Medical Student Opportunities
The Department of Laboratory Medicine is responsible for:
- Laboratory Medicine Sessions (3rd year medical and PA students)
- Advanced (3rd/4th year student) elective in clinical pathology (Laboratory Medicine 131)
- Laboratory Medicine and Surgical Pathology Elective
The department invites 4th year students from other U.S. or Canadian medical schools to apply to take the clinical rotation. Inquiries should be addressed to the Office of Student Affairs at Yale School of Medicine. General inquiries can also be made to the Laboratory Medicine Director of Medical Studies at sheldon.campbell@yale.edu.
Yale medical students are invited to apply to the departmental faculty to serve as mentors for the senior thesis. Students from other medical schools may also apply to individual faculty to carry out research projects
Medical students who are considering a career in laboratory medicine or combined laboratory medicine and anatomic pathology, whether clinical or investigative, are invited to contact the department about the possibility of an intensive senior or post-sophomore year experience and also about residency opportunities.
Classes Offered
- Laboratory Medicine and Surgical Pathology Elective
The goals for anatomic pathology are to understand the basic principles of diagnostic anatomic pathology and its role in clinical medicine. The goals for laboratory medicine are to learn appropriate usage and interpretation of laboratory tests and to gain a better understanding of the theoretical, technological, and clinical underpinnings of laboratory medicine. This elective is appropriate for students considering a career in laboratory medicine and/or pathology, and for all students who will use laboratory and pathology tests in their careers. One or two students every four weeks.
Director: A. Adeniran
- Laboratory Medicine 131
This elective offers rotations through the clinical laboratories, including Blood Bank, Therapeutic Apheresis, Clinical Chemistry, Toxicology, Hematology and Coagulation, Flow Cytometry, Immunology, Molecular Diagnostics, Microbiology and Virology. Students work closely with residents, fellows, attendings, and laboratory staff; work up clinical cases under supervision; and attend morning report, case conference, journal club, clinical rounds, and didactic sessions. Students can also have the opportunity to work with the resident on-call for at least one weekend day during the elective. Students can rotate through all laboratories or focus on specific laboratories of interest. The goals of the elective are to learn appropriate usage and interpretation of laboratory tests, and to gain a better understanding of the theoretical, technological and clinical underpinnings of Laboratory Medicine. This elective is appropriate for students considering a career in Laboratory Medicine or combined Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, but also for all students who will use clinical laboratory testing in their careers. One or two students every 2 to 4 weeks.
Director: M.L. Landry.
- Laboratory Medicine Sessions for Third Year Medical and PA Students
The purpose of the Laboratory Medicine Sessions is to introduce third-year medical students and PA students to basic concepts of Laboratory Medicine. On the first afternoon of their clerkship at Yale New Haven Hospital, students rotate through four laboratories--Chemistry, Hematology, Blood Bank, and Microbiology/Virology, where faculty demonstrate principles of Laboratory Medicine using clinical case materials. Different test methods and clinical cases are presented.
M.L. Landry and associates