Program overview and courses in the MHSc Laboratory Medicine

You will complete 9.5 full course equivalents (FCE) over two years. See below for details on the courses available and the timeline of the program.

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Core courses

You will take a total of 3.5 FCE in core courses.

Course code	Course Title	Coordinator	FCE
LMP 2000H	Cell and Molecular Biology	Dr. David Irwin	0.5
LMP 2001H	Biomedical Research Methods	Dr. Ted Brown Dr. Carlo Hojilla	0.5
LMP 2002H	Clinical Laboratory Management	Dr. Michael Seidman	0.5
LMP 2003H	Biomedical Ethics	Dr. Kerry Bowman	0.5
LMP 2004H	Introduction to Biostatistics	Dr. Mark Tatangelo	0.5
LMP 2005Y	Capstone Research Project (continuous)	Dr. Heather Shapiro Dr. Richard Hegele	1.0

Pathologists’ Assistant Field courses

You will take a total of 6 FCE in PA-specific courses.

Course code	Course title	Coordinator	FCE
LMP 2200H	Pathobiology and Pathophysiology	Dr. Douglas Templeton	0.5
LMP 2201H	Anatomy and Pathology of Organ Systems	Dr. Monika Tripathi Monika.Tripathi@unityhealth.to	0.5
LMP 2202H	Practicum in Surgical Pathology I SickKids Hospital	Dr. Iram Siddiqui Konstantin Krutikov (PA)	0.5
LMP 2203H	Practicum in Surgical Pathology II Unity Health Toronto	Dr. Silva Kristo Silva.Kristo@unityhealth.to Farhana Harji (PA) farhana.harji@unityhealth.to	0.5
LMP 2203H	Practicum in Surgical Pathology II Trillium Health Partners	Dr. Polycarp Erivwo Rabia Gill (PA) Rabia.Gill@thp.ca	0.5
LMP 2204H	Practicum in Surgical Pathology III Lakeridge Health	Dr. Sara Hafezi Bakhtiari Alan Wolf (PA) awolff@lh.ca	0.5
LMP 2204H	Practicum in Surgical Pathology III Mackenzie Health	Dr. Andrew Evans Yoanna Mustelier (PA) Yoanna.Mustelier@MackenzieHealth.ca	0.5
LMP 2204H	Practicum in Surgical Pathology III North York General Hospital	Dr. Lorna Mirham	0.5
LMP 2205H	Practicum in Surgical Pathology IV Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre	Dr. Rachel Han rachel.han@sunnybrook.ca Peter Leventis (PA)	0.5
LMP 2206H	Practicum in Adult Medical/Hospital Autopsy Toronto General Hospital	Dr. Michael Seidman Shannon Law (PA) Shannon.law@uhn.ca	0.5
LMP 2207H	Practicum in Forensic Pathology Ontario Forensic Pathology Service	Dr. Christopher Ball	0.5
LMP 2208H	The Science of Biobanking	Dr. Diane Chadwick	0.5
LMP 2209H	Practicum in Surgical Pathology V Toronto General Hospital	Dr. Roger Hsu Michelle Malig (PA) Michelle.Malig@uhn.ca	0.5
LMP 2210H	Practicum in Surgical Pathology VI Mount Sinai Hospital	Dr. Carlo Hojilla Brian Chow (PA)	0.5
LMP 2211H	Advanced Anatomy Dissection	Dr. Kristina Lisk Dr. Michael Cabanero Mr. William Tsui (PA)	0.5
N/A	Bootcamp	Mr. William Tsui (PA)
N/A	Academic Half Day	Dr. Fang-I Lu

Clinical Embryology Field courses

You will take a total of 6 FCE in CE-specific courses.

