Residents Manual Sections

Section I. - Program Overview
Section II. - General Remarks
Section III. - Orientation Program
Section IV. - NIH Rotations
Section V. - Extramural Rotations
Section VI. - NIH Elective Rotations
Section VII. - Extramural Electives
Section VIII. - Appendices

1. Program Philosophy and Overall Goals
2. Structure of Clinical Training Program
3. Rounds, conferences, seminars, journal clubs, courses, and library resources
4. After Hours and On-call coverage
5. Resident Benefits
6. Curriculum
7. Resident Responsibility
8. Pathology Mentors
9. Chief Resident
10. Evaluation or Residents
11. Evaluation of Program

Section 2 General Remarks

1. Laboratory of Pathology Mission, Vision and Departmental Philosophy
2. Accreditation and Certification
3. Resident Service & Participation
4. Pagers and Call
5. Leave & Back-Up Coverage
6. Extramural Rotations
7. Statistical Concepts
8. Tissue Distribution for Research Purposes
9. Library Resources and Literature Review, and Editorial Board
10. Mental or Emotional Conditions Inhibiting Performance or Learning
    and Drug- or Alcohol-Related Dysfunction
11. Other Policies

Section 3 Orientation Program

1. Purpose
2. Orientation Program
3. Selected Web sites
4. Handy Notes
   • IH/NCI LOP Anatomic Pathology Resident Guide:
   • Submitted Service
   • In-House Service
   • Autopsy Service
   • On-Call
   • Flow of Work

Autopsy Pathology

1. Duration
2. Training goals and objectives
3. Introductory Remarks
4. Autopsy Pathology Rotation
5. Hours and Rotation on Autopsy Service
6. Senior Resident Responsibilities for the Optional On-call Rotation
7. Autopsy Responsibilities for Residents During Other Rotations
8. Procedures
9. Gross Autopsy Conference
10. Work-up and Sign-Out
11. Instructions for Dictation of Autopsy Reports
12. Use of the Supplemental Report
13. Deadlines
14. Autopsies on Patients Not Dying in the Clinical Center
15. Submitted Autopsies
16. Submitted" Autopsy Staff Person
17. Delinquent Autopsies (Autopsies Older Than 60 days)
18. Gross Examination - Outline of Basic Method,
    to be modified as needed for individual cases
19. Safety Considerations

Clinical Cytogenetics

1. Duration
2. Training goals and objectives
3. Overview

Cytopathology

1. Duration
2. Training goals and objectives
3. Overview of Cytopathology Service
4. On Call Schedule
5. George Washington University Medical Center Rotation
6. Additonal Information

Hematopathology

1. Duration
2. Training goals and objectives
3. Overview

Integrated Service Training

1. Duration
2. Training goals and objectives
3. Advanced Diagnostic Techniques
4. Dermatopathology
5. Flow Cytometry
6. Immunopathology
7. Immunohistochemistry
8. In Situ Hybridization
9. Laboratory Management
10. Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory
11. Neuromuscular Pathology
12. Pediatric Pathology
13. Ultrastructural Pathology

Research

Surgical Pathology

1. Duration
2. Training goals and objectives
3. Overview
4. Service
5. Organization of Service
   1. In-House Service
   2. Frozen Section
   3. "Hot Seat" Service
   4. Submitted Surgicals
   5. Referral of Pathology Material to Other Centers
   6. Laboratory of Pathology Consultations Policy
6. Telephone Notification of Clinical Staff
   Regarding Unexpected Pathologic Findings

1. Autopsy
2. Cytopthology
3. Forensic Pathology
4. Pediatric Pathology
5. Surgical Pathology

1. Flow Cytometry
2. Hematopathology
3. Immunopathology of the Lymphoid System
4. Molecular Pathology
5. Molecular Diagnostics in Hematology
6. Ultrastructural Pathology