Laboratory Medicine/Clinical Pathology

Harvard HMS

This clerkship is a month long elective designed to expose medical students to the discipline of laboratory medicine. Regardless of intended specialty, a deeper understanding of laboratory testing will provide a very useful foundation for future patient care. Medical students will spend time in each of the four major clinical laboratories (blood bank, microbiology, chemistry, and hematology). Through discussion with the course directors prior to the start of the rotation, a…