DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY
Chairperson
Welcome to the Department of Pathology of the Faculty of Medicine at the National University of Science and Technology. The Department of Pathology was constituted as a fully-fledged department in 2015. Prior to that the Department operated within the Division of Basic medical sciences in the Faculty of Medicine.
The department aim is to produce medical and allied health personnel with sound scientific understanding of the biology of both infectious and non-communicable diseases that are prevalent in our setting and worldwide and their diagnosis through examination of tissues, organs, bodily fluids and autopsies. We train our students fundamental concepts in clinical laboratory practice, impart interpretation skills for certain routine pathology methods and tests and develop in them the ability to reason deductively in solving clinical problems.
Currently, the department teaches Pathology MBM 3001 to third year Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) students. This is a 40 weeks programme with modules in Histopathology, Medical microbiology, Chemical pathology, Haematology and Immunology. The department also offers service courses to other departments such as Nursing and midwifery sciences.
We are excited to introduce a new four-year Honours Bachelors’ Degree in Clinical Laboratory Sciences for which we will be enrolling our first students in the near future. This development will allow us to train and produce more health care personnel in support of national goals that envision access to quality health care services for everyone. We also seek to engrain entrepreneurship and research skills in our training through this new programme with the aim to support and strengthen research, innovation and commercialization in our department staff members and graduates.
Our Programmes
The department offers post graduate programmes by research at MPhil and PhD level in the various pathology specialist areas. Prospective students must have obtained an undergraduate degree qualification at upper second class or better in a relevant field of study.
Career prospects:
Graduates of this programme can be employed in a wide range of areas including but not limited the following: Public health laboratory services, Private health laboratory services, Academic and teaching laboratories, Pharmaceutical industry research and drug development, Sales and marketing for diagnostic and therapeutic products, Postgraduate opportunities leading to research and teaching in institutions of higher learning.
Our Services and Projects
The Department is part of the drive by the University to establish a world-class teaching and specialist hospital at Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo Ekusileni Hospital. The department will run a specialist Pathology Laboratory with research and diagnostics units once the specialist hospital is up and running.