Lymph Nodes/Bone Marrows, and Flow Cytometry

• Residents demonstrate an investigative and analytical thinking approach to clinical situations, including:
  • Development of reasonable and complete differential diagnoses for bone marrows and lymph nodes based on the available clinical information, laboratory tests, and current published information.
  • As part of their workup of cases, suggest appropriate additional testing (special stains, immunohistochemical studies, and further clinical testing such as cytogenetics, etc.) if applicable.
  • Formulation in a comprehensive, cohesive, and coherent fashion the above differential diagnoses and discussion of pathologic findings in the final pathology report.
  • Are encouraged to participate in at least one research project, such as clinicopathologic studies, or case reports with literature review.
• Discuss the basic and clinically supportive sciences which are appropriate to the specialty of clinical pathology, including:
  • Discuss epidemiology of various infections and neoplastic diseases during discussion of clinical pathology cases, and use of such knowledge to formulate pathologic diagnoses.
  • Compare the clinical presentations and manifestations of various diseases during discussion and workup of anemias, coagulopathies, and other hematologic disorders and use this knowledge to formulate pathologic diagnoses.
  • Explain basic cytochemical and immunologic stains, including biochemical and immunologic principles, methods, and applications.
  • Explain human morphology and physiology during discussions with clinicians. 

Evaluation:

• Rotation evaluation
• Hematology score for the in-service examination compared to national means