Paediatric and Perinatal Pathology

Details

Title

Paediatric and Perinatal Pathology

Type

Stage One

Module code

HLS393

Requirement

Compulsory

Module objective

By the end of the training period trainees will, in respect to background and principles, be able to:

• Analyse, synthesise, evaluate and apply knowledge
• Perform a range of technical and clinical skills and procedures
• Demonstrate the attitudes and behaviours necessary for professional practice as a consultant clinical scientist dealing with the complexities, uncertainties and tensions of professional practice at this level.

Knowledge and understanding

• Demonstrates understanding of common paediatric tumours:
  • Neuroblastoma
  • Nephroblastoma
  • Rhabdomyosarcoma
  • Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia/lymphoma
  • Burkitt lymphoma
  • Hodgkin’s lymphoma
• Demonstrates awareness of special stains in paediatric pathology
• Understands value of cytogenetics
• Demonstrates awareness of perinatal pathology including:
  • Normal development of the placenta
  • Early pregnancy loss (1^st and early 2^nd trimesters)
  • Syndromes associated with common aneuploidies (T13, T18, T21, X0)
  • Common cardiac malformations (septal defects, truncus arteriosus, tetralogy of Fallot, coarctation of the aorta and transposition of the great arteries)

Technical and clinical skills

• Recognises common inflammatory and neoplastic conditions occurring in childhood
• Description and processing of biopsy specimens
• Demonstrates examination, description and sampling of placentas
• Demonstrates examination, description and sampling of other specimens only under direct consultant supervision