Department of Pathology
| PATY 401 | Clerkship in Surgical Pathology |
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| Faculty: | Dr. Scott Smith and Staff |
| Prerequisites: | Completion of 3rd year |
| Offered: | All elective periods by arrangement |
| Min. Enrollment: | 1 |
| Max. Enrollment: | 2 |
| Duration: | One to two elective periods |
| Meeting Place: | 3rd floor Women's Tower, Room 30149 |
| Meeting Times: | 8:00 a.m. |
| Credit Hours: | variable |
| Learning Objectives: | The major objective of this one month elective is for the medical student to become familiar with procedures and activities of daily operation of Surgical Pathology. |
| Learning Activities: | 1. Attend all Surgical Pathology lectures and teaching conferences. 2. Under the guidance of a senior resident/fellow on assigned bench rotations, observe and participate in the gross examination and dictation of as large a variety of specimen types as possible. 3. Read the Surgical Pathology manual as appropriate for cases undertaken. 4. Each sign-out day, identify and least one instructive case to study microscopically and read about in a standard surgical pathology text and when appropriate, review current medical literature. 5. Learn how to cut and stain frozen sections. 6. Learn mechanics of service aspects of Surgical Pathology: communication with clinicians, slide review with clinicians, and preparation and performance of clinico-pathologic conferences. 7. Attend multidisciplinary tumor board conferences to understand the role of the pathologist in this setting. |
| Evaluation: | 1. Attendance at Surgical Pathology lectures and resident teaching conferences. 2. Observes and participates in gross room activities with assigned resident. 3. Observes and participates in microscopic signout with attending physician 4. Demonstrates knoweldge of Histology/Pathology appropriate for level of training. 5. Demonstrates familiarity with the daily operations of surgical pathology. 6. Attendance at multidisciplinary tumor board conferences |
| Special Notes: | Students should contact Dr. Smith a week before the start of the rotation via email at scott.smith@pathology.unc.edu or via phone at (919) 843-1075. *Note: Only 1 student during the month of October. |
| Date Updated: | 7/17/2006 |
| PATY 402 | Autopsy Pathology |
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| Faculty: | Dr. Scott Victor Smith and Staff |
| Prerequisites: | Completion of third year or permission of instructor |
| Offered: | All elective periods by arrangement with Dr. Scott Smith, Director of Autopsy Pathology |
| Max. Enrollment: | 1 |
| Duration: | One elective period |
| Meeting Times: | Contact Course Director at 843-1075 or scott.smith@pathology.unc.edu |
| Credit Hours: | variable |
| Learning Objectives: | 1. Each student will become familiar with basic and specialized autopsy procedures, gross pathology diagnosis, appropriate selection of tissues for histopathology, histopathologic interpretation and correlation with gross pathology findings, specialized methods for anatomic pathology diagnosis, and autopsy reporting methods. 2. Each student will directly observe and participate in at least four fetal and/or adult autopsies during the elective period, performed by a resident prosector and attending pathologist. 3. Each student will successfully perform one unrestricted adult autopsy as the primary prosector under the direct supervision of a resident and attending pathologist, including all aspects of gross dissection, microscopic examination, clinicopathologic correlation, conference presentation, and issuance of preliminary and final autopsy reports. |
| Learning Activities: | This elective provides a unique opportunity for students to explore complex pathologic processes in depth. 1. Students will work with pathology housestaff and attendings as prosectors on the hospital autopsy service. 2. Students will observe and participate in fetal and adult autopsy cases on the service during the elective period.Each student will directly observe and participate in all aspects of at least four fetal and/or adult autopsies during the elective period. 3. Each student will progress to serve as a prosector on one unrestricted adult case under the supervision of a resident and attending pathologist, including complete performance of all aspects of gross and microscopic examination, clinicopathologic correlation, conference presentation, and issuance of preliminary and final autopsy reports. 4. Each student will attend all weekly autopsy related conferences including Neuropathology Conference and Multidisciplinary Autopsy Conference. |
| Evaluation: | Each student will be evaluated by residents and faculty for successful completion of the stated learning objectives. |
| Date Updated: | 2/7/2006 |
| PATY 403 | Clerkship in Hematopathology |
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| Faculty: | Dr. Dunphy, and Staff |
| Prerequisites: | Completion of second year & permission of instructor |
| Offered: | All elective periods |
| Max. Enrollment: | 1 |
| Duration: | One or two elective periods |
| Meeting Place: | Special Hematology Laboratory, Room 1116, 1st floor Patient Support Tower, UNC Memorial Hospital (966-4661 for directions) |
| Meeting Times: | 8:30 a.m. |
