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Eligible: All
Months Offered: All
Course Description: During this course students will participate in routine microscopic
sign out with faculty members including biopsies and gross surgical specimens; review
cases with pathologists at daily consensus meeting, interdepartmental tumor boards,
departmental didactic conferences, and gross specimen and autopsy conferences; participate
in the preparation of frozen section for immediate diagnosis during intraoperative
consultations; and observe and participate in the performance of postmortem examinations.
Locations currently used by this rotation include MCG as well as Savannah.
Eligible: All
Months Offered: all
Course Description: During this four-week
elective course, students will spend approximately one week in each area of Clinical
Pathology to include Chemistry (under Dr. Singh), Microbiology (under Dr. McMullen),
Hematology (under Dr. Savage), and Transfusion Medicine (under Drs. Bollag and Shikle).
If so desired, additional time can be spent in any of the sub- disciplines, molecular
pathology, anatomic pathology, etc. This can be arranged through Dr. Savage. The student
will attend noon conferences, Monday Morning Conferences, observe bench work of technologists,
review cases/participate in sign-out with the Section Director, and participate in
other activities of each Section.
Eligible: All
Months Offered: all
Course Description: During this course students will participate in routine microscopic sign out with faculty members including biopsies and gross surgical neuropathology specimens; learn the importance of frozen section for immediate diagnosis during intraoperative consultations; and participate in the brain cutting, didactic and case conferences, and neuro- oncology tumor board.
This course requires application using VSAS or other arrangements made by the student. Off-Campus Add Form Required.
Category: Clinical
Classification: Off-Campus
Contact: Clerkship Coordinator
Eligible: Enrichment Only
Months Offered: all
Course Description: This course allows students to rotate in an off-campus lab or program outside of MCG.
Eligible: All
Months Offered: all
Course Description: During this course students will perform autopsy and find basic clinical pathologic correlations, participate in processing and examination of surgical pathology and cytology specimens, apply clinical interpretation and medical judgment in such examinations, and attend conferences and lectures.
Eligible: All
Months Offered: all
Course Description: During this course students will attend section conferences, observe the bench work of technologists, participate in daily Microbiology rounds, review charts, and meet with clinicians for patients with complex results.
This course is administered on regional campuses, not offered in Augusta.
Category: Clinical
Classification: 4 Weeks/2 Weeks
Contact: Clerkship Coordinator, Regional Coordinator
Eligible: All, with Main Campus & regional campus approval
Months Offered: all
Course Description: This course is designed to provide students with an opportunity to rotate through a busy pathology department and experience the full array of daily functions undertaken in such a department.
Category: Non-Clinical
Classification: 4 Weeks
Contact: Regional Campus Coordinator
Eligible: All Third or fourth year medical students may participate in this program.
Savannah Campus Only
Months Offered: Fall & Spring
Course Description: This elective course is designed to provide medical students in their third and fourth year of training an opportunity to rotate with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, Division of Forensic Sciences in forensic medicine. The medical student will assist with autopsies performed on decedents of all ages, who died from both natural and non-natural causes. The student will learn to correlate investigative data, autopsy findings, and toxicology results to construct differential diagnoses and determine cause and manner of death. The student will gain exposure to the pathology of natural disease and common injury patterns seen in blunt force trauma, sharp force injury, firearms injury, motor vehicle fatalities, asphyxia injuries, temperature and electrical injuries, and suspected elder and child abuse. The student will learn to correctly sign a death certificate, understanding the differences between cause, manner, and mechanism of death. The student will attend criminal court and learn how the medicolegal death investigation system interacts with the criminal and civil legal systems, as well as public health and safety agencies. When possible, the student will rotate through forensic science departments and participate in a mock trial, held in the Georgia Bureau of Investigation training courtroom. When possible, students will gain exposure to forensic odontology and forensic anthropology. Opportunities to publish case reports or participate in retrospective research using death certificate and autopsy data are encouraged.
