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Lectures: Laboratory and Scientific Medicine
1. Introduction to Laboratory and Scientific Medicine

Lectures: Chemical Pathology
1. Introduction & how to interpret test results
2. Disorders of sodium and water balance
3. Mechanisms of acid-base homeostasis - additional quiz here
4. Disorders of potassium & hydrogen ion metabolism
5. Common causes of acidosis and alkalosis
6. Investigating diseases of the liver

Lectures: Haematology
1. Introduction to Haematology
2. Iron Deficiency Anaemia and Megaloblastic Anaemia
3. Haemoglobinopathies & Thalassaemias

Lectures: Histopathology
1. Introduction
2. Cardiovascular Pathology I
3. Cardiovascular Pathology II
4. Respiratory Disease I
5. Respiratory Disease II
6. Upper Gl Tract
7. Inflammatory Bowel Disease
8. Lower GI Tract

Lectures: Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
1. Introduction to antibacterial agents
2. Introduction to antiviral agents
3. Introduction to antifungal agents
4. Mechanisms of antibiotic resistance
5. Bacterial and fungal meningitis
6. Brain abscesses and other CNS infections
7. Viral meningitis and encephalitis
8. Spongiform encephalopathies
9. Childhood viral infections
10. Upper respiratory tract infection
11. Lower respiratory tract infection
12. Mycobacterial diseases
13. Gastroenteritis and antibiotic associated colitis

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