PATH 514 Procedures Laboratory I

The first course in a comprehensive year-long sequence covering laboratory safety requirements, frozen section procedure skills, grossing techniques and procedures, and autopsy techniques. This laboratory course correlates with the Anatomical Pathology Techniques I course.

Credits

2

Prerequisite

Matriculation in the Pathologists' Assistant program

Corequisite

PATH 521 Anatomical Pathology Techniques I

Offered

Spring

Outcomes

1. 1. Complete a frozen section procedure within 7 minutes from receipt of specimen to hand-off of diagnostic slide.
2. 2. Recite basic laboratory safety procedures and regulations.
3. 3. Perform common grossing procedures for surgical specimens.
4. 4. Select appropriate additional testing (e.g. immunohistochemistry, stains, etc.) for cited pathologies.
5. 5. Discuss the sequence of actions in an autopsy procedure.
6. 6. Recognize common pathology based on gross characteristics and organ system.