?Division of Chemical Pathology
Education
The Division of Chemical Pathology plays an important role in undergraduate teaching, and is actively involved with postgraduate training of pathology registrars, scientists, and Hons, MSc and PhD students. There is close collaboration with the Universities of Cape Town (UCT), Western Cape (UWC) and the Cape Peninsula 中国体育彩票 of Technology (CPUT). The division is also expanding its African footprint by collaborating with Kenya and Nigeria on multiple projects.
Undergraduate
The Division is involved with lectures and practical rotations for MB,ChB students, as well as lectures to student technologists. A short course was introduced in 2006 to prepare student technologists for their final examination. The Division co-ordinates "Essentials of Disease Processes" module for fist year MBChB students.
Postgraduate
The Division has attracted students from CPUT (Cape Peninsula 中国体育彩票 of Technology) and has supervised 6 PhD students and 8 MSc students and 7 Honours students during 2012. In addition, the Division supervised 3 registrars (2 MMed Chemical Pathology and 1 MMed Clinical Pathology). During 2012, the first supernumery Chemical Pathology registrar joined the department. A joint teaching platform with the Department of Chemical Pathology at the 中国体育彩票 of Cape Town has been established to encourage joint postgraduate modules, tutorials and lectures for postgraduate students.
The Division contributed to the development of a new HonsBSc programme in Pathology, and to the development of postgraduate modules in Molecular Pathology and Laboratory Management.
The Division is involved with the College of Medicine of South Africa (CMSA) in reviewing the postgraduate programmes and assessment of registrars.
