Competency information
Details
Perform to quality standards, basic and appropriate specialised cellular pathology techniques as part of the systematic investigation of tissue received from named major organ diseases and commonly occurring cancers, to include:
- dermatopathology
- breast pathology
- hepatobiliary pathology
- gastrointestinal pathology
- genitourinary pathology
- respiratory pathology
- gynaecological pathology
- male reproductive pathology
- endocrine pathology
- ear, nose and throat pathology
- osteoarticular pathology.
Considerations
- The requirements of quality-based diagnostic procedures in ensuring safe and effective care of the patient.
- Rationale of the cellular pathology techniques required to demonstrate the different cell types involved in tissue sections from major organs and from commonly occurring cancers.
Relevant learning outcomes
| # | Outcome |
|---|---|
| # 2 | Outcome Perform to quality standards a range of established cellular pathology techniques to named disorders of the major organs and commonly occurring forms of cancer. |