Establishment of a Rural Pathology Museum

With colleagues and a Year 5 Student Partner I developed new pathology resources for our rural students after realising PMQ’s own collection of pathology specimens was in disrepair, without no clinical notes and unavailable for teaching, so PMQ students were missing out on vital learning available to their Sydney peers. I convinced part-time RCS academics to pool their professional development funds and led a successful Special Funding application (AUD$61,000) for a collaborative project to develop a Pathology Museum on PMQ campus. I led this significant project (presented at AMEE 2019) to create a bookable-by-students facility with high quality specimens supported by relevant clinical scenarios. This facility is also benefitting local junior doctors and local high schools, and students in our program are now able to utilise the specimens to support their learning.

Pathology Museum Digitised Resources