
New Zealand Based Courses
The PPTC strongly encourages Pacific Country Ministries of Health or Interested Health Organizations to Consider Funding and provide Support to Medical Laboratory professionals to attend these Courses to Strengthen and Promote Diagnostic Pathology in the Region.
The health laboratory specialties offered through NZ based courses include:
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Quality Systems in Laboratory Services
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Microbiology & Molecular Infectious Diseases – *6 Weeks Duration*
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Leadership and Service Delivery in Laboratory Diagnostics
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Haematology and Blood Cell Morphology – *6 Weeks Duration*
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Clinical Biochemistry & Point of Care Testing [POCT]
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Transfusion Medicine
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Laboratory Attachments - Discipline-specific laboratory attachments organised upon request in an ISO 15189 accredited laboratory. Available throughout the year – please enquire.
UPDATE: Courses are now scheduled for 2025.
2025 training courses are listed below. Applications are open for these courses. Please email the PPTC for more details.
PACIFIC PATHOLOGY TRAINING CENTRE
2025 NZ BASED SHORT TERM COURSES

*Note : Funding for these courses is no longer supplied directly by the NZ Government regardless of a student or visitor visa. Please apply through your MOH, WHO or in-country donor agency.
Laboratory Attachments
These are Discipline specific laboratory attachments organised upon request to a NZ accredited laboratory. Regretfully we will not be able to provide these attachments for the remainder of 2025 due to funding restrictions and placement limitations. Please divert possible students to attend the above courses as an alternative.
For further information contact the PPTC on:
Pacific Pathology Training Centre
E: pptc@pptc.org.nz or Programme Manager: emmanuel.marshall@pptc.org.nz
www.pptc.org.nz
+64 4 389 6294