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University of Melbourne

  • 37% international / 63% domestic

Basic Pathological Sciences Preparation Course

  • Non-Award

Are you a doctor or medical student with interest in pathology? Or one who finds pathology difficult and wants to update and improve their knowledge? Are you preparing for a pathology exam in your specialty? This might be just the course for you!

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Degree Type
Non-Award

About this course

Are you a doctor or medical student with interest in pathology? Or one who finds pathology difficult and wants to update and improve their knowledge? Are you preparing for a pathology exam in your specialty? This might be just the course for you!

The Basic Pathological Sciences (BPS) Exam of the Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia a standard-setting certificate for foundational pathology knowledge expected of medical graduates and junior medical doctors. As the science of pathology and its applications in laboratory and clinical medicine are evolving rapidly, taking a refresher course geared towards a certificate exam is beneficial to maintain currency of knowledge.

What you will learn

  • Understand key and highly examinable concepts in basic pathological sciences.
  • Utilise evidence-based high yield exam techniques for the BPS exam and other similar exams.
  • Explain key basic pathological science topics in an Australia clinical and laboratory context.