Anatomic and Clinical Pathology Elective

Catalog description

The student participates in the following: dissection, gross description, microscopic description, and diagnosis of surgical pathology specimens; frozen section procedures; intradepartmental subspecialty and educational conferences; autopsies, and rotations through the Clinical Pathology laboratory. Pathology textbooks and other literature are available in the department for student use. The student attends all educational conferences in the pathology department and documents attendance on a log sheet. Clinical correlation through patient chart review in the electronic medical record with pathological findings is stressed. Time is made available for the student to review areas of special interest in pathology. Students will create a 30 minute powerpoint presentation for the last day of their elective on a pathology related topic of their choice. This will be presented to pathology residents and faculty.