The resident is not expected to know pathology any more than fellow residents entering clinical specialties. Slides are shown by residents to other residents and faculty informally at morning conferences , interesting cases are discussed by residents in clinical pathology rounds, and one resident shows another how to deal with a pathologic problem or test.
Residents teach other residents from the beginning.
From this background, resident teaching in departmental conferences emerges. Cases are shown in Surgical Pathology, discussed in Clinical Pathology Rounds, and presented at Autopsy Conference. Recent journal articles are analyzed and explained in Journal Club. After a semester of exposure to Pathology, residents show gross specimens to the medical students during the labs in their Pathology course. They may also discuss lab topics with small groups with students and review lab exercises.