Educational Case: Cytogenetics

Britni R E Bryant; Juli-Anne Gardner; Katherine A Devitt

doi:10.1177/2374289520935588

Educational Case: Cytogenetics

Acad Pathol. 2020 Jul 6:7:2374289520935588. doi: 10.1177/2374289520935588. eCollection 2020 Jan-Dec.

Authors

Britni R E Bryant^{1

2}, Juli-Anne Gardner^{1

2}, Katherine A Devitt^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Vermont Medical Center, Burlington, VT, USA.
² Larner College of Medicine at the University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA.

Abstract

The following fictional case is intended as a learning tool within the Pathology Competencies for Medical Education (PCME), a set of national standards for teaching pathology. These are divided into three basic competencies: Disease Mechanisms and Processes, Organ System Pathology, and Diagnostic Medicine and Therapeutic Pathology. For additional information, and a full list of learning objectives for all three competencies, see http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/2374289517715040.¹.

Keywords: chromosomal abnormalities; chromosomal disorders; cytogenetics; diagnostic medicine; genetic mechanisms; genomics; pathology competencies; testing for genetic disorders.