Externship

Organization/Company	Colorado State University
Location	Fort Collins, CO
Website:	http://www.cvmbs.colostate.edu/pathology/clinpath/
Pathology Environment	Academic with additional Diagnostic Laboratory samples
Length of Externship	1-2 weeks
Time of Year	Anytime
Funding:	No
Housing Provided:	No

Description of Externship:
We receive cytology, hematology and biochemical profile submissions from within the Veterinary Teaching Hospital and from veterinary practices across the country. We have a large cytology caseload of approximately 7500 cases per year. Our group consists of 5 board certified clinical pathologists and 3-4 clinical pathology residents. Informal activities would involve shadowing the clinical pathologists and residents during daily interpretation of cases. We also have a number of self-guided cytology/hematology teaching sets. Scheduled activities would include:

Weekly histology and clinical pathology slide seminar
Weekly “topics” in clinical pathology, journal club discussion
Weekly surgical biopsy class directed at residents throughout the hospital
Weekly clinical pathology rounds
Daily gross necropsy rounds

Updated: 1/12/11