Competency information
Details
Using representative specimens from a range of tissues, identify the immune response and immunological disease in:
- normal immune system
- primary and secondary immunodeficiency
- autoimmune disease
- transplant rejection.
Considerations
- The normal immune response mechanism and how this can be triggered following organ transplantation.
- The use of immunological techniques, and how the immune response and immunological disease may be identified in microscopic specimens.
Relevant learning outcomes
| # | Outcome |
|---|---|
| # 1 | Outcome Recognise and interpret the microscopical appearance of the tissue or cell and relate to the pathobiological process. |
| # 4 | Outcome Advise on or request appropriate additional tests to aid in the diagnosis of disease. |