Laboratory Medicine is at the very heart of healthcare, providing vital results that assist in the diagnosis, monitoring, and treatment of disease.
The Bachelor of Laboratory Medicine is the perfect degree to prepare you for a career in specialised medical or pathology laboratories. Your studies will build foundation knowledge in chemistry, anatomy, physiology and biochemistry. Then you’ll gain knowledge and a variety of practical laboratory skills in clinical chemistry, haematology, blood transfusion science, microbiology, histopathology, human molecular biology, immunology and more.
The three and half year course culminates with a seventh semester of clinical placement in an accredited laboratory in Australia. This clinical placement is undertaken off campus in an accredited diagnostic pathology laboratory. There, you’ll further develop your practical laboratory skills and contribute to patient care via the provision of laboratory results.
With the knowledge and practical skills developed in this course, you'll be ready to work in diagnostic pathology or medical research laboratories in Australia or around the world, and start making your own contributions to the medical science field.
Course objectives
The Bachelor of Laboratory Medicine is designed to prepare you to work in specialised medical and pathology laboratories that provide diagnostic services that are an essential part of the health care system. The tests performed provide valuable information that is used in the diagnosis and treatment of patients.
This degree can also be used to launch a career in medical research, veterinary laboratories, diagnostic and pharmaceutical companies or health management. Your skills and knowledge are recognised internationally, and you can forge an exciting career in in pathology laboratories around the world.
Career outcomes
With the skills and knowledge delivered by this course, you may find yourself providing vital diagnostic services as part of a small remote team in a regional hospital, or contributing more specialised skills as part of the combined operations of a large laboratory in a major city.
This degree can also be used to launch a career in medical research, veterinary laboratories, diagnostic and pharmaceutical companies or health management. Your skills and knowledge are recognised internationally, and you can forge an exciting career in in pathology laboratories around the world.
Further study opportunities
This course provides an excellent foundation if you are hoping to enter postgraduate medicine and allied health courses.
Learning Outcomes:
1 Perform and interpret diagnostic laboratory tests; and evaluate and review quality systems and practice.
2 Conduct laboratory and literature investigations to solve laboratory medicine problems.
3 Communicate laboratory medicine methods and results as appropriate for a professional environment.
4 Demonstrate effective, responsible, and safe work practices in a medical laboratory, that meet the expected social, ethical and legal requirements of laboratory practice.