Hematopathology

Catalog Description:  Over the course of the 4 week rotation, students will be fully integrated into the blood and bone marrow biopsy service, with “ownership” of their cases and graduated responsibility for their level of training. They will learn to preview/interpret blood smears and write up preliminary diagnostic reports. Once they are competent with blood smears, they will progress to bone marrow aspirate and biopsy interpretation, including drafting a diagnostic report. Special studies are often performed simultaneously and may include immunohistochemistry and flow cytometry; the student will learn how these influence overall diagnosis and how they are integrated into the report. There are weekly multidisciplinary and unknown teaching conferences, as well as a daily consensus/teaching conference.

The student will become acquainted with the various complimentary modalities used to distinguish between reactive etiologies and malignant neoplasms and learn how to classify the more common types of hematopoietic neoplasms, including leukemias and lymphomas. 

The student will typically work individually with each of the 5 faculty over the course of the month. The evaluation is done as a group to gather input from each faculty member. The course grade is based on the appraisal of the student's ability to recognize and describe the more common types of hematolymphoid disorders, both reactive and neoplastic as well as all core competencies including professionalism and medical knowledge. The student is required to select a topic in hematopathology, review the medical literature and present a 20-minute talk to the residents, fellows and faculty. The talk is usually case based, with a brief presentation followed by literature review.

Syllabus

Note: Contact the Course Coordinator for any syllabi for previous years.

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Required session attendance: There will be a variety of mandatory conferences and didactic sessions for students to attend.

Typical weekly schedule/Delivery Mode:  M-F, 8:00am-5:00pm with a 7:00am start on Wednesdays and occasional Thursdays, for resident didactic series.  No night or weekend assignments.

Direct patient care:  Yes

Consent Requirement: Open to student scheduling

Grading Scale: P/N

Allow repetition of course:  Repetition not allowed

Course equivalency:  Does not apply