Rotation Schedule
AP/CP Rotation Schedule (1 block = 4 weeks)
A typical AP/CP residency rotation schedule includes:
| Year 1 |
Blocks |
| Frozen Section Lab |
4 blocks |
| Autopsy Pathology |
3 blocks |
| Cytology I |
1 block |
| GI Pathology |
1 block |
| Microbiology |
2 blocks |
| Coagulation |
1 block |
| Dermatopathology |
1 block |
| Year 2 |
Blocks |
| Frozen Section Lab |
3 blocks |
| XRSR Biopsy |
2 blocks |
| Hematopathology I |
2 blocks |
| Transfusion Medicine |
3 blocks |
| Cytogenetics |
1 block |
| Cytology II |
1 block |
| Clinical Chemistry |
1 block |
| Year 3 |
Blocks |
| Transfusion Medicine |
1 block |
| Clinical Chemistry |
2 blocks |
| Molecular Genetics |
2 blocks |
| Hematopathology II |
2 blocks |
| Cytology III |
1 block |
| Frozen Section Lab |
1 block |
| Elective |
4 blocks |
| Year 4 |
Blocks |
| Neuropathology |
1 block |
| Lymph Node Pathology |
1 block |
| Frozen Section Lab Fellow |
1 block |
| Non-Directed Consult Fellow |
1 block |
| Autopsy – Supervisory |
1 block |
| MC3 Fellow |
1 blocks |
| Elective |
7 blocks |
AP only Rotation Schedule (1 block = 4 weeks)
A typical AP only residency rotation schedule includes:
| Year 1 |
Blocks |
| Frozen Section Lab |
4 blocks |
| Autopsy Pathology |
3 blocks |
| Cytogenetics |
1 block |
| Cytology I |
1 block |
| Dermatopathology |
1 block |
| GI Pathology |
1 block |
| Elective |
2 blocks |
| Year 2 |
Blocks |
| Frozen Section Lab |
3 blocks |
| Molecular Genetics |
2 blocks |
| XRSR Biopsy |
2 blocks |
| Autopsy Pathology |
1 block |
| Clinical Chemistry |
1 block |
| Cytology II |
1 block |
| Hematopathology I |
1 block |
| Lymph Node Pathology |
1 block |
| Elective |
2 blocks |
| Year 3 |
Blocks |
| Cytology III |
1 block |
| Frozen Section Lab |
1 block |
| Frozen Section Lab Fellow |
1 block |
| MC3 Fellow |
1 block |
| Neuropathology |
1 block |
| Non-Directed Consult Fellow |
1 block |
| Elective |
7 blocks |
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