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The Pathology Cooking Show

The Pathology Cooking Show

RNZ News16-05-2025

Otago University pathology professor Diane Kenwright likes to add a bit of spice to her classes with trainee doctors. Fascinated by the crossover of words used in pathology and words used to describe everyday food, she created her own YouTube channel - The Pathology Cooking Show, showing what diseases look like inside the body. And her innovative teaching methods have won her an outstanding teaching award from the Royal College of Pathologists. Otago University pathology professor Diane Kenwright spoke to Jesse.
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