Anatomical & Clinical Pathology

ELEC 645 / PHSP 660

Department
Health Sciences Education and Pathology

Clinical or Non-Clinical Course
Clinical

Physician Assessed Patient Facing
No

Prerequisites
None

Goal

The student will participate in the daily work of surgical pathology and cytopathology in the laboratory in a pathologist assistant-preceptor role. This course will also give the student an introduction to Clinical Pathology and will cover areas of the clinical laboratory including hematology, blood bank, microbiology and chemistry.

Objectives

At the end of this course, the student will be able to:

  1. Describe the pathologist's role in the clinical laboratory.
  2. Describe the basic methodology of the most commonly performed laboratory tests.
  3. Explain the work flow in the clinical laboratory.
  4. Order appropriate laboratory tests or blood components in a given clinical situation.
  5. Describe the process by which a pathologist approaches the problem of tissue and cytologic diagnosis.
  6. Identify the salient features of gross pathology as the surgical pathologist sees them.
  7. Observe and describe the technical processing of tissues and cytologic samples.
  8. Describe some of the common pathologic specimens seen in surgical pathology.
  9. Differentiate between benign and malignant tissues and cells by listing identified criteria.
  10. Recognize the indications for and uses of frozen sections in surgical pathology.
  11. Research a pathology topic and make a presentation.

Method of Assessment

Standard Clinical 4wk Elective Evaluation - Honors/High Pass/Pass/Fail

Course Director
Julia Adams, MD

Course Coordinator
Stephanie Thomas
smaho3@uic.edu
309-680-9641

Location
Carle Health Methodist Lab

Setting
Inpatient

Night Call
No

Laboratory
Yes

Weekends
No

House Staff
No

Number of Learners per Block
1

Duration
4 weeks

Who is this elective available to
Both M3s and M4s

Blocks Available
Blocks 1-6 and 9-12