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Pathology
Pathology is the study of disease and described as the bridge between science and medicine, which underpins every aspect of patient care. Pathologists work in hospitals and laboratories on different areas of prevention, diagnosis, and treatment for diseases such as cancer and play a critical role in the cancer and diagnostic workforce.
We are supporting the histopathology workforce through the expansion of medical places and upskilling healthcare scientists in reporting and dissection. In addition, we support the microbiology workforce through the development of short courses and training grants for healthcare scientists on training programmes.
Healthcare Science
Healthcare Scientists play a major role in Pathology. The National School of Healthcare Science (NSHCS) supports all aspects of their development. The school was established in October 2011 as part of the Modernizing Scientific Careers Programme. The school is part of HEE and facilitates and supports the education, training, and development of all healthcare scientists from apprentices to consultant grade. It provides programmes to allow scientists to adapt to new technologies and work flexibly across patient pathways providing high quality services. Visit the National School of Healthcare Science website for more information.
The Pathology Portal
We are pleased to announce the official launch of the Pathology Portal created in partnership by The Royal College of Pathologists and Health Education England Technology Enhanced Learning (HEE TEL).
The Pathology Portal has been developed for trainees and practicing Pathologists and features a range of flexible training, online resources, innovative short modules to support training curricula and CPD from work class faculty.
Available on the Learning Hub, the portal has been designed to facilitate the training of the existing and future healthcare workforce with content that can be tailored to individual learner needs, to cover flexible and return-to-work training, as well as competence testing. The ambition for the Pathology Portal is to replicate real world training environments as closely as possible. You can access the Pathology Portal now on the Learning Hub.