Stage 1 of 2
Training to Part I
At least 24 months
Supervised training in a laboratory with comprehensive immunopathology services, to the Part I examination.
Competencies
When the immune system is underactive it causes immunodeficiency and infection, and when it is overactive it causes autoimmune and allergic disease
Designing, performing and supervising the tests of the immune system, and examining specimens to find the cause of a disease or to follow its progress
Immune-based disease can affect every organ, including the skin, joints, pancreas, thyroid and clotting system
The work balances clinical practice and laboratory medicine, and some immunopathologists see patients and manage them directly
Running the laboratory and its quality processes
Examinations
Basic Pathological Sciences examination
Not needed to apply, and you can sit it before training, as a medical, science or dental student, an intern or a resident
- A pass or an exemption is needed before Part II, and joint trainees are no longer exempt
- Applications to sit the examinations close 28 February each year, and late applications are not accepted
Immunopathology Part I
After 24 months of core laboratory training