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Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
Department of Pathology
Resident Guidelines
VIII
Page 21
RE: Resident Responsibilities
Reviewed June 21, 2010
NAME OF ROTATION: Pediatric Pathology
YEAR(S) OF RESIDENCY ROTATION IS TAKEN AND DURATION: PGY I-IV,
10 months (integrated with surgicals).
GOALS AND OBJECTIVES: The goal of Pediatric Pathology is to develop knowledge,
problem-solving ability, and diagnostic skills in pediatric surgical pathology in a setting that
provides graded responsibility.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF RESIDENTS:
1. The resident will report to Dr. Mamlok by: 8:30a.m. each morning, unless there is a
conference, and will be available until 12:00 noon or later if necessary.
2. The resident will be responsible for supervised grossing of obstetrical and surgical
specimens, supervised frozen sections, supervised report preparation, and communication
with clinicians and consultants as indicated.
3. The resident is responsible for presentations at surgical pathology conferences, including
Pediatric related conferences during the entire rotation.
4. At the end of the rotation, the resident will be expected to know the diagnostic approach,
criteria and differential diagnoses for the following types of pediatric surgical specimens:
a. Placentas
b. Abortions/fetuses
c. Pediatric tumors (see below)
d. Melanocytic nevi
e. Laryngeal papilloma
f. Lung biopsy
g. Mucosal biopsies of esophagus, stomach, small and large intestine
h. Mucosal and muscularis propria biopsy of large bowel of Hirschsprung disease
i. Liver biopsy
j. Hydronephrotic and dysplastic kidney
5. At the end of the rotation, the resident will be expected to know the diagnostic approach,
criteria, and differential diagnoses for, as well as identify, protocol requirements and
proper submission of tissues for the following tumors:
a. Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma
b. Wilms tumor and other renal tumors of childhood
c. Neuroblastoma and related tumors
d. Osteosarcoma
e. Ewing’s sarcoma
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
Department of Pathology
Resident Guidelines
VIII
Page 22
RE: Resident Responsibilities
Pediatric Pathology
Reviewed June 21, 2010
f. Soft tissue sarcomas (rhabdomyosarcoma and non-rhabdo-myosarcoma)
g. CNS tumors (astrocytoma, medulloblastoma, ependymoma)
h. Germ cell tumors
SUPERVISION AND EVALUATION:
All cases, including paperwork and all glass slides, are reviewed by a pathologist licensed to
practice in Texas, and is verified by that pathologist. At no time is a final report issued without
that verification. The rotation runs concurrent with surgical pathology and will be evaluated with
it. If a pediatric autopsy is done, the rules for autopsy evaluation will follow.
RESIDENT DOCUMENTATION of activities for evaluation and ABP:
Residents must keep track of the numbers and organ system types of cases as they do them,
including placentas and pediatric surgical specimens and autopsies. These numbers will be
needed for application to the American Board of Pathology. This sheet should be presented at the
time of evaluation, and its contents entered into the Innovations system.
TEACH STAFF RESPONSIBILITIES FOR SUPERVISION:
Viviane Mamlok, MD