Curriculum
The Assistant in Pathology program integrates both didactic and clinical phases spanning 22 months. The didactic phase incorporates traditional classroom interaction with clinical and pathological skills development.
Graduates are eligible to take the American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP) certification exam and practice as certified Pathologists鈥� Assistants. ASCP certification is valid for three years and is renewed through the ASCP Certification Maintenance Program (CMP) upon completion of 60 hour of continuous medical education (CME). For more information about certification and maintenance programs, please visit:
MSBS-Assistant in Pathology Program
2024 Curriculum
Fall Semester (Year I) |
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Course Number |
Course Name |
Credit Hours |
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ANAT 5000 |
Anatomy for Physician Assistants听 |
5 |
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PHSL 5050 |
Human Physiology |
4 |
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INDI 8790 |
Basic and Advanced Light Microscopy |
4 |
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PATH 6060 |
Intro Surgical Pathology - Didactic |
2 |
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PATH 6080 |
Intro Postmortem Pathology (Hospital + Forensic) - Didactic |
2 |
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听 |
听 |
17 |
Spring Semester (Year I) |
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Course Number |
Course Name |
Credit Hours |
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PATH 6770 |
Embryology and teratology |
1 |
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PATH 6060 |
Intro Surgical Pathology - Clinical |
2 |
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PATH 7125 |
Lab Management听 |
4 |
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PATH 6080 |
Intro Postmortem Pathology (Hospital + Forensic) - Clinical |
2 |
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听 |
听 |
9 |
Summer听 Semester (Year I) |
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Course Number |
Course Name |
Credit Hours |
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PATH 6890 |
Independent Study in Pathology听 |
4 |
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PATH 6060 |
Intro Surgical Pathology - Clinical |
2 |
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PATH 6080 |
Intro Postmortem Pathology (Hospital + Forensic) - clinical |
2 |
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听 |
听 |
8 |
Fall Semester (Year II) |
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Course Number |
Course Name |
Credit Hours |
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PATH 6780 |
Histology and Cell Physiology |
2 |
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PATH 7130 |
Pathology听 |
4 |
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INDI 6980 |
Scholarly Project |
3 |
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PATH 6070 |
Intro Clinical Lab Medicine |
2 |
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听 |
听 |
11 |
Spring Semester (Year II) |
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Course Number |
Course Name |
Credit Hours |
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PATH 6040 |
Pathology Assistants: Medical Ethics |
1 |
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PATH 6790 |
Histology and Cell Physiology |
2 |
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PATH 7130 |
Pathology听 |
4 |
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INDI 6980 |
Scholarly Project |
3 |
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听 |
听 |
10 |
A minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0 in Assistant in Pathology coursework is required for graduation. Students whose cumulative GPA falls below 3.0 during any semester will be placed on academic probation. A full-time student on academic probation will have one or at most two semesters (excluding summer) to meet the cumulative GPA standard. A student failing to meet the standard will be subject to dismissal. A grade of C is the minimum passing grade for graduate courses.
To continue in Assistant in Pathology program, students must maintain the minimum GPA of at least 3.0 on every course and successfully complete the clinical rotation in surgical and autopsy pathology.
Course Description:
ANAT 5000- Anatomy for Physician Assist: 5 credits
Provides students with a working knowledge of the major anatomical regions and structures.
Emphasis placed on the relationships of components as well as topographical and functional
anatomy. Case studies will be utilized.
PHSL 5050: Human Physiology: 4 credits
Course Catalogue description:
This course addresses cellular, regulatory and organ system physiology including blood
and immune system, cardiovascular, respiratory, gastrointestinal, renal reproductive
and endocrine physiology.
INDI 8790: Basic and Advanced Light Microscopy: 4 credits
Course Catalogue description:
This course is intended to introduce histologic techniques related to tissue preparation
for microscopic imaging including tissue fixation, processing, staining, microtomy,
and the special techniques of histochemistry and immunocytochemistry for light microscopy.听
The course will emphasize the use of light microscopes including brightfield, darkfield,phase-contrast,
fluorescence, and differential contrast microscopy.听 In addition, advanced microscopy
techniques will be addressed including super resolution fluorescence, confocal, and
multi-photon microscopies.听 Analysis of tissue images and photography techniques will
also be emphasized.听听
Course description:
The course is intended to integrate basic histologic techniques to be utilized for
a variety of microscopy applications such as tissue preparation for immunohistochemical
labeling of cellular antigenic sites for brightfield microscopy and/or direct labeling
of tissues with fluorescent probes for use with fluorescence microscopy.听 The student
will learn basic fixation of tissues, sectioning, and staining/labeling techniques
for routine or special microscopic techniques.听 It is expected that the course will
teach students how to prepare tissues for microscopic investigation and how to analyze
and to use photographic techniques to record observations.听 The course is laboratory
intensive, providing the student 鈥渉ands on鈥� experience to enhance didactic sessions.听
PATH 6060:听 Intro Surgical Pathology: 6 credits
Course Catalogue description:
Introduces students to surgical pathology and cytology including gross evaluation
of tissues, tissue processing and microscopic evaluation of diseased human tissues
to render a diagnosis, recommend treatment and evaluate prognosis. In addition, students
will attend and/or present case materials at conferences.
