A series of educational video lectures presented to you by the Global Health Workforce Project (GHWP) offering  case report sessions and  webinars focused on improving chemical pathology training and service provison in Sub-Saharan Africa. In collaboration with the National Postgraduate College of Nigeria (NPMCN), the Ghana College of Physicians and Surgeons, the Aga Khan University Kenya and the Association for Laboratory Medicine new content will be added regularly until January 2025. Enjoy the current and upcoming resources.

A 12-month project led by the Royal College of Pathologists, and coordinated and funded by The Tropical Health Education Trust (THET) and fuded by the Department of Health and Social Care UK.

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Monthly case reports

Modifiable and non-modifiable factors that could affect result interpretation Chemical Pathology’

Modifiable and non-modifiable factors that could affect result interpretation Chemical Pathology’

This case report focuses and highlights cases around the unusual hyperlipidaemias.
Hypercholesterolaemia Case Report

Hypercholesterolaemia Case Report

This case follows the treatment of a patient with severe hypercholesterolemia and cardiovascular complications from the age of 7 to 41.
Endocrinology Cushing’s Disease

Endocrinology Cushing’s Disease

Endocrinology 3 - Infertility

Endocrinology 3 - Infertility

This session will provide an overview of the causes of infertility followed by a discussion of the endocrine and other biochemical investigations used in their diagnosis.

 

Quarterly webinars

Review of drug abuse testing

Review of drug abuse testing

This webinar highlights different models of Drug of Abuse (DOA) testing, distinguishing between therapeutic and forensic indications. It reviews the methodologies of DOA testing, discussing their strengths, limitations, and potential interferences.

Therapeutic drug monitoring program in a clinical setting

Therapeutic drug monitoring program in a clinical setting

Dr Adeyinka, Professor of Chemical Pathology at the University of Ilorin, Nigeria
An overview of drug abuse menace and its burden in a developing country

An overview of drug abuse menace and its burden in a developing country

Dr Ojo Moses, Consultant Psychiatrist and Head of Drug Use Disorders Treatment and Rehabilitation unit, Federal Psychiatric hospital Yaba, Nigeria
Tumor Markers: uses, application & setting up a cancer screening centre

Tumor Markers: uses, application & setting up a cancer screening centre

In this webinar, tumour markers will be described with their uses and applications in clinical practice critically discussed drawing on the latest guidelines and evidence available. In the United Kingdom there is screening programme for colorectal cancer using faecal haemoglobin testing (FIT). The FIT testing program is an excellent model for a cancer screening service and this will be described