Table 1.
Day | Big Topic | Morning Session 1 | Morning Session 2 | Afternoon Session |
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1 | Introduction | Normal histology | Neoplasia | Orientation, presentation of group case (Detective Case) |
2 | The nuts and bolts of pathology processing | Anatomic pathology (biopsies, resections, frozens) | Cytology processing and introduction | Neoplastic vs reactive slide session |
3 | GI | Tubular GI (esophagus to colon) | Pancreaticohepatobiliary | GI pathology slide session |
4 | Dermatopathology | Inflammatory dermatopathology | Neoplastic dermatopathology | Dermatopathology slide session |
5 | Cardiothoracic | The lungs | The heart | Cardiothoracic slide session |
6 | GU | Upper GU (medical kidney, cystic kidney, neoplastic kidney) | Lower GU (bladder, male reproductive organs) | GU slide session |
7 | Women’s health | Breast | GYN | Breast and GYN slide session, presentation: laboratory-developed tests and the UW COVID-19 experience |
8 | Head and neck pathology | ENT | Glands (thyroid, parathyroid, salivary) | ENT pathology slide session |
9 | BST and molecular | BST | Molecular genetics | BST slide session, presentation: COVID-19 autopsy findings |
10 | Autopsy and neuropathology | Neuropathology | Autopsy and death certificate | Neuropathology slide session, Detective and Good Will Hunting Case wrap-ups |
BST, bone and soft tissue; COVID-19, coronavirus disease 2019; ENT, ear, nose, and throat; GI, gastrointestinal; GU, genitourinary; GYN, gynecology; UW, University of Washington.
aThe remote anatomic pathology course is 2 weeks long, consisting of 10 days of remote instruction. Morning sessions are large group with all students calling into the same live lectures. During each session, the presenter explores a topic (organized by organ system) to review anatomy, normal histology, and pathologic entities, toggling back and forth between a PowerPoint and a virtual slide set. Afternoon sessions consist of unknown cases from the organ system of the day with Detective Case workup discussions. Two days include lectures on the University of Washington Medical Center pathology experience with COVID-19.