Course Description:
This course introduces students to surgical pathology including tissue gross evaluation,
dissection, description, and microscopic evaluation. This course covers a wide variety
of topics including but not limited to laboratory safety, medical terminology, concepts
in histology processing, and concepts in immunohistochemistry. The course provides
supervised training on frozen sections, manual and surgical saw, submission of tissue
for ancillary studies such as electron microscopy, flow cytometry, cytogenetics, microbiology,
molecular biology, and gross and microscopic slides photography. Moreover, students
will be involved in keeping enough supplies in the gross room and update the maintenance
charts. In this course, students will present cases and a project using the educational
methodology, attend tumor board meeting and will help residents in preparing the necessary
material including photos for gross and microscopic slides.
PATH 6080:听 Intro Postmortem Pathology (Hospital and Forensics): 6 credits听
Course Catalogue description:
An introductory course designed to acquaint students with autopsy procedures. It consists
of a series of lectures, demonstrations, and readings pertaining to human autopsy.
Students will be involved in the performance of autopsies, the selection of appropriate
tissues for microscopic examination, microscopic examination of tissues, rendering
a diagnosis and completing autopsy reports. The autopsies are performed at the Lucas
County Coroner's Office.
PATH 6040: Pathology Assistants: Medical Ethics: 1 credit
Course Catalogue description:听
This course is an introduction to medical ethics for the pathology assistant. Focus
is on the issues faced by the pathologist and pathology assistants. The course will
be seminar based and will involve presentations and case discussions.听
PATH 7125: Lab Management :4 credits
This course provides students with the background information needed to step into management or supervisory roles in a laboratory setting. The five management topics covered in this course are Operations, Informatics, Compliance, Personnel Management, and Financial Management. This course is online only.听
PATH 7130:听 Pathology : 8 credits
This course is designed to acquaint students with the basic concepts of general and systems-based pathology using didactic lectures to teach general pathologic mechanisms as well as organ specific pathology. Students will learn to correlate normal anatomy, gross examination and microscopic diagnosis. An emphasis will be placed on cancer staging using CAP cancer protocols. Students will continue to perform gross examination throughout this course allowing them to connect and apply concepts from their didactic sessions with the specimens they are dissecting.
PATH 6890: Independent Study in Pathology: 4 credits
Course Catalogue description:
Intensive study in the field of interest, including theoretical and experimental work.
May be repeated for credit.
Course Description:
This course provides the student an opportunity to do intensive study in the field
of interest, including theoretical and experimental aspects. The pre-rotation assignment
will be agreed upon between instructor and student to include the review of recent
literature related to student鈥檚 chosen field of training and submission of a weekly
manuscript related to the topic(s) agreed upon.
PATH 6780 & 6790:听 Histology and Cell Physiology: 4 credits
Course Description:
This course is intended to introduce histologic techniques including tissue fixation,
processing, staining, microtomy, and the special techniques of histochemistry and
immunocytochemistry for light microscopy; in addition, basic optics and the use of
the bright field, phase contrast, and fluorescence microscopy will be address. The
course will integrate microscopic anatomy.
The course is intended to integrate microscopic anatomy with tissue-specific physiology.
The course schedule is designed to meld with the disease content of the organ systems
of the medical school curriculum to provide a basis of normal microscopic anatomy
(histology) and specific functions of organ-specific cell types. There is a strong
emphasis on the independent study of cell physiology to accompany didactic presentations
of the microscopic anatomy including utilization of virtual tissue slides.听
INDI 6980: Scholarly Project: 6 credits
Course/Catalogue Description:
This course provides an opportunity for the student to develop an in-depth scholarly
project to fulfill the research requirements of the Master of Science in Biomedical
Science (MSBS) degree program.听 This course may be repeated for credit.听
PATH 6070:听 Intro Clinical Lab Medicine: 2 credits
Course Catalogue description:
An introductory course designed to acquaint students with the laboratory tests that
are available in the clinical laboratory, prioritization of test ordering, how the
tests are performed and their usefulness in clinical diagnosis and clinical investigation.
Course Description:
An introductory course designed to acquaint students with the laboratory tests that
are available in the clinical laboratory, prioritization of test ordering, how the
tests are performed and their usefulness in clinical diagnosis and clinical investigation.
Students will rotate through hematology, chemistry, transfusion services, immunology,
and microbiology in the Department of Pathology, and attend departmental conferences
and lectures provided during the rotation.听 Attend various interdisciplinary conferences
as assigned.听听
PATH听 6770: Embryology and Teratology:听 1 credit
Course/Catalogue Description:
This 1 credit hour course is designed to lay foundational knowledge of early human
embryonic and fetal development, and occurrence of birth defects resulting from genetic
and environmental causes. A basic understanding of early molecular and cellular basis
of normal and abnormal embryonic and fetal development is fundamental to understanding
the dilemma of birth defects and fetal antecedents of disease susceptibility.听 Furthermore,
understanding human pre-implantation development has important implications for human
infertility and assisted reproductive technology (ART), and for human embryonic stem
cell (hESC)-based therapies.