Competency information
Details
Perform to quality standards, cellular pathology tests of rejection from tissue grafts and/or organ transplantation.
Considerations
- Ethical and legal issues around transplantation and the role of immunosuppression.
- The role of the clinical laboratory in major organ transplantation, including ethical and legal issues and the role of immunosuppression.
- Multi-organ transplantation and the microscopic appearance of rejection.
Relevant learning outcomes
| # | Outcome |
|---|---|
| # 1 | Outcome Identify and confirm the clinical presentation of a range of major organ diseases and commonly occurring forms of cancer. |
| # 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. |
| # 3 | Outcome Identify and evaluate new equipment, methods, or procedures to enhance the contribution of the cellular pathology laboratory to the diagnosis and management of major organ disease and commonly occurring forms of cancer. |