» Overview
» Mission
» Objectives
» Admission Requirements
» Annual Intake & Fee Structure

Overview:
The Masters in Clinical Pathology program is defined as a 2-year period of organized educational experience designed to develop basic competencies in pathology that prepare qualified physicians for certification to enter the practice of clinical pathology as a beginner in the specialty in UAE.

The fundamental goal of the Clinical Pathology Masters program is to provide the training and guidance that allow the students to acquire the knowledge, skills and attitudes needed to approach patient care through the use of laboratory service, investigation, and data interpretation.

The program has been integrated to provide all clinical pathology elements that a beginner level pathologist practitioner requires in the areas of: communication skills and information technology; medical microscopy; microbiology; immunology and immunogenetics; molecular diagnostics including clinical cytogenetics; hematology and transfusion medicine. Courses in biostatistics, research methodology and ethics will enable the students to design research protocols for testing their hypotheses through an investigatory and analytical thinking approach. The didactic courses of all elements of the training will be concentrated during PGY1 to optimize use of faculty time and help students to lay strong theoretical foundations of clinical pathology. Integrated community-based practice of clinical laboratory medicine with additional elements of informatics, cost management and systems based practices are important elements of the educational program during the hospital-based rotations in PGY2. The last semester will be devoted to research work in any one subspecialty leading to submission of a thesis.




Mission:

• To satisfy the need for postgraduate education in Clinical Pathology for health professionals in the UAE and other countries.
  
  
• To provide quality education and training comparable with that of the best international centers in that field, to medical graduates.
  
  
• To prepare candidates for further PhD/MD studies, practice of Clinical Pathology, resident positions in clinical pathology, teaching and research assistantship in medical colleges & research centers.
  

Objectives:
This program requires its trainees to develop competencies in the 7 areas listed below to the level expected of a specialist beginner. Towards this end, this program defines the specific knowledge, skills, and an attitude required and provides educational experiences, as needed, in order for the trainees to develop.

• Demonstrate a satisfactory level of diagnostic competence and assist in the management of patients in the context of clinical pathology services as a beginner in the specialty (Patient care).
  
  
• Demonstrate knowledge about established and evolving biomedical, clinical and cognate sciences and the application of this knowledge to clinical pathology (Medical knowledge).
  
  
• Investigate and evaluate one’s diagnostic and consultative practices and appraise and assimilate scientific evidence to improve one’s practices (Practice based learning and improvement).
  
  
• Demonstrate interpersonal and communication skills that result in effective information exchange and teaming with fellow clinicians, patients, patients’ families, and laboratory staff (Interpersonal and communication skills)
  
  
• Demonstrate a commitment to carrying out professional responsibilities, adherence to ethical principles, and sensitivity to a diverse patient population (Professionalism).
  
  
• Demonstrate awareness and responsiveness to the larger context and system of health care and the ability to call on system resources to provide pathology services that are of optimal value (Systems based practice).
  
  
• Demonstrate evidence of an inquisitive attitude on the part of the trainee by active participation in clinical or laboratory research, research seminars or other intradepartmental scholarly activity (Scholarly activity).

Admission Requirements:
All applicants shall meet all criteria for graduate admission as laid down in the Standards (2007) published by the Commission for Academic Accreditation, Ministry of Higher Education & Scientific Research, UAE.

Click here to know the Postgraduate Admissions Requirements.

Click here to know the Annual Intake & Fee Structure.

APPLY NOW ONLINE APPLICATION FORM