科廷科技大学

Laboratory medicine teaches you about pathology (the origin, nature and course of disease) and the diagnosis of disease.

Your first year is interprofessional and taken with other health sciences students. Your second year develops your knowledge of the cellular and tissue aspects of pathology, and the individual disciplines of laboratory medicine.

In your third and fourth years, you'll gain extensive field experience and focus on three of the following major disciplines: clinical biochemistry, diagnostic cytology, haematology and transfusion science, histopathology, immunology and medical microbiology.

You'll learn in Curtin's new PC2 laboratory facility, where you can analyse clinical samples, process pathogenic microorganisms in biosafety cabinets and report results in the same way as a real pathology laboratory.

Professional recognition

Professionally recognised by the Australian Institute of Medical Scientists.

Career information

Careers

• Medical scientist.

Industries

Community health
Education
Health technology
Manufacturing
Private and public hospitals
Research centres and laboratories.

What you'll learn

• Apply general and discipline specified knowledge to the performance of laboratory medicine
• The application of knowledge critically and ethically in the laboratory medicine setting
• Obtain and critically appraise information from a range of resources applicable to the practice of medical science
• Communicate effectively specialised knowledge relevant to laboratory medicine
• The selection and effective use of appropriate technologies to generate valid data
• Recognition of the need for on-going learning in the Medical Science profession
• An awareness of global differences in disease patterns and diagnostic medicine
• Recognition of cultural difference and its impact on Medical Science
• Recognition of the necessity for probity and ethical behaviour and a professional approach to medical science.