Department of Pathology
Quality teaching, diagnostic practice and research — reading disease at the cellular level to guide real clinical decisions.
Pathology bridges basic science and the ward — reading structural and cellular change to explain how disease actually behaves, and how it should be diagnosed. It sits early in PESIMSR's Para-Clinical stage, feeding directly into every clinical department that follows.
Vision
A tristate centre of excellence
To emerge as a centre of excellence in the tristate region by providing quality teaching, diagnostic practice and research services in pathology.
Mission
How we get there
- Provide high-quality education to UG students who can perform simple bedside tests, and train PG students in specialized diagnostic skills.
- Produce skilled pathologists who are helpful to the community.
- Encourage budding pathologists to get involved in research projects.
Teaching Objectives
What students are expected to master at each stage of training in this department.
Goal
To provide comprehensive knowledge of the etiology, pathogenesis and pathology of diseases, achieving a complete understanding of natural history, clinical manifestations and laboratory diagnosis.
Objectives
- Describe the structure and ultrastructure of a sick cell — degeneration, death and repair — correlating structural and functional change.
- Explain the pathophysiological processes governing homeostasis, and the mechanisms and manifestations of their disturbance.
- Describe the mechanisms and patterns of tissue response to injury.
- Correlate gross and microscopic alterations across organ systems to their clinical significance.
- Understand neoplastic change, appreciating the need for early diagnosis and management.
- Understand common haematological disorders and develop a logical diagnostic approach.
Goal
To produce a competent and confident pathologist.
Objectives
- Understand the biochemical and physiological disturbances that occur as a result of disease.
- Describe the rationale and principles of diagnostic laboratory tests, and interpret their results.
- Perform simple bedside tests on blood, urine and other biological fluids.
- Draw a rational scheme of investigations aimed at diagnosing and managing common disorders.
- Recognize morbid anatomical and histopathological change, including clinical autopsy studies.
- Teach and train undergraduate, laboratory-technology and nursing students, remaining research-oriented throughout.
Other Para-Clinical Departments
Pathology is one of five departments bridging basic science and the ward.
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