Preliminary Program

The program includes

  • over 40 lectures covering syllabus topics complementary to topics of previous years, 
  • case study sessions and discussions, 
  • Exam preparation techniques, 
  • Method Moments, 
  • an interactive quiz each day, 
  • and opportunities to meet the AACB and RCPA examiners, and key local and Australian experts in clinical biochemistry.

2026 Topics include:

  • Specimen Collection; pre-analytical phase
  • HPLC
  • Gas Chromatography
  • Osmometry
  • Enzymology
  • CSF Analysis
  • Mass-Spectrometry/ICPMS
  • Quantities and Units
  • Potassium
  • Clinical Enzymology
  • Proteins in Health and Disease/Amyloidosis
  • Gastrintestinal function/Pancreatitis
  • Lipids 
  • Cardiac Risk Factors
  • Natriuretic peptides
  • Calcium
  • Anterior Pituitary Function
  • Polyuria/polydipsia/copeptin stimulation
  • Thyroid Function
  • Porphyria
  • Renal Calculi
  • Nucleic Acid Extraction; Strategies for Mutation Detection
  • Mitochondrial Genome and its Role in Investigation
  • Genetics and Molecular Oncology
  • Laboratory Accreditation; ISO/ NATA
  • Therapeutic drug monitoring session 1
  • Therapeutic drugs monitoring session 2
  • Drugs of Abuse Testing (including workplace drug testing)
  • Sweat testing update
  • GDM update
  • Laboratory Safety and Hazard Management
  • Internal Quality Control
  • External Quality Assurance
  • Laboratory Statistics
  • Method Comparison
  • Evidence Based Laboratory Medicine EBLM and EBM
  • Selection and Evaluation of Methods and Equipment
  • Methods in Diagnostic Immunology
  • Evidence Based Medicine and POCT
  • Suggested Method moments
  • Trinder reaction
  • Macroenzymes
  • Macroprolaction
  • FTIR/renal calculi

Course Secretariat:

AACB Services
E: conference@aacb.asn.au
P: +61 2 9669 6600