Autopsy and Forensic Pathology

Required Competencies, Duties, and Responsibilities

Interpersonal and Communication skills

  • Residents demonstrate effective communication with other health care providers, legal and law-enforcement personnel, patients, and patients’ families by:
    • Presenting cases at autopsy conference, at morbidity/mortality conferences and at CPCs under direct faculty supervision.
    • Interacting with clinicians and patients’ families during performance of autopsies.

Evaluation:

  • Rotation evaluation
  • 360o Global evaluation