Presentations, presentations, presentations! It becomes second nature by the end of the term. Pathology lab is a team-based learning experience that consists of presentations on multiple diseases. Pathology labs are usually held 3 or 4 days of the week and follows the material that is taught in lecture. The pathology department releases lab slides the Friday before each lab week. It is the responsibility of the group to divide up the lab slides. Then, during each lab session which is about 2 hours, each student will present on their designated slide/topic. A clinical tutor will be present during the session to answer questions and clarify material.
Pathology groups: Students are allowed to pick their own groups of about 7-8 people for pathology. For my term, we were only allowed to have 7 people per group. This will probably change for future terms. The department recommends gender and ethnic diversity within the group. I was fortunate to be part of an awesome group. I learned so much from my group members and although we complained about the work in term 4, we all worked well together as a group. :)
Slide distribution: The pathology department will assign the number of slides per lab session. Usually it will be about 7 or 8 slides per session/day. Each slide usually correlates to a specific disease/concept. For my group, there was 1 person who was designated as the slide distributer. By Saturday afternoon of each week, all group members were aware of the slides that they would be presenting on for the following week. We tried to divide up the slides up evenly based on the amount of work required. Groups have different methods of dividing up the slides. For us, we used a google excel document to keep everything clear.
Pathology slide: The pathology department will provide images/slides of a disease process or concept. The student responsible for the slide presentation is required to include the following into a slide presentation: identification, morphology/structural changes, disease name, etiology, pathogenesis, signs and symptoms, investigations for diagnosis, course complications, differentials, highlights, and a possible vignette pertaining to the material. I would highly recommend a template. It will save a lot of time in completing the pathology slides. The benefit of making the pathology slide is that I will never forget the slides that I present on to my team.
How much time do you spend on completing your own pathology slide?
Usually, each member of the group will have at least 1 if not 2 lab slides to present per day. At the beginning of the term, students in the term ahead of me said that we should spend a maximum of 20 minutes completing the pathology slide. At the beginning of the term, I spent at least an hour if not more per slide. I found that some diseases are much easier to talk about compared to others. As the term progressed, I was able to cut that time to about 30-45 minutes. Completing my slide for the next day would be the last thing I did before I went to bed every night and I would always make time to review my slide during my lunch break right before the lab session. In term 1, instructors would tell us to try to complete our labs over the weekends. I did not find it possible to do this in term 4. I was never ahead on pathology slides. I tried my best to avoid falling behind. I just had to make sure I was right on schedule.
Although tedious, I have to say that I learned a whole lot more than expected from lab sessions. So, I am thankful for a great group! :)
~N
Pathology groups: Students are allowed to pick their own groups of about 7-8 people for pathology. For my term, we were only allowed to have 7 people per group. This will probably change for future terms. The department recommends gender and ethnic diversity within the group. I was fortunate to be part of an awesome group. I learned so much from my group members and although we complained about the work in term 4, we all worked well together as a group. :)
Slide distribution: The pathology department will assign the number of slides per lab session. Usually it will be about 7 or 8 slides per session/day. Each slide usually correlates to a specific disease/concept. For my group, there was 1 person who was designated as the slide distributer. By Saturday afternoon of each week, all group members were aware of the slides that they would be presenting on for the following week. We tried to divide up the slides up evenly based on the amount of work required. Groups have different methods of dividing up the slides. For us, we used a google excel document to keep everything clear.
Pathology slide: The pathology department will provide images/slides of a disease process or concept. The student responsible for the slide presentation is required to include the following into a slide presentation: identification, morphology/structural changes, disease name, etiology, pathogenesis, signs and symptoms, investigations for diagnosis, course complications, differentials, highlights, and a possible vignette pertaining to the material. I would highly recommend a template. It will save a lot of time in completing the pathology slides. The benefit of making the pathology slide is that I will never forget the slides that I present on to my team.
How much time do you spend on completing your own pathology slide?
Usually, each member of the group will have at least 1 if not 2 lab slides to present per day. At the beginning of the term, students in the term ahead of me said that we should spend a maximum of 20 minutes completing the pathology slide. At the beginning of the term, I spent at least an hour if not more per slide. I found that some diseases are much easier to talk about compared to others. As the term progressed, I was able to cut that time to about 30-45 minutes. Completing my slide for the next day would be the last thing I did before I went to bed every night and I would always make time to review my slide during my lunch break right before the lab session. In term 1, instructors would tell us to try to complete our labs over the weekends. I did not find it possible to do this in term 4. I was never ahead on pathology slides. I tried my best to avoid falling behind. I just had to make sure I was right on schedule.
Although tedious, I have to say that I learned a whole lot more than expected from lab sessions. So, I am thankful for a great group! :)
~N
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