BMJ Learning courses are designed to help you learn at every stage of your career. It is free for Monash Health employees and includes hundreds of interactive, peer reviewed learning modules, written by experts from BMJ. BMJ Learning is accredited by the Australian College of Nursing and the Royal Australasian College of Physicians. Earn CME credit for completing courses. 

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Recommended resources:

• Basic practical skills: venepuncture and phlebotomy - 1 hour
• Understanding consent - interactive module approx. 1 hour
• Confidentiality and disclosure: your guide to handling patient information - 30 minutes

The Pathologists Cut 

Produced by the Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia (RCPA), 'The Pathologists Cut' explores the critical work of pathologists and the integral part pathology plays in medicine and healthcare. 

This Pathological Life Podcast

The podcast series “This Pathological Life” brings to life the spectrum of general pathology topics by delving into each through the lens of historical aspects of disease, community impact of chronic illness, study or research threads, and topical areas of interest.

People of Pathology 

Interviews with people doing interesting things in pathology and related fields

Australian Associations

• Australian Institute of Medical and Clinical Scientists (AIMS)
  • The peak professional body representing medical and clinical scientists within Australia. AIMS is also the assessing authority for medical laboratory scientists, medical laboratory technicians, and pathology collectors/phlebotomists. 
• Histology Group of Victoria & Tasmania (HGVT)
  • Founded by senior histology scientists representing all the major public hospitals and private pathology providers within Victoria, it has since expanded to include professionals within Tasmania. 
• Know Pathology Know Healthcare - Pathology Awareness Australia
  • A not-for-profit organisation dedicated to promoting pathology within Australia. 
• National Pathology Accreditation Advisory Council (NPAAC)
  • The NPAAC advises the Commonwealth, state and territory health ministers on matters relating to the accreditation of pathology laboratories. NPAAC plays a key role in ensuring the quality of Australian pathology services and is responsible for the development and maintenance of standards and guidelines for pathology practices.
• Public Pathology Australia 
  • The national peak body for public pathology. Its members are the major government owned and operated pathology services in each State and Territory. 
• Standards for Pathology Informatics in Australia (SPIA) 
  • The SPIA are endorsed and published by The Royal College of Pathologists Australasia (RCPA). The SPIA document describes the standards and guidelines around information models, terminology, units and their rendering related to requesting and reporting pathology in Australia.
• The Australian Society for Microbiology (ASM)
  • A not-for-profit incorporated professional society for microbiologists. The ASM publishes the Microbiology Australia journal. 
• The Royal College of Pathologists Australasia (RCPA)
  • The leading organisation representing pathologists and senior scientists in Australasia. Its mission is to train and support pathologists and to improve the use of pathology testing to achieve better healthcare. The RCPA also publishes a monthly magazine, Pathway. 

Online Images

• MedPix - The National Library of Medicine 
  • A free open-access online database of medical images, teaching cases, and clinical topics, integrating images and textual metadata including over 12,000 patient case scenarios, 9,000 topics, and nearly 59,000 images.
• The Visible Human Project - The National Library of Medicine
  • A public-domain library of cross-sectional cryosection, CT, and MRI images obtained from one male cadaver and one female cadaver. 

Monash Health Library provides educational resources, group training, webinars and individual consultations on evidence based practice including guidance on literature searching, appraising and managing search results.

Can’t attend our live webinars?

• The library has a selection of recorded webinars available in Latte.
• Consider requesting group training for your team at a time that suits you. 

Custom training sessions can be arranged to fit with a team meeting or existing professional development schedule. Email library@monashhealth.org for more information.