VTMED 6619 - Clinical Pathology Rotation

Fall, Spring. 2 credits. S/U grades only.

Prerequisite: VTMED 5500. Enrollment limited to: fourth-year veterinary students. Course may not be repeated.

E. Behling-Kelly, A. Newman, T. Stokol, J. Webb.

This two-week course consolidates principles of clinical pathology and provides students with additional experience in using clinical pathology data to help with interpretation, diagnosis and management of clinical cases, through the use of archived and current clinical cases. Students will become more experienced and confident in examining blood and cytology smears, interpreting electrophoretogram results and working through clinical case material. Students are required to interpret a “mystery” slide (hematology or cytology) and case with clinical pathologic data in the last week of the rotation. There is substantial interaction with clinical pathology faculty, staff and residents. The case material can be somewhat tailored to the students’ areas of interest.