Location : Augusta University Hospital & Clinics, Murphey Building, Anatomic Path Lab
Enrollment : 2 Maximum
Prerequisites : Phase II
Duration : 1 month
Months Offered : All
Goals :
■ Learn basic pathologic diagnostic approach through participation in the surgical
and autopsy
neuropathology service.
■ To successfully correlate pathologic diagnosis with clinical findings to help optimize
therapeutic decision.
Objectives :
Activities :
■ Participate in routine microscopic sign out with faculty including biopsies and gross surgical neuropathology specimens.
■ Understand the importance of frozen section diagnosis during intraoperative consultations.
■ Participate in the brain cutting, didactic and case conferences, and neuro-oncology tumor board.
■ Assists house staff to obtain case related clinical data.
■ Review neuroanatomy and basic neuropathology, on discussions across the microscope, power-point lectures and recommended literature.
Lecture Hours: 2 hours weekly
Seminar Hours: 5-10 hours weekly
Lab Hours: 5-10 Hours weekly
Assessment :
■ Students will be evaluated based on attendance and participation in assigned activities as well as basic fund of knowledge with focus on pathologic diagnosis and clinical correlations.
■ Toward the end of the rotation, students are encouraged to give a 20-minute talk before the Anatomic pathology faculty and pathology residents on a topic of their interest and strength based on interesting case(s) encountered during this rotation.
This elective is by arrangement only. Please contact Meighan Kilpatrick at 706-721-2897 or mekilpatrick@augusta.edu.
