Course Catalog

 
48-304 NEUROPATHOLOGY
Department PATHOLOGY Campus Birmingham
Course Type(s) Elective Facility UAB Medical Center
Course Director NEDA WICK, MD Enrollment Limit 4
Contact KALANTRA ELLIS Enrollment Minimum 1
Email kalantraellis@uabmc.edu Address 615 18th St S
Birmingham, AL 35233
Phone (205) 975-8323 Fax
Weeks
Normally Offered
See Offering Dates		 1-4, 5-8, 9-12, 13-16, 18-21, 22-25, 28-31, 32-35, 36-39, 40-43, 45-48, 49-52
Prerequisites Successful completion of internal medicine clerkship. 
Specific Clerkship Prerequisites: Medicine
Visiting Students
Accepts students from US LCME accredited schools.
Accepts students from osteopathic schools.
Course Contact will provide details about approvals for this course.
Course Description This rotation in Neuropathology includes experience in both surgical neuropathology, as well as autopsy neuropathology. This four week elective is spent with the neuropathologist rotating on the surgical neuropathology service, and includes instruction in clinical and radiographic assessment of neurosurgical patients, preparation and interpretation of frozen section studies, the application of immunohistochemical techniques, and diagnostic evaluation of permanent sections. Some didactic presentations are included. The autopsy portion of the elective allows student involvement in brain evaluations, both grossly and microscopically.
Where To Report Please follow the instructions provided to you by the Course Administrative Contact.
Requirements See Course Description.
Evaluation The student's grade will be based on the faculty evaluation of their participation during the elective, as well as their attendance.
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