Pathology & Laboratory Medicine Interest Group
Mission:
The mission of the Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine Pathology & Laboratory Medicine Interest Group (PaLMIG) is to provide medical students with early exposure to, and opportunities in, the field of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine. We aim to:
- Increase students’ awareness of the breadth of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine during the pre-clinical years;
- Demonstrate the integral role of pathologists in providing clinical care to patients;
- Demonstrate how knowledge gained during the pre-clinical curriculum forms the fundamental knowledge base for the practice of pathology.
Objectives
- Increase medical students’ awareness and understanding of the breadth of pathology;
- Facilitate medical students wishing to explore pathology through engaging and interactive lectures and demonstrations;
- Increase the number of senior medical students choosing pathology as a career – can be measured by monitoring graduating class Match statistics.
We will accomplish these objectives by providing opportunities that span the broad scope of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, including:
- Facilitating shadowing experiences within both Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, at the microscope and grossing bench, including:
- Pathology Case Sign-Outs at the microscope;
- Forensic Pathology & Autopsy observation, including a day trip to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner;
- Hands-on Surgical Cytopathology frozen section workshop;
- Microbiology Plate Rounds
- Tour of the BMC Blood Bank
- Speaker Series & Career Lunches
- Case Presentations
- Dissemination of Departmental Research Opportunities
- Journal Club-type events
Resources:
- A list compiled by the College of American Pathologists (CAP) of both funded and non-funded clinical and research opportunities open to medical students considering taking additional time during medical school to pursue Pathology-oriented training in Pathology programs across the country.
- Pathology Outlines is an authoritative all-around resource for gathering pathology-related information quickly and easily – the ‘Up-to-date’ of Pathology
- The Intersociety Council for Pathology Information’s website of Training Resources for Pathology and Laboratory Medicine. This is an excellent resource for finding information about a career in Pathology.