Robert Wood Johnson Medical School Pathology Course
Medical students in the United States
finish 12 years of High School, 4 years of college and then enter medical
school. The average age of a second year medical student, when they take
the Pathology course, is 23 years.
· First semester, 2nd year, 173 hours, 17 weeks
· Three exams & final (NBME Miniboard exam)
· Virtually no lectures; 1 hour overview/week
· Robbins & 30 articles from primary literature
· PathTalk: Projected slides, unknowns, journal club, discussion;
16:1 student/faculty with faculty guiding the 3 hour session
· CaseSet: Problem solving with 16:1 student/faculty with prescribed
& unknown cases including images, extensive lab data; 3 hour sessions