DURATION OF PROGRAMME (including Internship, Research Project, other):

MPhil (3
years Full time and 5 years Part time); PhD (5 years Full time and 7 years Part time).

The programme is research-oriented and areas of basic and clinical investigations will include metabolic, endocrine and genetic disorders, toxicology and therapeutic drug monitoring.

Curriculum Structure

First three (3) months

• Automated blood counting
• Making and staining of films
• Reporting of films
• Crossmatching of blood and recognition of antibodies
• Tests of coagulation
• Bone marrow aspiration and biopsy – technique and reporting
• Supervised participation in in-patient and out-patient management including clinical on-call
• CSF Cytology
• Control of anticoagulation
• Hb electrophoresis