Pathology Residency Program Structure: Clinical Pathology
The general objective of the program in clinical pathology is to develop professional
and administrative skills required of effective clinical pathologists.
Skills should occur in four general areas of responsibility: service, research and
development, education, and management. The clinical pathology component of our residency
program includes at least 18 months during the four years of residency. Many months
are spent at the AU Medical Center: 3 months of hematology (inclusive of an introductory
period spent in various hematology laboratories), 3 months of microbiology, 3 months
of transfusion medicine (including rotation time through the HLA-Lab), 3 months of
chemistry, 1 month of molecular/cytogenetic pathology, and 1 lab administration month.
In addition, 4 months will be spent at the Charlie Norwood VA Medical Center, which
will afford a comprehensive CP experience including hematology. Duties, goals, and
objectives of the residents are assigned at the beginning of each rotation by the
medical directors of the laboratories. Instruction periods include weekly CP Monday
morning conferences, noon CP didactic series, noon CP lab management series, and bi-monthly
CP review series. Residents also participate in CP quality management meetings as
well as hematology/oncology tumor boards and infectious disease grand rounds.
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