CLINICAL CHEMISTRY
 Drs. Boyd, Bruns, Felder & Haverstick
Core Rotation: 2 months in the first year of clinical pathology.
The core rotation includes exposure to the major areas of general chemical pathology: critical care testing, point-of-care testing, toxicology, enzymology, endocrinology, tumor markers, DNA testing and robotics. The trainee becomes familiar with all methods involved in clinical testing (automated instrumentation, radioassay, endocrine testing, mass spectroscopy, chromatography, molecular genetics, etc.) and assists in quality control review and problem-solving within the laboratories. The trainee also assumes responsibility for approval of specialized testing requiring shipment to a referral or specialty laboratory. Management, regulatory issues, and informatics are emphasized during the core Clinical Chemistry rotation.
During an elective second rotation in Clinical Chemistry, trainees are expected to assume more extensive responsibilities such as: (1) interim responsibility for a complete section of the laboratory such as critical care section or the profiling section or (2) developmental and research projects.
On both rotations, trainees are expected to assume a major role in quality control review, rounds of all critical care locations, and to act as a liaison between the Clinical Laboratories and the medical services of the hospital. Involvement in a method development and/or clinical evaluation project is strongly encouraged.
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