Practical Pathology I

Catalog description

This course is designed to transition the pathologists’ assistant student from the knowledge-based basic science curriculum into the more practical aspects of day-to-day pathologists’ assistant work that will be expanded and built upon during their subsequent clinical rotations and throughout their career. The course sequence parallels that of General/Systemic Pathology I and is to be taken at the same time, building on principles of Histology and Cell Biology, Histotechnology and Medical Imaging, Clinical Anatomy and Embryology I and II, and Physiology previously introduced. In addition to instruction focused on gross appearance of the diseases covered in General/Systemic Pathology I, the student will learn how to sample and process specimens (adult, geriatric, pediatric, neonatal) obtained from patients with these diseases, whether surgically or at autopsy, to fulfill standardized criteria for pathology reports. Pertinent laboratory and clinical findings will also be incorporated, with emphasis on choice of pathologic analysis studies.