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
Chief examiner(s)
Professor Nellie Georgiou-Karistianis
Coordinator(s)
Offered
Alfred Hospital
- Research quarter 1 2018 (External Candidature)
- Research quarter 1 2018 (On-campus)
- Research quarter 2 2018 (External Candidature)
- Research quarter 2 2018 (On-campus)
- Research quarter 3 2018 (External Candidature)
- Research quarter 3 2018 (On-campus)
- Research quarter 4 2018 (External Candidature)
- Research quarter 4 2018 (On-campus)
Clayton
- Research quarter 1 2018 (External Candidature)
- Research quarter 1 2018 (On-campus)
- Research quarter 2 2018 (External Candidature)
- Research quarter 2 2018 (On-campus)
- Research quarter 3 2018 (External Candidature)
- Research quarter 3 2018 (On-campus)
- Research quarter 4 2018 (External Candidature)
- Research quarter 4 2018 (On-campus)
Monash Medical Centre
- Research quarter 1 2018 (External Candidature)
- Research quarter 1 2018 (On-campus)
- Research quarter 2 2018 (External Candidature)
- Research quarter 2 2018 (On-campus)
- Research quarter 3 2018 (External Candidature)
- Research quarter 3 2018 (On-campus)
- Research quarter 4 2018 (External Candidature)
- Research quarter 4 2018 (On-campus)
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.