Anatomic Pathology, VAMC
Prerequisites: Phase II
Duration: 3 months
Months Offered: June - May (availability at any time depends on the number of AP residents to the VAMC)
After the fellowship, the student will be able to perform a number of basic anatomic pathology techniques and apply clinical judgment commensurate with his medical knowledge. The student will be able to distinguish normal from pathologic tissues in their most common gross and microscopic appearance and will begin to be able to interpret the clinical significance of these appearances for individual patients. Specifically:
- Perform an autopsy and find basic clinical-pathologic correlations.
- Approach a variety of surgical pathology and cytology specimens in
the role of a pathologist consultant, and:
- Participate in their processing and examination.
- Apply clinical interpretation and medical judgment in such examinations.
The faculty/student contact is essentially that of a preceptorship in which practicing pathologists take undergraduate medical students as resident students and give them personal training in the practice of pathology. There are three full-time pathologists in the Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Service with whom the student fellow will have the opportunity to work. (By arrangement with Dr. Lee)