Teaching

Undergraduate

The bulk of undergraduate teaching in general and systemic pathology is completed in the 2nd year of the medical course. This is carried out by means of lectures, tutorials and practical classes. In the 3rd and 4th years, teaching is continued in the form of combined-teaching sessions and clinico-pathological conferences. The latter represent the first, fully online course given in the Faculty of Medicine to undergraduate students, and was developed in our department. The students also return to the department for a 2 -week posting in which the basic concepts of pathology and laboratory medicine are revised from a more clinical point of view. One of these 2 weeks is spent in a posting at the Institute of Science and Forensic Medicine , Singapore General Hospital, during which the students acquire experience in autopsy practice and legal aspects of Medicine. Formal lectures in forensic pathology and chemical pathology are also conducted in the 4th year. Specific teaching on Molecular Pathology and Molecular Diagnosis is given in the 4th year. Introductory lectures on Molecular Pathology and Translational Research are given to students enrolled in the MBBS-PhD programme.

Postgraduate

The department is recognized by the Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia (RCPA) as a training centre in histopathology. Our residents have an excellent success record in both the RCPA and the Royal College of Pathologists (UK) professional exams.