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 Resident
Manual
CYTOPATHOLOGY ROTATION - ADDITIONAL STUDY
Goals
- Reinforce and expand knowledge of Gyn, non-Gyn and FNA cytology
- Increase experience with performance of and preparation of fine needle aspirates
- Participate in research activities in Cytopathology
- Assume greater degree of responsibility and independence in sign-out
Requirements
- Attendance at daily Cytology sign-out
- Review all cases prior to sign-out
- Provide clinical correlation and follow-up, as appropriate
- Contribute to Study Set collection
- Review of Glass Slide Study Sets (in areas of weakness)
- Accompany pathologist on needle aspirates
- Improve skills in slide preparation
- Adequacy screening
- Practice needle aspiration and touch prep techniques in clinic, at surgical bench, or at
autopsy
- Contribute 4 cases (normal and/or abnormal tissues) with examples of needle aspiration,
touch or scrape preparations, and corresponding tissue sections; review with CSA
- Present cases at Surgical Pathology Unknowns Conference
- Participate in research activity (clinical Cytopathology, preparation techniques,
ancillary studies, etc.; this is encouraged but not required)
- Assume greater independence at sign-out. Granting of this privilege requires unanimous
approval by Anatomic Pathology faculty. If two residents with the same level of
independent sign-out are on Cytopathology at the same time, they will sign out on
alternate days.
Independence Level 1: Submit list of diagnoses (as it would appear on
report) to teaching physician prior to sign-out. "Drive" sign-out for
non-Gyns.
Teaching physician present but will offer comments only after you have committed to a
diagnosis. Teaching physician responsible for Gyn sign-out.
Independence Level 2: Resident responsible for entire sign-out. Teaching
physician will not be present. Slides and preliminary reports forwarded to teaching
physician for review by 3 pm. Resident and teaching physician sign report (must include
statement that teaching physician has reviewed slides).
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