Introduction into the fundamentals of laboratory diagnostics and an overview on the laboratory parameters used in the context of inflammation, lipid metabolism, myocardial infarction, diabetes, kidney function, urinary analysis, liver function, blood coagulation, blood counts, therapeutic drug monitoring and drugs of abuse screening.

Detailed knowledge on particular aspects of clinical chemistry and medical laboratory diagnostics concerning quality control, point-of-care analytics, analytics of kidney stones, tumor markers, diagnosis of HIV and hepatitis, pharmacogenetics, thyroid function, bone metabolism and laboratory diagnosis of hypertension.

Insights into pathophysiological aspects of selected metabolic disorders in man. One focus will be on diabetes and/or obesity.