Oral Diagnostic Sciences Pathology Senior Selective.

Catalog description

Semester course; 1.5 clinic hours. 0 credits. Enrollment is restricted to students with D4 class status and who are selected to participate. Clinic time may be weekly, in block rotation or variable schedule. Students must enroll in the course for two consecutive semesters. This selective will allow the student to experience a variety of activities in oral and maxillofacial pathology. Students will learn how a biopsy specimen is processed into a slide, how pathologists make diagnoses and how pathology is a critical component in multidisciplinary patient care. Students will be exposed to oral pathology as a career and will learn the process of running a lab. Students with interest in performing biopsies in practice and those interested in an oral surgery residency, oral medicine residency, oral pathology residency or a dental oncology fellowship will find this selective beneficial. Graded as pass/fail.