Master of Science in Pathologists Assistant (MPA)

The Master of Science in Pathologists' Assistant program provides comprehensive theoretical and practical training in pathology. Here's an indicative list of subjects covered in the program:

1. Gross Human Anatomy and Physiology: This is a comprehensive introductory course to integrative organ system physiology and homeostatic regulatory mechanisms.
2. Histotechnology and Laboratory Management: This course focuses on the laboratory skills and management aspects required to function in a clinical or research histology facility including specimen acquisition and fixation, tissue processing, embedding, sectioning, and staining. Paraffin based techniques with H&E/special stains are introduced.
3. General Mechanism of Disease: The course serves as a transition from the foundational modules to the organ systems courses. It focuses on the general mechanisms of disease, introducing students to microbiology and infectious disease, principles for discriminating healthy from unhealthy conditions and predicting clinical manifestations.
4. Organ System Pathology I and II: This course is a comprehensive introduction to integrative organ system pathology. Organ system pathology including interrelationships of structure and function are reinforced throughout the course. The flow of the course is intended to interphase with topic material being taught concurrently in autopsy and surgical pathology techniques.
5. Autopsy Pathology and Toxicology: This course will provide a detailed understanding of post-mortem examination procedures, toxicology, including cause of death determination and report writing. Students are exposed to basic concepts of the medicolegal investigation of death in a four-week rotation where the students receive instruction in forensic autopsies.
6. Surgical Pathology (I-IV): Students will learn how to prepare and examine surgical specimens for diagnosis and treatment planning through clinical rotations.

1. The applicant must between the ages of 17 and 25 for bachelor’s degree, Diploma in Arabic Studies, or any other equivalent qualification. For a master’s degree their age should not exceed 30 and for a PhD they should not be older than 35.
2. Consent to study in the Kingdom must be given by the government of the applicant from those countries that stipulate the same for Saudi students.
3. The applicant should not have previously attained a scholarship to study in any educational institute in the Kingdom.
4. All certificates and identification papers must be attested by the authorities specified by the educational institute.
5. The applicant should not have been previously expelled from any educational institute in the Kingdom.
6. The applicant must pass a medical exam stipulated by Saudi law and the Ministry of Education.

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