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Pathology

185 practical items from the NMC curriculum and the NBEMS DNB curriculum, grouped by the curriculum's own sections.

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185 items

Histopathology

Grossing of surgical/biopsy specimens

ProcedurePI (NMC)

Tissue fixation and fixatives

Lab technique

Histopathology tissue processing and troubleshooting

Lab techniquePI (NMC)

PAS (Periodic acid-Schiff) stain

Lab technique

Ziehl-Neelsen (ZN) / Wade-Fite stain for AFB

Lab technique

Reticulin stain

Lab technique

Masson's trichrome stain

Lab technique

Collagen and elastin stains

Lab technique

Cryostat technique

Instrument

Autopsy

Cytopathology

Cell block preparation

Lab technique

Papanicolaou (Pap) stain

Lab technique

Giemsa stain (cytology smears)

Lab technique

Screening and dotting of cytology slides for suspicious cells

Lab techniquePI (NMC)

Cytohormonal evaluation of vaginal smears

Interpretation

Hematology

Bone marrow iron staining

Lab techniquePI (NMC)

Romanowsky staining of blood/bone marrow smears

Lab technique

Leukocyte alkaline phosphatase (LAP) score/stain

Lab technique

Sudan Black B stain for leukemia

Lab technique

Oil Red O stain (hematology cytochemistry)

Lab technique

Prothrombin time (PT)

Lab techniquePI (NMC)

Activated partial thromboplastin time (APTT)

Lab techniquePI (NMC)

Sickling test

Lab techniquePI (NMC)

Osmotic fragility test

Lab techniquePI (NMC)

Red cell indices interpretation

InterpretationPI (NMC)

Plasma hemoglobin estimation

Lab techniquePI (NMC)

Urinary hemosiderin test

Lab techniquePI (NMC)

Hemoglobin HPLC interpretation

InterpretationPI (NMC)

Bleeding time test

Lab technique

Clotting time and point-of-care bleeding tests

Lab techniquePI (NMC)

G6PD enzyme estimation

Lab techniquePI (NMC)

Russell's viper venom time (RVVT)

Lab techniquePI (NMC)

Coagulation factor assays

Lab techniquePI (NMC)

Fibrin degradation products (FDP) test

Lab techniquePI (NMC)

D-dimer test

InterpretationPI (NMC)

Serum ferritin, serum iron and TIBC

Lab techniquePI (NMC)

Thromboelastography (TEG)

Instrument

LE cell phenomenon test

Lab technique

Clot solubility test

Lab technique

HAM's sucrose lysis test

Lab technique

Transfusion Medicine

Selection and bleeding of blood donors

ProcedurePI (NMC)

ABO and Rh blood grouping

Lab techniquePI (NMC)

Cross-matching

Lab techniquePI (NMC)

Cryoprecipitate preparation

Lab techniqueObservation (NMC)

Platelet concentrate preparation

Lab techniqueObservation (NMC)

Fresh frozen plasma (FFP) preparation

Lab techniqueObservation (NMC)

Single donor plasma / apheresis component preparation

ProcedureObservation (NMC)

Red blood cell concentrate preparation

Lab techniqueObservation (NMC)

HBV marker testing of donated blood

Lab techniqueObservation (NMC)

Malaria screening of donated blood

Lab techniqueObservation (NMC)

Blood bank audit

Communication / admin

Clinical Pathology

Pleural fluid analysis

Lab techniquePI (NMC)

Peritoneal (ascitic) fluid analysis

Lab techniquePI (NMC)

Synovial fluid analysis

Lab technique

Pericardial fluid analysis

Lab technique

Semen analysis

Lab techniquePI (NMC)

Interpretation of liver function tests (LFT)

InterpretationPI (NMC)

Interpretation of endocrine function tests

InterpretationPI (NMC)

Interpretation of malabsorption tests

InterpretationPI (NMC)

Photoelectric colorimeter (instrument)

InstrumentPUS (NMC)

Spectrophotometer (instrument)

InstrumentPUS (NMC)

pH meter (instrument)

InstrumentPUS (NMC)

ELISA reader (instrument)

InstrumentPUS (NMC)

Flame photometer (instrument)

Instrument

Analytical balance (instrument)

Instrument

Light microscope (instrument)

Instrument

Molecular Pathology

Interpretation of PCR results in clinical context

InterpretationPI (NMC)

Interpretation of real-time PCR results

InterpretationPI (NMC)

Interpretation of Sanger sequencing results

InterpretationPI (NMC)

Western blot interpretation

Interpretation

Southern blot interpretation

Interpretation

Northern blot interpretation

Interpretation

Karyotyping

Lab technique

Tissue culture technique

Lab technique

Immunopathology

Immunoelectrophoresis

Lab technique

ANCA profile testing/interpretation

Interpretation

Radioimmunoassay (RIA)

Lab technique

HLA typing

Lab technique

Electron Microscopy

Digital Pathology

Basic Sciences

Quality Assurance

Lab audit and maintenance of records

Communication / admin

Skills Training