Competency information
Details
From routine requests, identify the histopathological specimens required to confirm a diagnosis in each major organ system and perform the relevant techniques to process the sample.
Essential
- Dermatopathology
- Breast pathology
- Hepatobiliary pathology
- Gastrointestinal pathology
- Genitourinary pathology
- Respiratory pathology
- Gynaecological pathology
- Male reproductive pathology
- Endocrine pathology
Desirable
- Ear, nose and throat pathology
- Osteoarticular pathology
- Cardiac and vascular pathology
- Neuropathology.
Considerations
- The aetiology of and clinical presentation of a selection of common tissue samples in named major organ disease (excluding cancer).
- Impact on the patient pathway of the accuracy and timeliness of the histological diagnostic process.
- Anatomy and physiology of normal tissues and organs.
- Appropriate methods of sample preparation and processing protocols.
Relevant learning outcomes
| # | Outcome |
|---|---|
| # 1 | Outcome Identify and confirm clinical presentation of a range of major organ diseases. |