Department of Medical Laboratories

Historical background:

In the year 2007 , Sheikh Abdallah El-Badri established a health technical college with a building area of 1,800 square meters, aiming to provide medical assistants to grant technical diploma degrees in the specializations of (nursing – pharmacy – medical statistics – dental assistants). Studies began in 2008 , and it was opened. In January 2009 .

It was proposed to add the Medical Laboratory Sciences Program (General Bachelor’s Degree) to the College’s programs by the University’s Faculty Board and then the University Senate due to the mandate’s strong need for these cadres in the field of medical laboratories and the high demand of students for these programs, so it was necessary to prepare for the establishment of this program. Thank God, a significant number of medical devices and equipment for this program were imported from outside Sudan (China) at the expense of Sheikh Abdullah Al-Badri.The first batch was accepted in 2013. With the number of 60 male and female students for general admission and 30 students for special admission, the development continued in completing the department’s infrastructure and successive admission of two new batches in the years 2014-2015 with those estimated numbers. It was necessary to follow this steady development in terms of its equipment and laboratories, and the development of the curriculum items to keep pace with everything that is new.

The laboratory curriculum was revised by a committee of specialists to add some important materials that help the student understand the specialized subjects, such as introduction materials to pharmacology and antibiotics – community medicine and epidemiology – some important techniques for forensic laboratories – biostatistics, in addition to amending some lecture titles. According to recently published scientific research and information. Which increased the number of credit hours from 152(The approved plan) to166 credit hours, and accordingly the program grants a Bachelor of Honours degree in Medical Laboratory Sciences instead of a general Bachelor’s degree. The committee also suggested that the student graduate in the final year with two specializations, as most medical and health sciences tend toward specialization, similar to their counterparts from faculties in Sudanese and international universities.

Summary of the committee’s recommendations:

1. Approving the courses added to the study plan with their approved hours.
2. Approval of the student’s graduation with a Bachelor’s degree with honours instead of a general bachelor’s degree based on the increase in credit hours.
3. Approval of amending some lecture titles.
4. Approval of the final year student’s graduation proposal with two majors.
5. The two specialization subjects are chosen according to the averages and grades in the final year, with a total of 19 credit hours in the seventh semester and 14 credit hours in the eighth semester.

Composition of the committee:

The committee that revised this curriculum was formed of professors:

1. Prof. Dr. Al-Badri Al-Amin Mohammed – Head of Parasitology
2. D. Dr.Fania Abdallah Al-Badri – Medicine and Surgery – Specialty in Obstetrics and Gynecology, Member.”
3. D. Abdallah Mirghani Diab – Medicine And surgery – forensic medicine specialty, member
4. Dr. Al Wathig Yahia Mohammed -medicine And surgery – community medicine specialty, member
5. Dr. Murtada Othman Al Tahir -Medicne , surgery- Community medicine specialist -memeber
6. Dr. Mohammed Mahgoub Al Hassan- Clinical Chemistry Specialist- memebr
7. Dr. Ibrahim Bakhiat – Medical Laboratories -Histology Specialist- member
8. A. Hossam Ali Othman – Medical Laboratories – Hematology Specialization, Member
9. A. Muhammad Abdel Rahman Sayed – Medical Laboratories – Hematology Specialization, Member
10. A. Babiker Mahmoud Othman – Medical Laboratories – Microbiology Specialization – Member
11. A. Hisham Abdel Hamid Ibn Idris – Medical Laboratories – Specialization in Immunology, Member

Semester 1

Revised plan

	Code	Course	Credit hours
1.1.1	MLS-ANT	Anatomy	2(1+2)
1.1.2	MLS.ARB	Arabic language-1	3(3+0)
1.1.3	MLS. CHM	General Chemistry	3(2+1)
1.1.4	MLS.CS	Computer sciences	3(2+3)
1.1.5	MLS.ENG	English language-1	3(3+0)
1.1.6	MLS.ISC	Islamic culture-1	3(3+0)
1.1.7	MLS.PHC	Medical physics	2(1+2)
1.1.8	MLS-PHY	Physiology-1	2(1+2)
1.1.9	MLS-IM L	Introduction to medical laboratory	2(1+2)
1.1.10	MLS-SUD	Sudanese Studies	3(3+0)
Total			26

Semester 2

Revised plan

	Code	Course	Credit hours
1.2.1	MLS-N H	Normal histology	3(2+3)
1.2.2	MLS.ARB	Arabic language-2	3(3+0)
1.2.3	MLS. PHY	Physiology-2	2(1+2)
1.2.4	MLS.INS	Instrumentation	3(2+3)
1.2.5	MLS.ISC	Islamic culture-2	3(3+0)
1.2.6	MLS.ENG	English language-2	3(3+0)
1.2.7	MLS.BIL	Biology	2(1+2)
1.2.8	MLS. BIO	Biochemistry	2(1+2)
1.2.9	MLS.LAB	laboratory safety	2(1+2)
Total			23

