Pacific Northwest Society of Pathologists

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• Identify the basic reasons why the current approach to histologic classification of cervical pathology needs basic revision
• Describe the role of HPV in development of cervical neoplasia
• Show how recent studies of HPV have altered our view of the relationship between CIN and cervical cancer
• Describe the histogenesis and classification of newural tumors of the skin
• Assess the fetal autopsy in a systematic fashion
• Identify the importance of estimating recurrence risk in the practice of fetal pahthology
• Apply appropriate validation techniques for both predictive/prognostic and diagnostic markers
• Describe the basis for immunohistochemical reagent validation
• Recognize diagnostic histopathological features in Hirschsprung disease and diagnostic limitation inherent in suction rectal biopsies
• (should be able to) Perform intraoperative frozen section support during surgery for Hirschsprung disease and postoperative analysis of resection specimens
• Recognize common and uncommon thyroid and other endocrine tumors
• (should be able to) Use immunohistchemical and molecular markers to diagnose endocrine tumors
• Describe hitologic features of post-chemotherapy treated prostate cancer that correlate with outcome.
• Identify features of immunohistochemical assays that affect assay performance
• Explain concepts in IT driven advances that promote patient safety and quality in Anatomic Pathology
• Define the status of whole slide imaging technology