The Skilful Pathologist: Pathology Concepts in Histopathology Diagnosis, Interviews & Exams [Paperback]

Osama Sharaf Eldin (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 27, 2008

This book includes essential tips and tricks for those who are interested in Pathology as a science and as a practice. Pathologists, Researchers and Lecturers will find vital issues that were poorly represented in large textbooks. This book "Pathology Concepts in Histopathology Diagnosis, Interviews and Exams" is essential for Pathology trainees who are intending to enter a Pathology exam, an interview or to progress in their Pathology training. In this book you will find a summary of the important subjects in basic knowledge, histopathology, cytopathology, autopsy, Pathology research and immunohistochemistry. The book contains selected mnemonics, diagnostic tips, differential diagnoses, and the core regulations of clinical audit, clinical governance, multidisciplinary meetings, team working and many other aspects of pathology practice

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The major problems in understanding Pathology are its hard- to- recognize basics and terms, the variety of morphologic presentations of a single disease, the complex interconnections between Pathology and other clinical specialities, in addition to, jumbled study sources. Pathology atlases and textbooks provide facts, observations, or research studies related to disease morphology, but they do not provide the state-of-art methodology of how to reach the diagnosis or what are the required skills to dissect, to report, or to diagnose certain disease. The inaccuracy in using terms in our lives has been extended to Pathology textbooks. This can be exemplified by the use of the word "moment" in our daily life, although we have stated that minutes or seconds are the time units. This is why you would find non-scientific descriptive or non-quantitative words as slightly larger, less hyperchromatic...etc in Pathology textbooks without signifying the denominator of these terms.

This book attempts to crossover the compact textbooks by making casts for thinking in Pathology aiming to construct an independent pathologist's opinion and interpretation. The book teaches how could you reach the final diagnosis through a logic approach, how to assemble a database, when to summarise and when to expand a subject and how to be a perfect researcher and lecturer. The book highlights the practical tricks, mnemonics, key facts, differential diagnostic tips and many other guidelines to make Pathology a fun. The book is crucial for those who plan to enter an exam, to augment their competence level or to be always stand-by for a challenge at the trainee or consultant levels.

The book is not intended to include everything in Pathology, but to open an access for a better correlation and framing of Pathology topics and to organize the learning priorities. I believe that "working smarter is better than working harder".

"The Skilful Pathologist: Pathology Concepts in Histopathology Diagnosis, Interviews & Exams" is a must-have book for Pathology trainees, consultants, demonstrators and lecturers in addition to researchers.

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"The Skilful Pathologist book series" are must have books for Pathologists, Researchers and Lecturers. This book "Pathology Concepts" contains invaluable information for those who are intending to enter a Pathology exam, an interview or Pathology training. In this book you will find tips and tricks in basic knowledge, histopathology, cytopathology, autopsy, experimental Pathology, and immunohistochemistry. The book contains selected mnemonics, diagnostic tips, differential diagnoses, and the core regulations of clinical audit, clinical governance, multidisciplinary meetings, team working and many other aspects of pathology practice

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Product Details

• Paperback: 286 pages
• Publisher: Lulu.com (June 27, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 140921012X
• ISBN-13: 978-1409210122
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 6 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,545,620 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Comprehensive view, September 21, 2008

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This review is from: The Skilful Pathologist: Pathology Concepts in Histopathology Diagnosis, Interviews & Exams (Paperback)

The skilful pathologist book provides a comprehensive view of the required skills for a talent pathologist. The way this book was written is completely new. So simple and so logic. Reading this book is better than spending days reading compact textbooks

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Useful and easy to read, February 11, 2009

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This review is from: The Skilful Pathologist: Pathology Concepts in Histopathology Diagnosis, Interviews & Exams (Paperback)

This is a very easy to read and digest book of basic concepts. Useful for a starter read prior to serious board prep.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A unique 3 in 1 book, buy without hesitation!, April 10, 2009

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This review is from: The Skilful Pathologist: Pathology Concepts in Histopathology Diagnosis, Interviews & Exams (Paperback)

This practical approach of histopathology is quite unique, where the author placed basic rules for examining frozen section, core biopsies, cytology and others. The author's simplifications of pattern recognition made this difficult subject a fun.
I found the following topics most useful: CK7/CK20 panel approach and related mnemonics, the compilation of criteria of malignancy based on histology, cytology, IHC, molecular and cell culture and the way by which the author interconnects the diagnostic criteria. In addition, I liked the casts for gross specimen reporting.
The way the differential diagnosis is constructed clinically and pathologically is another pro. The 70 interview questions listed in this book included almost all aspects of objective-structured interviews Qs in histopathology. The exam instructions are helpful and practical!
What I found to be weakness in this book is the spelling errors -which I found even in Goljan and Fletcher's books-, like `ege' instead of `edge'. I advocate the author to avoid such typos in the next edition. I would rank this book 4 out of 5, because of the typos.