COMPANION MEETINGS

AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR CLINICAL PATHOLOGY



  Sunday, February 27, 2005 — 7:30 PM — Rivercenter Salon C,D  
  • RISE and be Counted: An Interactive Encounter with Self-Assessment
  Moderator: Barbara J. McKenna, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

7:30  Pathology Self–Assessment: Progression from the Resident Inservice Examination to Lifelong Maintenance of Certification - Barbara J. McKenna, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
8:00  Assessment Exercise #1: The Differential Diagnosis of Artifacts in Gastrointestinal Biopsies - Henry D. Appelman, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
8:45  Assessment Exercise #2: The Morphologic Distinctions Between Hepatocellular Carcinoma and Metastatic Carcinomas in Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology - Kim R. Geisinger, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC
9:30  Open Discussion

  IMPORTANT - Please respond to the 10 PRE-SESSION QUESTONS by clicking:

http://websurveyor.net/wsb.dll/12887/uscap.htm

(If you have any problems, you may cut and paste this URL into your browser). The captured responses will be presented at the program.

At the conclusion of this program, you will be able to:

  1. Identify the components of Maintenance of Certification, as defined by the American Board of Medical Specialties and the American Board of Pathology.
  2. Recognize artifacts in gastrointestinal biopsies that may complicate interpretation.
  3. Understand the cytomorphologic and immunohistochemical features that can be used to distinguish hepatocellular carcinoma from metastasis in fine needle aspiration specimens of the liver.