units

MRU0036

Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

18 September 2017 22 November 2024

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Monash University

0 points, SCA Band 2, 0.000 EFTSL

Postgraduate - Unit

Refer to the specific census and withdrawal dates for the semester(s) in which this unit is offered.

Faculty

Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

Coordinator(s)

Professor Nellie Georgiou-Karistianis

Offered

Clayton

  • Research quarter 1 2016 (Day)
  • Research quarter 1 2016 (External Candidature)
  • Research quarter 2 2016 (Day)
  • Research quarter 2 2016 (External Candidature)
  • Research quarter 3 2016 (Day)
  • Research quarter 3 2016 (External Candidature)
  • Research quarter 4 2016 (Day)
  • Research quarter 4 2016 (External Candidature)

Alfred Hospital

  • Research quarter 1 2016 (Day)
  • Research quarter 1 2016 (External Candidature)
  • Research quarter 2 2016 (Day)
  • Research quarter 2 2016 (External Candidature)
  • Research quarter 3 2016 (Day)
  • Research quarter 3 2016 (External Candidature)
  • Research quarter 4 2016 (Day)
  • Research quarter 4 2016 (External Candidature)

Monash Medical Centre

  • Research quarter 1 2016 (Day)
  • Research quarter 1 2016 (External Candidature)
  • Research quarter 2 2016 (Day)
  • Research quarter 2 2016 (External Candidature)
  • Research quarter 3 2016 (Day)
  • Research quarter 3 2016 (External Candidature)
  • Research quarter 4 2016 (Day)
  • Research quarter 4 2016 (External Candidature)

Synopsis

Pathology is the study of the medical specialisation concerned with the causes and effects of diseases, including the structural and functional changes of body organs, tissues and fluids, and the systematic methods of detecting these changes. This detailed field may include examining specimens to determine the origin, nature and course of any disease present, histopathology, interpreting and evaluating pathology tests, and post-mortem examination. This unit is 100% research with a view to producing a thesis.

Assessment

Thesis assessed by two external examiners.

Chief examiner(s)

Professor Nellie Georgiou-Karistianis