Undergraduate
Bachelor of Laboratory Medicine (Honours)
RMIT University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
About this program
The Bachelor of Laboratory Medicine (Honours) at RMIT University prepares students to work in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases, working alongside doctors, pathologists and scientists. Students gain fundamental knowledge of human anatomy and physiology, develop communication and professional skills, and are introduced to factors that impact the health of individuals and communities, particularly First Nations peoples. They build skills in molecular diagnostics and the application of biochemical and molecular biology techniques to the study of human diseases including infectious diseases, inherited conditions and cancer, and learn clinical immunology and pathology. It is taught in Melbourne.
Fees & duration
English test scores
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Course structure
- Year 1 You will undertake subjects designed to provide a strong academic grounding in biological sciences. These will instil fundamental knowledge of human anatomy and physiology
- develop your communication and professional skills and introduce you to factors that impact the health of individuals and communities. You will be introduced to the professional field of laboratory medicine via a hospital laboratory visit and basic studies in clinical disciplines. Year 2 You will be introduced to the clinical disciplines of haematology
- transfusion and transplantation science
- clinical biochemistry
- anatomical pathology
- immunology and medical microbiology
- in preparation for your specialisations. Year 3 You will prepare for professional practice by being introduced to professional skills in laboratory medicine and specialising in 2 clinical discipline streams. In the second half of the year
- you will complete a full-time supervised professional practice placement. Organised by RMIT
- this is an 80-day placement that provides you with hands-on diagnostic pathology work experience. Year 4 In your final year
- you will develop skills in laboratory management
- genomics medicine
- integrative pathology and undertake subjects that consolidate and provide a holistic interdisciplinary learning experience in preparation for the workforce in diagnostic pathology or medical research or further postgraduate studies
Admissions
Prerequisites: Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE) units 3 and 4: a study score of at least 25 in English other than EAL; or a study score of at least 27 in English as an Additional Language (EAL) or equivalent studies . AND Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE) units 3 and 4: a study score of at least 20 in one of Maths: General Mathematics, Maths: Mathematical Methods, Maths: Specialist Mathematics or Physics or equivalent studies. AND Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE) units 3 and 4: a study score of at least 20 in one of Biology or Chemistry or equivalent studies. Rankings and adjustment factors Entry to this course is competitive. Eligible applicants are ranked and selected in order of merit based on their academic achievement plus any adjustment factors. You may be eligible to receive adjustment factors which include equity access schemes and/or subject adjustments to
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