| Location:Â Silver Spring, MD |
| Website:http://www.askjpc.org/vetpath |
| Pathology Environment:Â Government Laboratory |
| Discipline/Field of Study: Anatomic Pathology |
| Length of Externship:3-6 weeks (3rd– 4th year student) |
| Time of Year:Â September – May |
| Funding:Â No |
| Housing Provided:Â Not provided by institution. Average cost of lodging in the area: $100-150/day. |
Description of Externship:
Interested students should contact MAJ Judy Kovach-Zukin (see below). Due to space/microscope limitations, we are only able to accept 2 externs at any time. Students must possess a valid U.S. driver’s license and must submit a visitor access form 1 week prior to arrival. International students may be eligible on a case by case basis, please contact for further details.
Description of Externship:
Externs attend all of the weekly scheduled training and participate in any additional training that might be added to the schedule during their visit, including systemics, general pathology/clinical pathology seminar, Wednesday slide conference, gross pathology, journal club and sign-out rounds. Depending on the length of their rotation, externs may also be assigned a systemic to present to the staff and residents. Students will work through diagnostic cases and study materials independently, including biopsies, cytologies and full necropsy cases. In general, a necropsy case is a full complement of tissues taken from a military working dog. Tissues may have age-related and/or pathologic changes. Externs will be expected to work at their microscope; become familiar with normal tissues; describe the pathologic changes; and write up the case with a synopsis of the pathologic findings. Externs may also be expected to work up and describe a surgical biopsy case to the group during our daily sign out rounds. September through May is the best time for externships because we have a break from formal training in the summer.
Program Coordinators and Emails:
MAJ Judy Kovach-Zukin [email protected] |