. 2) Provide the methodological basis of the analytical process for manual, semi-automated and automated analysis techniques in clinical biochemistry and molecular biology, clinical microbiology and virology, pharmacology, toxicology, immunology, clinical pathology, hematology, cytology and histopathology. 3) Provide the basic knowledge for learning the physical and technological principles of operation of analytical instrumentation, routine maintenance and elimination of minor inconveniences. 4) Provide the principles of laboratory safety and radiation protection (good laboratory practice). 5) Provide the principles of organization of activity in a biomedical laboratory as an entity within the health system.

The graduates in biomedical laboratory techniques are able to: a) perform their work performance with technical and professional autonomy in direct cooperation with the laboratory graduate personnel charged of the various operational responsibilities; b) be responsible, within the laboratory, of the proper performance of analytical procedures and of their work, as part of their duties in compliance with the working protocols defined by the senior executives; c) verify the correspondence of the benefits provided to the indicators and standards set by the head of the structure; d) check and verify the correct operation of the equipment used, provides for the maintenance and eventual elimination of downsides; e) participate in the planning and organization of work within the structure in which they operate; The biomedical laboratory technicians also contribute to the training of support staff and contributes directly to the updating of their professional profile and to research.