Objectives
The Pathology Program
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Anatomic and Clinical Pathology Residency Program - Objectives
The objectives of the residency program in anatomic and clinical pathology are:
- To offer the opportunity to acquire a broad and in-depth understanding of the subject matter in anatomic and clinical pathology.
- To provide experience in the techniques and methodology used in this discipline.
- To provide experience in the interpretation and clinical correlation of laboratory data, and in the management of the laboratory.
- To provide the credentials required for combined certification by the American Board of Pathology.
Anatomic and Clinical Pathology Residency Program - The Program
(NRMP #1903300CO)
The Pathology Department at Trinity Medical Center and Princeton Baptist offers a four-year program in clinical and anatomical pathology which fulfills the requirements of the American Board of Pathology for combined certification. The training is conducted within Trinity Medical Center and Princeton Baptist with specific rotations to Children's Hospital, the State of Alabama Forensic Science Laboratory, a private electron microscopy laboratory and a private dermatopathology laboratory.
The departments process over 17,000 surgical specimens a year from all of the major surgical specialties. The clinical laboratories include advanced methodology and instrumentation. Over 700 different types of clinical laboratory procedures are performed in the two institutions. The faculty includes seven pathologists, including several with subspecialty certification in areas such as hematopathology, neuropathology and cytopathology. A clinical chemist and a clinical microbiologist who are doctorate level laboratory scientists are also members of the faculty and supervise the residents during rotations through their areas of the laboratory.
During the first two years, the majority of the resident's time is spent in autopsy and surgical pathology rotations at Princeton Baptist and Trinity Medical Center. However, interspersed in these two years, the resident will have six to eight one-month rotations in various areas of the clinical laboratory such as hematology, clinical chemistry, blood bank, and bacteriology.
During the third and fourth years, the resident will continue to acquire knowledge through rotations in general areas of anatomic and clinical pathology at Trinity Medical Center and Princeton Baptist, but will also have rotations in pediatric pathology, forensic pathology, electron microscopy and dermatopathology. Elective time is also scheduled during these two years. At the end of four years of pathology residency training, the resident will have spent at least 18 months concentrating on clinical pathology and up to 30 months with emphasis on anatomical pathology.
The pathology residency program is affiliated with the University of Alabama School of Medicine and, in certain specialty fields, the residents rotate through facilities at the University.
Evaluation of the residents occurs formally at least twice a year, but informal feedback is provided regularly during each rotation. In addition, the residents also formally evaluate the program and the faculty at regular intervals.
Time and monetary support is provided for residents in the second and subsequent years of training to attend postgraduate courses, as well as regional and national meetings. In addition, funding is provided for a board review course during the final year of training.
The emphasis of the program is to train physicians who are equipped to enter the private practice of pathology immediately upon completion of residency training or who are prepared for subspecialty pathology fellowship training. The BHS Pathology residency program has been in existence for over 50 years. Our recent graduates have succeeded in obtaining fellowship positions at numerous academic institutions including: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Texas Children's Hospital, University of Kentucky, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Emory University, New York University, University of Arkansas, University of Texas, and University of Alabama Hospitals.
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