Didactic sessions for the residents are typically offered four mornings per week from 730-830am. The content based topics follow a 2-year planned curriculum that repeats such that each resident experiences the full didactic cycle twice. The typical 2-year curriculum can be seen below.
even | AP | CP |
JULY | Cardiovascular | Microbiology (Mycobacteria, nocardia, actinomyces/fungi/viruses) |
AUG | Gynecologic (uterus, cervix) | Heme |
SEPT | Breast | Lab Admin/Informatics |
OCT | Neuropath | Molecular |
NOV | Liver/Pancreas | BB/TM |
DEC | GU (bladder/renal) | Chemistry/Toxicology |
JAN | Cytology | Heme |
FEB | Bone/Soft Tissue | Molecular |
MAR | GI (lower GI) | Lab Admin/Informatics |
APR | Dermpath/Forensics | EM/IF |
MAY | Pulmonary | BB/TM |
JUNE |
odd | AP | CP |
JULY | Neuropath | Microbiology (bacteria/parasites/general) |
AUG | GI (upper GI) | BB/TM |
SEPT | Ovary/Placenta | Lab Admin/Informatics |
OCT | Lymph Node/Spleen | Molecular |
NOV | Bone/Soft Tissue | BB/TM |
DEC | Lung/Cytology | Chemistry/Toxicology |
JAN | Prostate/Testes | Heme |
FEB | Dermpath/Forensics | Molecular |
MAR | Breast | Lab Admin/Informatics |
APR | Head and Neck | Microbiology |
MAY | Endocrine | BB/TM |
JUNE |
Monthly Conferences:
- Gross Conference (picture format): 1/month. Resident and faculty driven
- Unknown Cytology/Clinical Pathology (blood banking and microbiology) conference X: 1/month (alternating every month between cytology, microbiology and blood bank)
- Cytology presentation: 1/month. Resident driven
- Interesting case conference: 1/month: (including surgpath/hemepath/cytology/bloodbank/microbiology/chemistry) Resident driven
- Unknown surgpath conference: 1/month
- DermPath Case Review: 2-3/month
- Heme path presentation: 1/month. Resident driven
- Surgpath subspecialty conference (alternating between GU, Breast, Dermpath, and Neuropath): 1/month
- Journal club: once every quarter
- Residency Conference/ Chief’s Conference: 1/month
- Clinical call conference: 1/month
- Fellow topic conference – senior residents
- Quarterly adverse event analysis meeting