Participation – The program is designed to maximize the resident’s participation and experience in all daily activities of Anatomic and Clinical Pathology. Residents are given a core curriculum of lectures covering all major aspects of Pathology. During each rotation, the resident has daily reading assignments that are discussed with the faculty and/or technologists. Residents also participate in journal clubs and numerous multidisciplinary clinico-pathologic conferences.
Call / Consults – During their rotations, residents take Pathology Call with faculty supervision. A faculty member reviews each Call/Consult. With each successive month of training, the resident assumes graduated responsibility: interpreting laboratory results, reviewing cases, performing procedures, etc.
Management Issues – Didactic sessions in the core curriculum cover major management topics including budget, billing, quality control, quality assurance, and personnel management. Residents participate in daily administrative activities and receive didactic, as well as bench instruction, in Information Management.
Inspections – All residents participate in yearly College of American Pathologists (CAP) self-inspections. Residents also participate with faculty in CAP inspections of other facilities.
Teaching – Residents participate in the teaching of Pathology to medical students, allied health students, and other pathology residents and fellows.
Research / Publishing – Residents are expected to participate in research activities and/or the publishing of interesting pathology findings during their Pathology rotations.