Course code	Course title	Coordinator	FCE
LMP 2100H	Advanced Reproductive Physiology	Dr. Theodore Brown	0.5
MSC 1008H	Human Embryology	Dr. Danielle Bentley	0.5
LMP 2102H	Foundations in ART	Dr. Scot Hamilton	0.5
LMP 2103H	Reproductive Genetics	Dr. Elena Greenfeld Dr. Svetlana Madjunkova	0.5
LMP 2104H	Applied Methods in ART	Dr. Scot Hamilton	0.5
LMP 2105H	Innovations in ART	Dr. Crystal Chan	0.5
LMP 2106H	Current Topics in Causes and Treatment of Infertility	Dr. Miguel Russo	0.5
LMP 2107H	Applied ART Laboratory Decision Making	Dr. Heather Shapiro	0.5
LMP 2108H	Clinical Embryology Skills Development Lab I	Dr. Scot Hamilton Dr. Iryna Kuznyetsova	0.5
LMP 2109H	Clinical Embryology Skills Development Lab II	Dr. Scot Hamilton Dr. Iryna Kuznyetsova	0.5
LMP 2110H	ART Lab Rotations	Dr. Heather Shapiro	0.5
Elective	Elective		0.5

Program outline

See term by term, what you will cover in the program.

Year one

Term 1: Fall

Core classes: for all PA and CE students

Cell and Molecular Biology (LMP 2000H, 0.5 FCE)
Biomedical Research Methods (LMP 2001H, 0.5 FCE)
Introduction to Biostatistics (LMP 2004H, 0.5 FCE)

Clinical Embryology courses

Advanced Reproductive Physiology and Pathology (LMP 2100H, 0.5 FCE)

Pathologists’ Assistant courses

Basic Principles in Human Pathobiology and Pathophysiology (LMP 2200H, 0.5 FCE)

Term 2: Winter

Core classes: for all PA and CE students

Biomedical Ethics (LMP 2003H, 0.5 FCE)

Clinical Embryology courses

Human Embryology (MSC 1008H, 0.5 FCE)
Foundations in ART (LMP 2102H, 0.5 FCE)
Reproductive Genetics (LMP2103H, 0.5 FCE)

Pathologists’ Assistant courses

Anatomy and Pathology of Organ Systems (LMP 2201H, 0.5 FCE)
Biobanking for Research (LMP 2208H, 0.5 FCE)
Advanced Anatomy Dissection (LMP2211H, 0.5 FCE)

Term 3: Summer

Core classes: for all PA and CE students

None

Clinical Embryology courses

Clinical Embryology Skills Development Lab I (LMP 2108H, 0.5 FCE)
Applied Methods in ART (LMP 2104H, 0.5 FCE)

Pathologists’ Assistant courses

Practicum in Surgical Pathology I (LMP 2202H, 0.5 FCE)

Year two

Term 4: Fall

Core classes: for all PA and CE students

Capstone Research Project (LMP 2005Y, 1.0 FCE)

Clinical Embryology courses

Innovation in ART (LMP 2105H, 0.5 FCE)
Current Topics in Causes and Treatment of Infertility (LMP 2106H, 0.5 FCE)
Clinical Embryology Skills Development Lab I (LMP 2108H, 0.5 FCE)

Pathologists’ Assistant courses

Practicum in Surgical Pathology III (LMP 2204H, 0.5 FCE)
Practicum in Surgical Pathology IV (LMP 2205H, 0.5 FCE)

Term 5: Winter

Core classes: for all PA and CE students

Capstone Research Project (LMP 2005Y, 1.0 FCE)

Clinical Embryology courses

none

Pathologists’ Assistant courses

Practicum in Autopsy Pathology (LMP 2206H, 0.5 FCE)
Practicum in Forensic Pathology (LMP 2207H, 0.5 FCE)

Term 6: Summer

Core classes: for all PA and CE students

Capstone Research Project (LMP 2005Y, 1.0 FCE)
Clinical Laboratory Management (LMP 2002H, 0.5 FCE)

Clinical Embryology courses

ART Lab Rotations (LMP 2110H, 0.5 FCE)
Applied ART Laboratory Decision Making (LMP 2107H, 0.5 FCE)

Pathologists’ Assistant courses

None