The Department of Pathology offers the Pathology Selective Clerkship, learn more about the experience this clerkship offers below.
The Pathology Selective Clerkship is composed of a combination of online didactic lectures, online case analyses, and time in a variety of labs/subspecialties within the department of pathology. Students will spend one week in anatomic pathology and one week in clinical pathology. During that time, they will get a broad exposure to the different areas of pathology and become familiar with the resources available.
Selective experience
The Pathology Selective Clerkship offers the following learning experiences:
Anatomic Pathology Week
Students will learn:
- How to complete a death certificate
- How tissue gets processed from initial grossing to final diagnosis
- How sign-out works
- ... and a lot more!
Clinical Pathology Week
Students will spend one day each in:
- Hematopathology
- Transfusion Medicine
- Microbiology
- Chemistry (with exposure to molecular as well)
- Flow Cytometry
...and experience first-hand what they have previously learned about in online lectures.
What are selectives?
Medical students are required to complete a set number of selectives and can use their experiences there to gauge their interest in various departments, learn the basics of the subject, and/or understand what services those departments have to offer so that they can better utilize them during their own medical practices in the future. It also often inspires them to sign up for advanced electives in areas of interest within a department that they might otherwise not have known about.
Program leadership
Kathryn Eschbacher, MD
Meredith Parsons, MD
