Educational Case: Cytology for Staging Neoplasia and Thyroid Neoplasms. (10th June 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: McGary, Carl T.; Shaw, Aubie
• Is Part Of: Academic pathology. (2019:Jan./Dec.)
• Publication Date: 2019-06-10
• Subjects: pathology competencies -- diagnostic medicine -- cytopathology -- organ system pathology -- thyroid neoplasms -- papillary thyroid carcinoma -- thyroid tumor staging; Pathology -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- North America -- Periodicals; Pathology; Periodicals; 616.0707117
• DOI: 10.1177/2374289519851218
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2374-2895

Abstract

The following fictional case is intended as a learning tool within the Pathology Competencies for Medical Education (PCME), a set of national standards for teaching pathology. These are divided into three basic competencies: Disease Mechanisms and Processes, Organ System Pathology, and Diagnostic Medicine and Therapeutic Pathology. For additional information, and a full list of learning objectives for all three competencies, see http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/2374289517715040 .