Course Assessment – Summer 2002
Essay Questions. Answer 2 questions only. Time allowed 1 hour 30 minutes.
- Write an essay on the factors to be considered in the generation and use of reference values in clinical biochemistry.
- Discuss the elements involved in setting up a laboratory quality management system.
- Discuss the effects of chronic alcohol misuse by patients in the context of their laboratory results.
- Discuss the investigation of a patient presenting with malabsorption in which the underlying cause is thought to be pancreatic in origin.












