Kim Teresa, Khader Samer N, Goldstein D Yitzchak
Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA.
Acad Pathol. 2018 Jun 17;5:2374289518770651. doi: 10.1177/2374289518770651. eCollection 2018 Jan-Dec.
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.