Educational Case: Acute Appendicitis

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 Me...

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Main Authors: Emily Breeding BA, Richard M. Conran MD, PhD, JD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2020-05-01
Series:Academic Pathology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/2374289520926640
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Summary: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 . 1
ISSN:2374-2895