Course Description
PATH 770 - Anatomic
Pathology Elective - 5 credits
PROGRAM DIRECTOR:
Dr.
Elizabeth Frauenhoffer
LOCATION:
Hershey
MAXIMUM NUMBER OF STUDENTS:
3
WHEN OFFERED:
All Rotations
LENGTH OF ELECTIVE:
1 Month
PREREQUISITE:
Successful completion of first 2 years of Medical School. Offered
to students in Years III and IV.
REPORT TO:
Dr.
Elizabeth Frauenhoffer
TIME AND LOCATION:
8:00
a.m.; Room C7706C
DESCRIPTION:
Medical
students electing the anatomic pathology rotation will participate in the
diagnostic evaluation and clinical correlation of tissues sent to surgical
pathology and cytology including frozen section diagnosis.
Students will review this material with the Anatomic Pathology faculty
and participate in surgical pathology conferences.
More detailed information can be obtained from the
Objectives and
Guidelines section or by contacting Dr. Frauenhoffer at
efrauenhoffer@hmc.psu.edu.
PATH
796 - Individual Studies Elective - 5 credits
PROGRAM
DIRECTOR:
Faculty Research Advisor
LOCATION: N/A
MAXIMUM NUMBER OF STUDENTS: N/A
WHEN OFFERED: All Rotations
LENGTH OF ELECTIVE:
1 Month
PREREQUISITE: Limited to students
enrolled in The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine. Offered
to students in Year IV only.
DESCRIPTION:
Creative projects including non-thesis research supervised on an individual
basis and which fall outside the scope of formal courses.
PATH 797 - Independent Study
Elective (Special Topics) - 5 credits
PROGRAM DIRECTOR: Individual
Pathology faculty
LOCATION: N/A
MAXIMUM NUMBER OF STUDENTS:
N/A
WHEN OFFERED: All
Rotations
LENGTH OF ELECTIVE: 1 Month
PREREQUISITE: Limited to
students enrolled in The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine.
Offered to students in Year IV only.
Arrangements with individual faculty members must be made in
advance of registration.
DESCRIPTION: Medical
Students will work with an individual faculty member in a Pathology subspecialty
area of interest, such as Cytopathology, Advanced Surgical Pathology II (should
have taken PATH 770 first), Neuropathology, Gynecologic Pathology,
Dermatopathology, Virology, Blood Banking, or Molecular Diagnostics. Rotation
will expose the student to routine diagnostic cases as well as to special
projects.
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