PATH 509 - Autopsy and Surgical Pathology Technique

3 Credit Hours
This course is a combination of lectures and laboratory sessions. Students will be taught established surgical pathology and autopsy techniques. Autopsy techniques will include evisceration and dissection methods. Historical context and legal considerations will also be introduced. Surgical pathology topics will include general dictation and grossing techniques as well as specific organ/system methods, as well as the AJCC Cancer Staging Manual criteria and CAP protocols. There will be a review of laboratory operations, coding and laboratory safety as it applies to the Pathologists’ Assistant. The laboratory portion of the course will include fixed, porcine organ/tissue grossing, frozen sections and dictation exercises. Students will be oriented to the facilities of Sentara Norfolk General Hospital Surgical Pathology and the Tidewater District Office of the Virginia Medical Examiner’s Office.