Significant time is spent in the gross examination and description of a wide variety of common and unusual surgical specimens with supervision and assistance by the senior resident, the fellow, the attending, and the two to three pathologist assistants. You will likely be using the new voice recognition dictation system, which gives you virtually immediate copies of your dictation. You will learn how to make a good frozen section, how to select and fix tissue for electron microscopy, and how to photograph and x-ray selected specimens. The slides on all your cases come directly to you, and your collection of clinical data and formulation of differential diagnoses, and the thought and care which go into your final tentative diagnosis make your interaction with the staff at the final case sign-out a productive learning experience. A reference library of key texts and journals is available in the Sign-out Room and the Anatomic Pathology Conference Room.
Many journals are availble online.
The Anatomic Pathology Interesting Case Conference, held weekly, gives a forum for you to present gross pictures and photo-micrographs of your interesting cases together with a brief discussion of the disease entity. Senior residents in the Surgical Pathology area have additional responsibilities and may be given sign-out privileges. There is a one year Surgical Pathology fellowships program as well.