CORE MODULES
Students in either two and four credit courses are required to do all of these activities - they're fun and entertaining!
Each module has a specific question which you can answer in the form of a "tweet" in less than <280 characters. You are not required to view all of the links below; they are there for your reference to help you answer the question.
Describe how a specimen goes from a patient’s body to a glass slide.
https://webpath.med.utah.edu/HISTHTML/HISTOTCH/HISTOTCH.html#2 (Detailed article with links)
https://owlcation.com/stem/What-Happened-to-That-Biopsy-the-Doctor-Took-From-Me (Mix of paragraphs and short videos)
https://med.nyu.edu/pathology/patient-care/patients/pathway-specimen-diagnosis (Short article)
https://pathology.uic.edu/understanding-your-pathology-report/ (Short FAQ written for patients)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTafdBPah8Y (Grossing a gallbladder, 4 minute video)
List the many aspects of pathologists’ jobs.
https://healthcare.utah.edu/the-scope/shows.php?shows=0_6kipiez3 (Interview with a pathologist - Podcast you can download or read the transcript)
https://thepathologist.com/inside-the-lab/the-art-of-algorithms (Long but easy-to-read magazine article about using algorithms in pathology)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpJKSScmmhM (1 hour long keynote speech about pathology past, present and future)
https://www.captodayonline.com/ups-and-downs-of-bringing-in-beaker-ap-lis/ (Article about bringing in a new computer system)
Describe the purpose and general process of frozen sections.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OPtB5cDN_U (1 minute overview of a frozen section)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBw4jECh3aU (13 minute real-life video of frozen section)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XU9zIjQ7Sjw (10 minute neurofrozens)
Describe the purpose and general features of autopsies.
Define cytopathology and give one example of a common use.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cytopathology (Wikipedia article about cytopathology)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFOhqvuSVDg (3 minute video about cytopathologist)
https://www.captodayonline.com/fna-cytology-rapid-on-site-evaluation-how-practice-varies/ (Magazine article about rapid onsite evaluations)
Briefly define/describe each of these terms: blood types, cross match, donor center, transfusion reaction, therapeutic apheresis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlwF2Zz2obM (5 minute overview of Transfusion Medicine)
https://www.bbguy.org/education/glossary/ (Blood Bank Guy glossary)
Transfusion reactions: https://webpath.med.utah.edu/TUTORIAL/BLDBANK/BBTXRXN.html (article)
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2011/0315/p719.html (AAFP guidelines article)
https://labtestsonline.org/articles/transfusion-medicine (AACC transfusion medicine overview page)
Describe the most common techniques used in a clinical microbiology laboratory.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8OJNXCgIzSM (5 minute video about clinical micro lab)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lia_O5AogbQ (6 minute video, “Why cultures take so long”)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpL_i9-nCnA (10 minute video about molecular identification from positive blood cultures)
https://arup.utah.edu/media/shortTopics/spot_schlaberg_ngsMeta_2018/videoLecture.php (6 minute video how sequencing is used in micro)
Describe the process going from a lab order to result in Epic.
Phlebotomy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uyWoU9VnyYc (2 min video)
https://labtestsonline.org/articles/laboratory-tour-blood%20sample (brief article)
Lab stewardship: https://arup.utah.edu/media/shortTopics/aacc19_fletcher/videoLecture.php (18 minutes video with Dr. Fletcher from ARUP)
Briefly describe what molecular pathology is and how it relates to personalized medicine.
Personalized medicine https://arup.utah.edu/education/shortTopics/spot_brca12.php (4 minute video, Genetics of BRCA)
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/873128 (5 minute video about PD-L1 targeted therapy)
https://www.amp.org/about/who-we-are/ (AMP website)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UuHansCZ0d8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-y3xi1K7JE (2, 2 minute videos from Cepheid, a PCR instrument that many clinical labs have for infectious disease PCR)
Browse the Utah website and describe the normal histology of two organ systems.
https://webpath.med.utah.edu/HISTHTML/NORMAL/NORMAL01.html (Numerous topics to read about and click through)