APPROACH BASED COURSE- HISTOPATHOLOGY AND CYTOLOGY

Course description: Approach to routine histopathology and cytology specimen and biopsies – An updated pragmatic approach with clinical relevance, of all systems including cytology.

Target audience: Practicing pathologists and pathologists-in-training..

Learning objectives:

• Update adequacy / diagnostic criteria for particular lesions occurring at various body sites
• Understand pitfalls (Technique related, processing related and interpretation related)
• Use of immunohistochemistry- IHC based approach in arriving at a diagnosis
• Pitfalls associated with IHC -When it is not useful.
• Understand classification updates based on new information both molecular and genomic.
• Understand clinical relevance of a report and practice changes that improve and optimize patient care and outcome.

Course format:

• Course materials
• Videos with virtual slides
• Self assessment
• Quizzes based on real life scenarios
• Cases with self assessment
• Approach based wall hangers with differential diagnosis diagrams.

THE COURSE IS COMPLETELY ONLINE- NO HARD COPIES WILL BE SHIPPED

Contents of the course

S.No	Topic	Subtopics
1.	Approach to Lymph node pathology	Benign conditions and lymphomas
2.	GI biopsies- Part I (Esophagus and stomach)	Esophagus and stomach benign and malignant conditions, including resection specimens with relevant molecular updates.
3.	GI biopsies- Part II (Intestines and Rectum)	Intestines and rectum benign and malignant including resection specimen with relevant molecular updates (biomarkers).
4.	Liver biopsy interpretation	Benign (Adult and Pediatric) and Malignant (Adult and Pediatric)
5.	Approach to prostrate biopsies	Benign, mimickers and malignant
6.	Endometrial biopsies – Part I	Normal cyclical endometrium, Benign conditions associated with AUB, Approach to endometrial biopsies for infertility including exogenous hormonal administration related changes.
7.	Endometrial biopsies- Part II	Products of conception, Gestational trophoblastic diseases, Precursors and malignant conditions with relevant molecular updates.
8.	Approach to bladder conditions	Benign mimics and malignancies including cytology
9.	Approach to papillary lesions of the breast	Papillary lesions of the breast- approach
10.	Other breast conditions	Benign and malignant breast conditions with cytology and core biopsy updated criterias, including excision and MRM with relevant molecular updates (biomarkers)
11.	Pattern based approach to skin biopsies	Pattern based interpretation of skin biopsy- basics
12.	Approach to skin tumors (Non- melanocytic)	Skin adenexal tumors, Precursor lesions and malignant epithelial tumors
13.	Melanocytic lesions of the skin	Benign, Precursors and malignant.
14.	Approach to small round cell tumors	Including relevant molecular updates.
15.	Approach to soft tissue tumors	Including relevant molecular updates.
16.	Muscle biopsy interpretation	Pediatric and adult conditions with updated criterias
17.	Approach to primary bone lesion	Morphology and IHC based approach. Including relevant molecular updates.
18.	Approach to brain biopsies	Morphology and IHC based approach. Including relevant molecular updates.
19.	Uterine cervix approach	Benign, precursors, malignant along with PAP smear – updated criterias. Including relevant molecular updates.
20.	Thyroid	Benign and malignant along with cytology correlation. Including relevant molecular updates.
21.	Approach to Malignancy of unknown origin	Morphology and IHC based approach.

Course price: Click here

Course validity: 1 year minimum

Sample course material

Scenario based quizzes

Worksheets with real life reporting, reporting templates and grossing templates with updated protocols will also be provided find some samples below.

SAMPLE VIDEOS – SLIDE BASED DISCUSSION AND APPROACH