1. Pathology 680 Anatomic Pathology
Elective Clerkship

2. Anatomic Pathology Surgical Pathology Autopsy Pathology
Solid Tumor Flow Cytometry
Cytogenetics
Reseach

3. Goals and Objectives At the end of the clerkship the student will be able to:
Appreciate the role of pathology in patient care and interdisciplinary conferences.
Handle tissues in a safe and responsible manner.
Engage in the entire process and workflow of tissue diagnosis, from accession to sign-out.
Perform and understand the role of an Autopsy.

4. A DAY ON THE CLERKSHIP Meet the residents
Attend Resident Didactic Conferences

5. Get Involved …
Attend and participate in the prosection of an autopsy

6. Intraoperative frozen sections

7. Dissect and gross in surgical pathology specimens, write cases up, and sign out with attendings.

8. Attend multidisciplinary conferences including those discussing your surgical pathology case.

9. Additional experiences:
Day in Histology

10. Immunohistochemistry

11. How are students evaluated?
Students are expected to be actively involved on the service including attending an autopsy, grossing in specimens, reviewing histology and writing-up of cases.
Participation in and attendance of sign-out sessions is important.
Students are expected to attend resident didactic conferences and some multidisciplinary clinical conferences.
Students are required to give 2 – 15 minute case presentations as part of GI conjoint and Blue-box resident conferences.

12. General Questions: How long is the clerkship? 4-6 weeks
How many medical students are on the clerkship at any given time? 1 or 2
Does the medical student take evening/weekend/holiday call? No

13. General Clerkship Information
Duty hours: 7:30 AM to 5-7 pm (varies according to service activity)
Students carry a pager that is provided by the clerkship coordinator for the duration of the clerkship.
Arrangements for time off are scheduled through the clerkship coordinator.

14. Tabitha Fletcher, clerkship coordinator

15. How do I sign up. SOM website: http://uwmedicine. washington

16. For additional information about this clerkship or other pathology clerkships
Contact Tabitha Fletcher, pathology clerkship coordinator:
Phone: