Graduate Diploma of Laboratory Medicine

Graduate Diploma

Course Description

The Graduate Diploma in Laboratory Medicine provides an opportunity for education and training in all of the major disciplines of laboratory medicine. It is offered for graduates from general science or biomedical science or applied science degrees that have a biological sciences focus. The core component allows you to acquire an understanding of the pathology of disease and to study one major professionally oriented discipline. The elective component provides the opportunity to select from a range of courses which complement the major discipline. The program is designed to provide a vocationally oriented qualification that will prepare graduates for employment in diagnostic pathology, medical research and the biotechnology industry.

Subjects you can Study

Laboratory medicine

Graduate Diploma

Duration

Structure

Subjects studied may include: General Pathology; Systemic Pathology; Biology of Tissue Growth and Repair; Blood Transfusion Science; Clinical Biochemistry; Clinical and Transplantation Immunology; Cytopathology; Haematology; Histopathology; Medical Microbiology; Applied Biochemical Methods; Biomolecules and Cellular Regulation

Entry Requirements

Relevant bachelor degree in biomedical or biological sciences; or degree in medicine or related health field (pharmacy, dentistry and medicine)

Study Pathways

Applicants for the program who have completed a pathology major as part of their bachelor degree will be granted exemption from the core course General Pathology. Entry directly into major subjects may also be possible where an appropriate prerequisite subject has been taken in a bachelor degree. Graduates of the Graduate Diploma in Laboratory Medicine who have been successful in gaining a place in the Master of Laboratory Medicine or the Master of Biotechnology programs may be granted up to 96 credit points towards that qualification.

Comments

Graduates are most often employed in the field of diagnostic pathology or in medical research. Depending on the discipline in which you have majored, you may also find employment in specialist laboratories such as forensic pathology or in reference laboratories such as the Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratories.

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