Semester 3

Revised plan

	Code	Course	Credit hours
2.3.1	MLS- MIC-231	Microbiology-1	3(2+3)
2.3.2	MLS-CCH-232	Clinical chemistry-1	3(2+3)
2.3.3	MLS-HEM-233	Haematology-1	3(2+3)
2.3.4	MLS-PAR-234	Parasitology-1	3(2+3)
2.3.5	MLS-HIS-235	Histopathology-1	3(2+3)
2.3.6	MLS-IMM-236	Basic immunology	3(2+3)
2.3.7	MLS.COH-237	Community Health	2(2+0)
Total			20

Semester 4

Revised plan

	Code	Course	Credit hours
2.4.1	MLS-MIC-241	Microbiology-2	3(2+3)
2.4.2	MLS-CCH-242	Clinical chemistry-2	3(2+3)
2.4.3	MLS-HEM-243	Hematology -2	3(2+3)
2.4.4	MLS.HIS-244	Histopathology -2	3(2+3)
2.4.5	MLS-PAR-245	Parasitology-2	3(2+3)
2.4.6	MLS.PAT-246	General Pathology	2(2+0)
2.4.7	MLS.EPD-247	Epidemiology	2(2+0)
Total			19

Semester 5

Revised plan

	Code	Course	Credit hours
3.5.1	MLS-MIC-351	Microbiology -3	3(2+3)
3.5.2	MLS-CCH-352	Clinical Chemistry -3	3(2+3)
3.5.3	MLS-CIM-353	Clinical immunology	3(3+0)
3.5.4	MLS-HEM-354	Hematology-3	3(2+3)
3.5.5	MLS-MOB-355	Molecular biology-1	2(1+2)
3.5.6	MLS.HIS-356	Histopathology-3	3(2+3)
3.5.7	MLS-PAR-357	Parasitology-3	3(2+3)
Total			20

Semester 6

Revised plan

	Code	Course	Credit hours
3.6.1	MLS-MIC-361	Microbiology -4	3(2+3)
3.6.2	MLS-CCH-362	Clinical Chemistry -4	3(2+3)
3.6.3	MLS-PAR-363	Parasitology-4	3(2+3)
3.6.4	MLS-HEM-364	Hematology-4	3(2+3)
3.6.5	MLS-HIS-365	Histopathology-4	3(2+3)
3.6.6	MLS-QCL-366	Laboratory management & Quality assurance	3(3+0)
3.6.7	MLS-PHA-367	Pharmacology	2(2+0)
		In-Service Training	3(0+6)
Total			23

Semester 7

Revised plan

	Code	Course	Credit hours
4.7.1	MLS-CCH-471	Clinical Chemistry-5	4(3+3)
		Elective course (Histopathology or Parasitology)	4(3+3)
4.7.2	MLS-RM-472	Research Methodology	2(2+0)
4.7.3	MLS-GEN-473	Genetics	3(3+0)
4.7.4	MLS-FOR-474	Forensic laboratory	2(2+0)
4.7.5	MLS.MOB-475	Molecular biology-2	2(2+1)
		In-Service Training	3(0+6)
Total			20

	Code	Course	Credit hours
4.7.3	MLS-HEM-476	Hematology -5	4(3+3)
		Elective course (Histopathology or Parasitology)	4(3+3)
4.7.2	MLS-RM-472	Research Methodology	2(2+0)
4.7.3	MLS-GEN-473	Genetics	3(2+3)
4.7.4	MLS-FOR-474	Forensic laboratory	2(2+0)
4.7.5	MLS. MOB-475	Molecular biology-2	2(2+1)
		In-Service Training	3(0+6)
Total			20

	Code	Course	Credit hours
4.7.3	MLS-MIC-478	Microbiology -5	4(3+3)
		Elective course (Histopathology or Parasitology)	4(3+3)
4.7.2	MLS-RM-472	Research Methodology	2(2+0)
4.7.3	MLS-GEN-473	Genetics	3(2+3)
4.7.4	MLS-FOR-474	Forensic laboratory	2(2+0)
4.7.5	MLS. MOB-475	Molecular biology-2	2(2+1)
		In-Service Training	3(0+6)
Total			20

Semester 8

Revised plan

	Code	Course	Credit hours
4.8.1	MLS-DHEM-481	Diagnostic Hematology	4(3+3)
		Elective course (Histopathology or Parasitology)	4(3+3)
		Graduation project	3(6+0)
		In-Service Training	3(0+6)
4.8.2	MLS-BIS-482	Biostatistics	2(1+2)
4.8.3	MLS- M ET-483	Medical Ethics	2(2+0)
Total			18

	Code	Course	Credit hours
4.8.3	MLS-DMIC-483	Diagnostic Microbiology	4(3+3)
		Elective course (Histopathology or Parasitology)	4(3+3)
		Graduation project	3(6+0)
		In-service training	3(3+6)
4.8.2	MLS-BIS-482	Biostatistics	2(1+2)
4.8.3	MLS- M ET-483	Medical Ethics	2(2+0)
Total			18

	Code	Course	Credit hours
4.8.6	MLS-DCCH-486	Diagnostic Clinical chemistry	4(3+3)
		Elective course (Histopathology or Parasitology)	4(3+3)
		Graduation project	3(6+0)
		In-service training	3(3+6)
4.8.2	MLS-BIS-482	Biostatistics	2(1+2)
4.8.3	MLS- M ET-483	Medical Ethics	2(2+0)
Total			18