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Dermatology/Pathology Elective (5 credits)
Program director: Michael Ioffreda, MD, 717-531-8307
Administrative coordinator: Malissa Wagner, mwagner11@pennstatehealth.psu.edu
Prerequisites: Completion of third-year core clerkships. Course is for students pursuing a career in dermatology or pathology.
Maximum number of students: 1
When offered: All rotations
Length of course: One month
Date/time/location: Dermatopathology signout room, C7714A
Description: Intended for students who are pursuing a career in dermatology or pathology, the course involves studying the pathology of cutaneous disorders. At a multi-headed microscope, the students observe “signout” of skin biopsies obtained in outpatient and inpatient settings that are performed by dermatologists, plastic surgeons, ophthalmologists and family practitioners. Students have the opportunity to preview cases on their own and are expected to do so. With the aid of the dermatopathologists, students are expected to complete a project that can feasibly be completed within the one-month-long rotation and lead to publication. By the end of the course, students are expected to be able to diagnose common skin lesions on their own, which will be assessed by questioning at the microscope. This course complements what is learned in dermatology and pathology rotations. A four-week block is recommended, with a maximum of two students at any given time.
Anatomic Pathology Elective (5 credits)
Program director: Jordan Newell, MD, jnewell@pennstatehealth.psu.edu
Prerequisites: Successful completion of first two years of medical school. Program is open to students in their third and fourth year
Maximum number of students: 3
When offered: All rotations
Length of course: One month
Date/time/location: Room C7706C
Description: Medical students electing the anatomic pathology rotation will participate in the diagnostic evaluation and clinical correlation of tissues sent to surgical pathology and cytology including frozen section diagnosis. Students will review this material with the Anatomic Pathology faculty and participate in surgical pathology conferences.
Individual Studies Elective (5 credits)
Program director: Student’s faculty research adviser
Prerequisites: Limited to fourth-year medical students at Penn State College of Medicine
Maximum number of students: N/A
When offered: All rotations
Length of course: One month
Description: Creative projects including non-thesis research supervised on an individual basis and which fall outside the scope of formal courses.
Independent Studies Elective – Special Topics (5 credits)
Program director: Individual pathology faculty
Prerequisites: Limited to fourth-year students at Penn State College of Medicine; arrangements with individual faculty members must be made in advance of registration
Maximum number of students: N/A
When offered: All rotations
Length of course: One month
Description: Medical students will work with an individual faculty member in a pathology subspecialty area of interest, such as cytopathology, advanced surgical pathology II (should have taken PATH 770 first), neuropathology, gynecologic pathology, dermatopathology, virology, blood banking or molecular diagnostics. Rotation will expose the student to routine diagnostic cases as well as to special projects.