Combined Inpatient/Outpatient US Clinical Experience in Pathology in Los Angeles

Information about this clinical experience:

You will work under the supervision of a physician who is a board-certified pathologist. This physician is a well-regarded educator, mentor, and leader, and holds a faculty appointment as an Associate Clinical Professor at a major academic medical center. The attending is involved in the education of pathology fellows. Please note that there is a $100 hospital fee that is the responsibility of the rotator. 

Rotators will be able to experience the following during this rotation:

• One-on-one “on the scope” microscopy session with the faculty mentor

• Slide session with surgical pathology fellow

• Consensus conference (daily)

• Tumor Board

• Journal Club

• Grand Rounds

• Other departmental didactic conferences/lectures

Online resources that will be utilized during this rotation include:

• pathCast

• PathPresenter

• PathologyOutlines

• The Internet Pathology Laboratory for Medical Education

• WebPathology

• LMP Digital Library Medicine Laboratory

• Iowa Virtual Slidebox

• Johns Hopkins Digital Pathology

• Johns Hopkins Bone Pathology Cases

• Johns Hopkins Surgical Pathology Unknown Conference

• Johns Hopkins Cytopathology Unknown Conference

Daily/weekly assignments will be given to the rotator to enhance their learning experience. The rotator will be expected to present an interesting case or journal article at the end of the rotation.

Opportunities to work on a project or case report may be available to interested students. Please note that the availability of such projects is at the discretion of the attending. Students interested in participating should let the attending know early in their rotation.