| Credit Hours: | 6 |
| Learning Objectives: | The clerkship, based in the Hematology Laboratory, is designed to give students an introduction to all aspects of hematopathology, both anatomic and clinical laboratory. The primary focus is on the morphological analysis of peripheral blood, bone marrow and lymph node material. Hematopathological diagnosis relies heavily on special procedures and students will acquire experience in the correlation of morphology with immunophenotyping by flow cytometry, immunohistochemical studies, and the use of molecular and cytogenetic studies. The student will discover how information derived from these novel modalities enhances the diagnostic process. |
| Evaluation: | By direct observation and fulfillment of objectives per course director. |
| Date Updated: | 3/10/2008 |
| PATY 404 | Clerkship in Transfusion Medicine |
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| Faculty: | Drs. Brecher, Bandarenko, Collins, Anan and Staff |
| Prerequisites: | Completion of second year & permission of instructor |
| Offered: | By arrangement for most elective periods |
| Max. Enrollment: | 1 |
| Duration: | One elective period |
| Meeting Place: | Blood Bank 1020 East Wing, UNC Hospitals |
| Meeting Times: | 8:30 a.m. |
| Credit Hours: | 6 |
| Learning Objectives: | This elective consists of a mix of didactic lectures, bench top training, clinical care and research exposure. Students will be exposed to immunohematology, transfusion practice, therapeutic apheresis, stem cell processing and storage, histocompatibility testing (HLA), coagulation testing, blood component collection, processing and storage. Students will acquire an understanding of the scope of Transfusion Medicine, and appreciation for proper transfusion therapy and if interested participate in one or more focused research projects. Specific objectives and activities to be tailored to students learning goals. |
| Evaluation: | By direct observation, and fulfillment of objectives as outlined above, presentation at case conference, participation in daily lab rounds, and patient write-ups. |
| Date Updated: | 2/7/2006 |
| PATY 416 | Forensic Pathology Clerkship |
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| Faculty: | Dr. Tom Clark |
| Prerequisites: | Completion of second year. |
| Offered: | Periods 1-10 |
| Min. Enrollment: | 1 |
| Max. Enrollment: | 1 |
| Duration: | One or more elective periods |
| Meeting Place: | 10th floor, Brinkhous-Bullitt |
| Meeting Times: | 8:30 a.m. |
| Credit Hours: | 6 |
| Learning Objectives: | At the end of this elective the student should: 1) Be familiar with the general principles of medical-legal death investigation and the role that physicians play in the process. 2) Appreciate the use of the autopsy in death investigation and the manner in which forensic autopsies differ from non-forensic examinations. 3) Have a greater understanding of the mechanisms of physical injury and be better able to utilize that knowledge to reconstruct injury circumstances. |
| Learning Activities: | Student will assist medical examiners at medical legal autopsies and the associated toxicological and legal aspects of particular cases. This experience will proved exposure to all areas of medical-legal death investigations including the courtroom as well as the pathology laboratory. This is an excellent opportunity to review both normal and pathological anatomy. |
| Evaluation: | By direct observation and fulfillment of above objectives per course director. |
| Special Notes: | Visiting students must show proof of being TB "FIT" tested. |
| Date Updated: | 2/7/2006 |
| PATY 417 | Clerkship in Laboratory Medicine |
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| Faculty: | Drs. Peter Gilligan, Miller, Hammett-Stabler, Whinna and Staff |
| Prerequisites: | Completion of third year |
| Offered: | All elective periods (Periods: 1 and 9 are best) |
| Min. Enrollment: | 1 |
| Max. Enrollment: | 4 |
| Duration: | One elective period |
| Meeting Place: | UNC Hospitals, Room 1123 |
| Meeting Times: | 9:00 a..m. |
| Credit Hours: | 6 |
| Learning Objectives: | This clerkship is designed to acquaint the fourth year medical student with an understanding of the operation of the clinical laboratories that he/she will be working for the rest of their medical career. The clerkship begins with an orientation McLendon Laboratories including the Core Laboratory, the Microbiology Laboratories, Phlebotomy and Laboratory Information Services. The orientation includes a discussion of the organization, qualification, and duties of the staff and how the McLendon Laboratories fits into the infrastructure of UNC Hospitals. The student will rotate through these areas to gain first hand experience in the management organization issues and clinical problems that arise in the operation of these laboratories. The student will be expected to define a project that will address an organizational, clinical service, or clinical utilization problem facing the laboratory. |
| Learning Activities: | Conference: 5 hours, Library: 5 hours, Laboratory: 30 hours (per week) |
| Evaluation: | Direct observation and fulfillment of above objectives per course director. |
| Date Updated: | 3/10/2008 |
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