Duties and Opportunities

By their very nature, pathologists are teachers.  Residents are involved in the teaching/training of pre-professional students, medical technology students, medical students, junior pathology residents and other clinical house staff. Residents participate on a routine basis in a number of interdisciplinary conferences within the medical center and are also encouraged to participate in national meetings by presenting their work in posters and platforms.  The Department subsidizes the registration and travel expenses of all residents presenting their work at national meetings.

Participation of residents in academic research activities is strongly encouraged and supported. Opportunities for engaging in clinical or translational research abound in the department. Strong mentoring is provided for those residents interested in participating in research leading to publication in peer-review journals.  Several members of the department serve on Editorial Boards of a large number of the major pathology journals in the country and have ongoing research activities in which the residents are encouraged to participate. The OSU Department of Pathology is consistently represented by residents and faculty members at the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology Annual Meeting (USCAP), one of the most prestigious anatomic pathology organization in the world.

Involvement in organized medicine is becoming an increasingly important activity for physicians in general and pathologists in particular. Resident membership in the College of American Pathologists (CAP) is free to all residents in training.  In addition, residents are encouraged to attend, at no cost, the meetings of the Central Ohio Society of Pathologists and the Ohio Society of Pathologists. All residents also are subsidized by the department to attend one of the major national meetings in pathology every year. In addition to an annual 3-day Update Course in Pathology, which includes the participation of guest faculty made up of various world recognized experts from the leading institutions in the country, in addition to our own faculty members, that is sponsored and organized by the department.