Scientific foundations of pathology and methods of pathologic analysis, including principles of tissue preparation and evaluation, role of the autopsy in contemporary medicine, surgical pathologic diagnosis of tumors, laboratory medicine, immunologic and molecular applications in diagnosis, and experimental investigation. Required autopsy participation and report. The final exam emphasizes material from the last third of the semester, but contains material which effectively bridges the entire cumulative content of the course. However, students' performance will be evaluated for HST purposes as excellent, satisfactory, marginal, or unsatisfactory .
Graduate students do have the option of requesting conventional letter grades.
While not associated specifically with any particular lecture, these are of significant general interest and help provide context to the subsequent pathophysiologic discussions.