Externship

Description of Externship:

The Department of Comparative Pathobiology and the Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory (ADDL) offer the opportunity to preview anatomic pathology residency training at an accredited (American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians) diagnostic laboratory in a veterinary school setting. Externs interact with pathologists, residents and veterinary students in a necropsy service with ample and varied caseload, then follow cases to final diagnosis through correlation of histologic examination and ancillary test results. Histopathology training can be supplemented with biopsy case material.  During the academic year, externs participate along with pathology residents in weekly reviews of gross photography from necropsy cases, histopathology seminars, and courses in general or systemic pathology prepared for pathology residents.  Externs have the opportunity to develop a case report or newsletter article, participate in a research project, or rotate through the branch laboratory (Heeke ADDL) at the Southern Indiana Purdue Agricultural Center, where the caseload is also diverse with many avian accessions.

Updated: 1/14/2011