Student Coordinator: Francis DeMattia, D.O.
Duration: One month
Maximum number of student per four-week period: One
Candidates: Senior students of approved medical schools
Description:
The following is a survey of the multiple activities in a clinical pathological laboratory, with emphasis on new aspects of automation, data processing and anatomic pathology. It is designed to acquaint the senior medical student with the practice of laboratory medicine in a community hospital and to demonstrate the variety of challenges offered by a career in Clinical and Anatomical Pathology.
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1. Exposure to the role of the pathologist in administration, quality control, policy determination, organization and teaching. Study processing of surgical specimens, observe frozen sections, autopsies, bone marrows. Attend Pathology Department Journal Club, Gross and Microscopic Pathology Conferences, Medical-Surgical Tumor Board, and Gynecology Tumor Board. Visit satellite laboratory locations. Orientation to full range Laboratory Information Services (Laboratory Computer Systems).
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2. Hematology-Automation with the H-4, Coulter counter. Review quality control. Observe bone marrows. Introduction to the computer urinalysis and total osmolality.
In surgery, he/she will be totally supervised by the attending staff. Before surgery and after surgery, staff rounds will be conducted.
3. Coagulation laboratory and research. Help obtain and process blood samples for coagulation studies. Write simple computer program for prothrombin times. Observe the activities of the Research Department.
4. Blood Bank. Observe antibody screening and identification, blood typing and cross-matching donor processing use of RhoGAM. Learn about Director and Autologous Blood Donor Program.
5. Microbiology and Serology. Observe processing of al types of specimens, growth characteristics, identification methodology. Study uses of fluorescent antibody techniques, ELISA and DNA probe technology.
6. Biochemistry. Observe standard ultramicro and automated methods, including multiphasic screening. Follow through from specimen drawing to reporting. Quality control methods – special chemistry – computer applications and applications in chemistry – establishment of “normal” values. Compare inpatient and outpatient populations.
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