Competencies Assessed in General & Systemic Pathology

Effective written and oral Communication Skills are developed and evaluated by:

written autopsy report.     

6 slide tests requiring written description and diagnosis.

comprehensive oral exam at the end of each semester.

Basic Clinical Skills are in part developed and evaluated by:

numerous case-based clinical problems utilizing patient histories, physical findings and laboratory data.

use of clinical problems on all written exams.

Life Long Learning is encouraged and evaluated by:

exposing students to new and innovative teaching techniques.

emphasizing the importance of continuing education in medicine.

Involvement in Social and Community Contexts of Health Care
is encouraged by:

facilitating student involvement in AIDS presentations in local high schools as part of our
Student-to-Student Program.     

Moral Reasoning and Ethical Judgment is examined by:
 
class discussions of  medically related topics.

utilization of case-based clinical problems raising ethical issues.

Enhancement of Problem Solving Skills is fostered and evaluated by:

written autopsy reports. comprehensive oral exam,

emphasizing clinical problems and diagnostic situations, at the end of each semester.

utilization of case-based clinical diagnostic problems.

Pathology encourages and evaluates Professionalism and
Role Recognition by

effective roll modeling on the part of all who help team teach these courses.

critical evaluation of the degree of professionalism exhibited by the physicians in our case-based
clinical problems.

deportment and presentation during end of the semester oral exams