The Practice of Surgical Pathology: A Beginner's Guide to the Diagnostic Process - Tapa dura

From the reviews:

"This book is designed to bridge the gap between medical school pathology and residency-level pathology ... . is aimed at pathology residents in the early stages of the first year, and the author has done a great job of tailoring it to this audience. ... will have great value to an incoming first year resident. ... It provides a very clear orientation to pathology of the various organs, orients readers to the microscope and descriptive terms, and gives a primer on immunostains." (Jonathan Carnell, Doody’s Review Service, June, 2008)

In pathology education within North America, there exists a wide gap in the pedagogy between medical school and residency. The pathology intern often comes into residency painfully unprepared. The Practice of Surgical Pathology: A beginner’s guide to the Diagnostic Process lays the foundation of practical pathology and provides a scaffold on which to build a knowledge base. It includes basic introductory material and progresses through each organ system.

Diana Weedman Molavi, MD, PhD, is affiliated with the Department of Pathology, Sinai Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland.