- Residents demonstrate an investigative and analytical thinking approach to situations, including:
- Development of reasonable and complete differential diagnoses for autopsy cases based on the available clinical information, gross and microscopic features, and current published information.
- Suggest appropriate additional testing (special stains, immunohistochemical studies, and further clinical testing such as toxicology, serology, etc.) if applicable.
- Formulation in a comprehensive, cohesive, and coherent fashion the above differential diagnoses and discussion of pathologic findings in the final autopsy report.
- Encouraged to participate in at least one research project, such as clinicopathologic studies, or case reports with literature review.
- Residents must have the knowledge base and be able to apply the basic and clinically supportive sciences which are appropriate to the specialty of anatomic pathology, including:
- Demonstration of concepts of epidemiology of various pathologic processes during discussion of autopsy cases, and use of such knowledge to formulate pathologic diagnoses.
- Demonstration of familiarity with the clinical presentations and manifestations of various diseases during discussion and workup of autopsy cases, and use of such knowledge to formulate pathologic diagnoses.
- Demonstration of familiarity with basic histochemical and immunologic stains, including biochemical and immunologic principles, methods, and applications.
- Demonstration of detailed knowledge of human anatomy during dissection and description of autopsy cases.
Evaluation:
Autopsy/forensics score for the in-service examination compared to national means