Competency: 14

Details

Produce a basic interpretative report on histopathology investigations

Considerations

• The components required for a histopathology report and their relevance to patient care
• The information to be included in an interpretative report
• How to construct an interpretative report and the format required for presentation
• Limits of responsibility in the authorisation and issue of interpretative reports
• Clinical conditions that may require urgent action and how to instigate such action
• Normal and abnormal results and their significance to the clinical question or condition
• Relevance and importance of specificity, sensitivity, accuracy, precision and linearity in the evaluation of analytical methods
• The range of further investigations that may be required, their purpose, capabilities and limitations

Relevant learning outcomes