Pathology and Microbiology Laboratory, KPR Institute Engineering and Technology, Autonomous Engineering Institution, Coimbatore, India

Pathology and microbiology can be considered the basis of modern scientific medical knowledge and plays a critical role in evidence-based medicine. This laboratory course allows students to understand the causes and mechanisms of human disease, as well as how they are investigated in the laboratory. The course structure consists of both theoretical and hands-on-training. It includes the entire process of routine clinical microbiology and pathology examinations namely microscopic examinations of biological samples, microbial staining, tissue processing, study of benign and malignant tumors, examination leukemia and lymphoma cells, identification of microorganisms.