100 hours of recorded videos
One-on-one feedback sessions with the trainer
Highly skilled trainers, who have previously worked as lab technicians/scientists and lecturers in India and Australia
Why Become a Laboratory Scientist in Australia?
$82,000
Average annual salary of laboratory scientists in Australia
3000+
Current openings for the role of laboratory scientist in Australia
185,000+
Visas for skilled medical workers in Australia
About The Course
Who Is The Course For?
Medical laboratory technicians and scientists who want to practise, migrate, and settle in Australia.
Candidates who are appearing for the AIMS exam for the first time
Ideal for candidates who want to take on the examination with full preparation
What's More That Comes
With Our Course?
1-On-1 Q&A Sessions
We provide online one-on-one counselling and Q&A sessions to ensure online learning is beneficial for the aspirants. Our mentors help aspirants clear their doubts and queries and get all the answers they need.
Live+Recorded Sessions
Missed a live lecture? Don’t worry. You can always find a recorded lecture on our platform and revisit it as many times as you want during the course duration.
Extended Course Access
Getting the course once will help you prepare for not one but multiple attempts. You get access to all the resources for more than a year, to ensure proper revision.
Community Building
We help you get in touch with a community of experts, which includes mentors, registered practitioners, previous alumni and those who have successfully cleared the exams. This adds value to your preparation and get all the guidance and motivation you need.
Explore Our Curriculum
- + Overview of the AIMS exam
- + Normal cell types in cytological specimens
- + The cytological features of inflammation and neoplasia in cervical smears
- + The Papanicolaou staining technique
- + Fixation of cytological specimens
- + Histochemical methods as applied to light microscopy such as PAS and Perls Prussian Blue for Iron
- + Normal histology especially basic tissue types
- + Preparation of specimens for light microscopy including fixation and tissue processing, decalcification technique and general straining methods such as Haematoxylin and Eosin stain, Van Gieson stain and Masson Trichrome stain.
- + Quality control concepts as they apply to the automated biochemistry laboratory
- + Bioinstrumentation including immunoassay, spectrophotometric assays and point-of-care testing
- + Endocrinology such as thyroid function tests and adrenal function tests
- + Basic virology tests performed in core laboratory settings
- + Common tumour markers
- + Myocardial function tests
- + Enzyme tests
- + Calcium, phosphate, magnesium
- + Principles of enzymatic analysis
- + Specific plasma pr
- + Plasma proteins and protein electrophoresis
- + Lipid analysis
- + Liver function tests
- + Glucose, glucose tolerance, HbA1c
- + Urea, creatinine and creatinine clearance, uric acid
- + Blood gas and electrolyte measurement
- + Awareness of next-generation sequencing techniques
- + Sample integrity for DNA and RNA-based techniques
- + Principles of reverse transcriptase PCR, real-time PCR and multiplex PCR
- + Principles of basic thermal and isothermal PCR techniques including sample preparation and use of controls
- + Common mutations in oncology, inborn errors of metabolism
- + Chromosome structure and common pathologies associated with chromosomal abnormalities
- + Influence of epigenetics on phenotypes
- + Transcription and translation
- + Mitochondrial DNA
- + Structure of DNA and all forms of RNA
- + Basic understanding of inheritance
- + Pre-analytical factors in haematology and coagulation
- + Quality control in haematology and coagulation
- + Malaria testing and species
- + Fibrinolysis
- + Natural anticoagulants
- + Bleeding disorders
- + Anticoagulant therapy and methods of monitoring this therapy
- + Intrinsic and extrinsic coagulation pathways and methods of testing
- + Iron metabolism
- + Production of erythrocytes, leucocytes and platelets
- + Lymphoproliferative disorders
- + Myeloproliferative disorders
- + Normocytic anaemia
- + Microcytic anaemia
- + Macrocytic anaemia
- + Principles of automated cell counting
- + Principles of immunology-based assays
- + Acquired and inherited immune deficiency conditions, major autoimmune conditions, and their laboratory investigation
- + Mechanisms of hypersensitivity and their laboratory investigation
- + Monoclonal antibodies, their production, properties and uses
- + Key cytokines I.e., IL-1, IL-2, IL-4, IL-6, IL-17, TNF and their functions
- + Immunoglobulin properties and functions
- + Cellular and humoral immune response
- + Adaptive and acquired immune mechanisms
- + Basic understanding of the structure and function of the immune system
- + Safety in the microbiology laboratory, biosafety cabinets, biosafety levels
- + General principles of quality control and quality assurance as it applies to microbiology
- + Staining techniques: Gram stain, Ziehl Neelsen stain, Modified ZN stains
- + Microscopy: Function and maintenance of a modern binocular microscope, including setting up and using for bright-field, phase-contrast and dark-field microscopy
- + Principles of major methods of susceptibility testing I.e., disc diffusion, agar dilution and broth dilution and the relationship between breakpoints, MIC, and susceptible/resistant categories
- + Knowledge of normal flora (indigenous flora) of major body sites or absence of normal flora in sterile body sites.
