PATH 789 SPECIAL TOPICS: PATHOLOGY
This special-topics course for Pathologists? Assistant Program students comprises two separate summer term courses; one at the beginning of the first year and one between the first and second years. In the first year special topics course, the students are given a primer in human anatomy, histology, and embryology, and follow a self-study based introduction to medical terminology. Instruction is by lecture and computer.
The special topics course between the first and second year provides an introduction to surgical pathology dissection, intraoperative consult and staining, autopsy procedure, medical photography, medical ethics, more in-depth medical terminology, molecular diagnostics, immunohistochemistry, histology, and additional general Anatomic Pathology topics, including laboratory safety and governing/regulating bodies. Instruction is by lecture, computer, and observation and limited practical applications in surgical pathology, histology, and hospital and forensic autopsy pathology. The courses are offered during Summer semesters only.