Electives
The Pathology department offers a variety of both clinical and research electives for medical students. Most electives are taken as a 4 week block; some can be taken for 8 weeks.
Students wishing to enroll in a Pathology elective should contact the registrar. Outside (non-UTMB) students are asked to complete an application form available from the Registrar’s office (409-772-1215) to confirm eligibility for enrollment.
The following electives are offered. For specific information on an elective, please refer to the Electives Brochure (http://registrar.utmb.edu/pdf/SMSElectives.pdf).
Clinical Electives
- Autopsy Service
- Clinical Chemistry
- Clinical Microbiology
- Clinical Mycology
- Clinical Cytopathology
- Hematopathology
- Introduction to Laboratory Medicine
- Neuropathology
- Overview of Pathology
- Pediatric Pathology
- Surgical Pathology
- Acting Internship: Autopsy Service
- Acting Internship: Surgical Pathology
Research Electives
- Cardiovascular Pathology
- Environmental Pathology
- Immunoparasitology
- Infectious Diseases Clinical Microbiology
- Infectious Disease Pathology
- Molecular and Viral Hepatopathology
- Short-Term Overseas Research Training in Emerging and Tropical Infection
- World Arbovirus Reference Center