In addition to training based on direct responsibility for necropsy and surgical pathology cases, trainees participate in Department of Pathology seminars and conferences. Weekly research and microscopy seminars occur during the fall and spring semesters. A Friday Anatomic Pathology Conference is held weekly throughout the year to serve the needs of pathologists and pathology trainees engaged in diagnostic pathology. It is conducted in the necropsy laboratory area and is presented by the pathology trainee on duty for the week. Cases are presented as preserved tissues or in situ abnormalities captured by video.
Video microscopy is also available for discussion of cases.
The weekly microscopy seminar is attended by most of the Pathology Department faculty pathologists. Both anatomic and clinical pathology cases are presented and interpreted by pathology trainees in preparation for the ACVP board examination. This seminar serves as a vehicle for bringing together laboratory and applied pathologists for discussion of case material. Responsibilities of the trainee in necropsy laboratory include learning and refining necropsy techniques, seeking and describing macroscopic alterations, tissue sampling and preparation for further study, interpretation of histopathologic alterations and preparation of the necropsy report. Integration of supporting laboratory data is necessary.