- + Collection, handling, and processing of samples including the minimum criteria for acceptance of samples
- + A basic knowledge of infectious diseases and organisms most commonly associated with these diseases. There will be a greater emphasis on bacterial diseases, but some knowledge of parasitic, fungal and viral diseases is also expected.
- + Internal quality control and external quality assurance in the blood bank
- + Quality assurance in the blood bank laboratory
- + Haemolytic disease of the foetus and newborn
- + Blood group systems
- + Pre-transfusion testing
- + Antibody detection and identification
- + Blood components
- + Blood donation testing
- + Antibody production
- + Antigen/antibody interaction
- + Antibody structure and function
- + Handling of infectious specimens
- + Sterilisation and disinfection procedures
- + Safe handling of hazardous chemicals
- + Safe handling of biological specimens
- + Uncertainty of measurement
- + The role of internal quality control and external quality assurance
- + Simple statistical evaluation, reference ranges methodology - parametric and non-parametric
- + Basic charting and rules for rejection of results
- + Spectrophotometry
- + Basic laboratory equipment and its appropriate use
- + Basic laboratory calculations
- + Normal and molar solutions
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About The Examination
Why Should You Take the AIMS Exam?
The AIMS Professional exam is conducted to assess the overseas-trained medical laboratory technicians and scientists to determine if they are eligible for the skilled occupation of medical laboratory scientist and for professional membership of AIMS. The AIMS Medical Laboratory Scientist Professional exam is an important milestone for individuals aiming to become certified medical laboratory scientists in Australia. It evaluates a candidate's understanding of various scientific concepts, and laboratory techniques, and their ability to apply these skills. There are various AIMS Professional exam centres around the world.
AIMS Eligibility Criteria?
The AIMS registration procedure...
To be eligible to work in Australia as a medical laboratory scientist, a few steps need to be followed.
1. English Proficiency
The candidate applying for the AIMS professional exam should be proficient in the English language and must provide proof for the same while applying. By taking tests like IELTS/OET/PTE, English proficiency can be evaluated. The candidate should have a band score of 7 in each component.
2.Skill Assessment
The application for the assessment should be submitted along with the supporting documents. At this point, the AIMS verifies the submitted documents. Once the above procedure is completed, the Australian Institute of Medical and Clinical Scientists completes the assessment, and the candidate will receive the results via mail.
3.AIMS Professional Exam
Take the AIMS Professional Exam through an online mode, and clear it to get registration as a Medical Laboratory Scientist in Australia. The exam is 3 hours long and is an online proctored test.
The eligibility criteria for the AIMS exams is mentioned below-
A candidate who has completed a degree in medical laboratory technology (BMLT) is assessed as comparable to an Australian Associate Diploma from a Technical and Further Education college based on the NOOSR educational assessment guidelines in the Country Education Profiles.
Also, medical laboratory experience is also required. The eligibility to apply for the exam is mentioned below.
- A bachelor’s degree in medical laboratory technology
- Minimum two years of work experience in the medical laboratory (falling within the five-year period immediately prior to the assessment application)
- English language proficiency (IELTS/OET/PTE)
Procedure For AIMS
To be eligible to work in Australia as a medical laboratory scientist, a few steps need to be followed.
1. English Proficiency
The candidate applying for the AIMS professional exam should be proficient in the English language and must provide proof for the same while applying. By taking tests like IELTS/OET/PTE, English proficiency can be evaluated. The candidate should have a band score of 7 in each component.
2.Skill Assessment
The application for the assessment should be submitted along with the supporting documents. At this point, the AIMS verifies the submitted documents. Once the above procedure is completed, the Australian Institute of Medical and Clinical Scientists completes the assessment, and the candidate will receive the results via mail.
3.AIMS Professional Exam
Take the AIMS Professional Exam through an online mode, and clear it to get registration as a Medical Laboratory Scientist in Australia. The exam is 3 hours long and is an online proctored test.
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AIMS Exam Format
The AIMS Professional exam consists of 150 multiple-choice questions with single responses to be completed in three hours. A student needs to give 80 correct answers in a 3-hour period to clear the exam. The exam is generally conducted twice a year: March and September.
Only the candidates aspiring to become medical laboratory scientists are required to sit the written exam.
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Frequently Asked Questions
The average annual salary of a medical laboratory scientist in Australia is $82017
The AIMS Professional exam is an online proctored exam that can be taken at any place. You need to register with AIMS, meet the conditions of a testing centre, and take the exam under their supervision online.
The AIMS Professional exam is valid for three years from the date of the test.
The candidates are required to score at least 65 points in each of the 4 components of the test.
Yes. There is a rising demand for lab scientists in Australia, especially for the ones with remarkable communication skills.
The proper diagnosis and treatment of patients depend greatly on the work of medical laboratory scientists. They are supposed to run tests and collect samples to assist doctors and other medical experts in identifying ailments and treating patients.
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