Teaching

M.B.,B.S.

A medical curriculum based partly on problem-based learning has been implemented by the Faculty of Medicine, which is the oldest of the nine faculties at the University. Pathology teaching is one of the important disciplines in the 5 years' medical curriculum leading to the degrees of Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery.

B.D.S.

Besides its main teaching responsibility with the Medical Faculty, the Department also contributes to teaching in the Faculty of Dentistry, which has recently launched a new problem-based learning curriculum. Currently, the Department also runs a course in applied oral histopathology for fourth year dental students in the old curriculum. Dental students follow a 5-year curriculum leading to the degree of Bachelor of Dental Surgery. 

Postgraduate

There are currently 34 postgraduate students in the Department studying for the research degrees of MPhil and PhD. The Department also actively engages in the teaching for the degree of Master of Medical Sciences (MMedSc) offered by our Medical Faculty. The Specialized Modules organized by the Department are accredited by the Hong Kong Medical Laboratory Technologists Board.

Professional Training

The Department is actively engaged in postgraduate training in the various disciplines of pathology. Trainees currently take the Fellowship of the Hong Kong College of Pathologists examinations and usually either the membership examination of the Royal College of Pathologists (U.K.) or the Australasian College Fellowship examinations. Parts of the examinations of the U.K. and Australasian Colleges are held in Hong Kong from time to time.