Catalog 2022-2023 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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ELECT EPATH - Anatomic and Clinical Pathology Elective
Director(s): Ashley Flowers, M.D.
Administrative Contact: Kix Hutchins Phone: 675-7822 Room: 2-319
Duration: 4 Weeks
Location: 2nd Floor, Pathology Dept.
Maximum Number of Students: 1
Elective Offered During Blocks: All
Course Code: EPATH
4 Credits
The student participates in the following: dissection, gross description, microscopic description, and diagnosis of surgical pathology specimens; frozen section procedures; intradepartmental subspecialty and educational conferences; autopsies, and rotations through the Clinical Pathology laboratory. Pathology textbooks and other literature are available in the department for student use. The student attends all educational conferences in the pathology department and documents attendance on a log sheet. Clinical correlation through patient chart review in the electron medical record with pathological findings is stressed. Time is made available for the student to review areas of special interest in pathology. Students will create a 30 minute powerpoint presentation for the last day of their elective on a pathology related topic of their choice. This will be presented to pathology residents and faculty.
Visiting Students: Application Permitted
Goals and Objectives:
1. GOAL: Become familiar with the different subspecialties of Pathology ( Anatomic Pathology & Clinical Pathology)
OBJECTIVES:
a. Attendance at morning/afternoon sign-out, didactic lectures, and journal/research club, and other conferences.
b. Participation in all activities of surgical pathology including frozen sections, specimen examination and reporting, conferences, and autopsies.
c. Rotation through and completion of tasks in each of the areas of Clinical Pathology as listed on the log sheet
d. Daily communication with the Director
2. GOAL: Gain an understanding of the pathologist’s role in patient care and management decision making.
OBJECTIVES:
a. Observation of intra-operative consultation, fine-needle aspiration, grossing, and sign out to understand how specimens are obtained, preserved, examined, processed, diagnosed, and reported.
b. Observation in the different sections of the clinical pathology laboratory to understand specimen processing and the pathologist’s role in clinical pathology.
c. Attendance at tumor board conferences to understand expected components of a surgical pathology report and acceptable turn-around times for patient reports.
d. Completion of the log sheet as each case type is observed.
3. GOAL: Gain competency in gross examination and processing of routine specimens and identify common pathologic lesions.
OBJECTIVES:
a. Observation of gross examination of different organs at intra-operative consultation, as well as in the gross room.
b. Identification of various tissues and organ structures.
c. Attendance at daily slide review with residents.
d. Attendance at surgical microscopic sign-out on assigned days.
e. Completion of the log sheet as each case type is observed.
4. GOAL: Understand the three phases of laboratory diagnostics (i.e., pre-analytical, analytical, post- analytical).
OBJECTIVES:
a. Interpretation of laboratory test results in microbiology, hematology, chemistry, and blood bank.
b. Observation in the different sections of the clinical pathology laboratory
5. GOAL: Become familiar with and be able to perform common procedures (e.g. H&E & DQ staining) OBJECTIVES:
a. Observation and participation in staining of slides during intra-operative consultations and fine-needle aspirations.
b. Attendance in the histology laboratory, learning the basics of tissue processing and slide preparation
c. Attendance in the microbiology laboratory, learning how to process and read Gram stains.
d. Completion of the log sheet as each task is performed.
6. GOAL: Students will demonstrate their knowledge of disease pathophysiology and the role of pathology in patient care
OBJECTIVES:
a. Presentation to the AP/CP faculty and residents, based on an interesting case or topic encountered during their LSU experience
Attendance:
To accommodate students’ travel needs for post-graduate interviews, during the timeframe from October 1st through January 30th, 1 excused absence will be allowed per week of the rotation. A copy of the student’s travel itinerary must be submitted to the course directors in order to be considered an excused absence. During the remainder of the academic year, only 2 excused absences will be allowed during this rotation. Excused absences over the allowed limit, and all unexcused absences must be made up in order to receive credit for the rotation. The requirements for making up lost time will be assigned at the discretion of the director.
Reading Assignments:
- Rubin’s Pathology: Rubin, Strayer or Robbins Pathologic Basis of Disease, Robbins, Cotran, Kumar
- Quick Compendium of Clinical Pathology, Mais (Department Copy)
- The Practice of Surgical Pathology, Molavi (Department Copy)
Helpful Information
SCHEDULE: The 4-week rotation includes 12 days in AP (frozen, gross, microscopy, sign-out, cytopathology, and forensics) and 8 days in CP (Blood bank, Hematology, Chemistry, Point-of-Care, Molecular, Microbiology). First day: report to Dr. Flowers (room 2-317 at 8:30 a.m. and a schedule will be provided at that time. Meet with the director before leaving (4:30 p.m.) on a daily basis.
Project Assessment
Comprised of attendance, daily completion of assignments/rotation requirements, periodic question and answer sessions with staff, and the final presentation.
Offered: All
Pass/Fail
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