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Undergraduate Teaching

Undergraduate teaching of Pathology involves the 4th, 5th and 6th years the MB ChB course. Pathology is involved in providing an informal consultative service that allows students to follow the laboratory investigation of their patients, as well as offering more formally structured tutorials and some lectures. The trend is towards more use of our scientists and technical personnel encourage research-based teaching.

An important teaching resource is the Denis Stewart Museum, which houses a comprehensive collection of anatomical pathology specimens and slides. The Christchurch hospital mortuary, is another valuable Departmental teaching resource. The integrated clinical science course for 4th year students has in recent years been superceded by a less formal case-based approach. Teaching of the Anatomic Pathology tutorials for 4th year students were changed from a didactic approach to case-based, small-group tutorials that incorporate Radiology.

The Denis Stewart Prize in Pathology has been established by the New Zealand Society of Pathologists to commemorate the outstanding contribution which Dr Denis Tiffin Stewart made to Pathology in all its aspects. The prize is awarded annually to the student achieving the highest standard in Pathology throughout the Fourth and Fifth Years of the MBChB degree course in the University of Otago, Christchurch. It will be awarded on the recommendation of theProfessor of Pathology and the Dean of the School.

The Robin Carrell Prize in Pathology has been established to recognise the outstanding contribution which Professor Robin Carrell made to the development of Molecular Pathology services and research, while working in Christchurch. The prize may be awarded annually to the student achieving the highest standard in the Research Essays in the 4th Year of the MB, ChB degree course in the Christchurch School of Medicine.

Bone Marrow Cancer Trust Prize in Pathology is an optional prize assessment practice will be held for 5th year students who excel in Haematology.

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