Diagnose the basic, common lesions of autopsy and surgical pathology. Prepare and present clinico-pathologic correlation conferences for clinicians. Know the areas in surgical pathology where electron microscopy is of diagnostic utility, and the basic EM features of those lesions for which it is most commonly used. Have a basic understanding of EM procedures, be able to use the TEM and know basic cellular ultrastructure. Have a basic knowledge of organ system pathology.
Residents are to be in attendance and on duty at the VA during working hours.
Conferences and consultations with other attendings to finish work from previous rotations, or sign out autopsies done on call, may be arranged during working hours after consultation with the VA attending. For each autopsy, the resident will read the chart, extract a clinical history, and call the clinical physicians with most recent care of the patient to complete a history and elicit specific questions to be answered by the autopsy. Discuss the case with the pathology attending. With the assistance of the autopsy assistant and under the supervision of a pathology attending, the resident will perform the autopsy gross dissection and description. For residents for whom this is the first autopsy rotation, the first three or four autopsies will be done with the attending present throughout the procedure.