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Although these are generally given on schedules of the operating room, any pathologist may end up suddenly covering for another one, and subsequently be presented with the frozen section case without having had the time to look it up beforehand.
Although these are generally given on schedules of the operating room, any pathologist may end up suddenly covering for another one, and subsequently be presented with the frozen section case without having had the time to look it up beforehand.


'''NON-EMERGENT PATHOLOGY'''
==Non-emergent pathology==


Also largely a directory of external guidelines and databases.
Also largely a directory of external guidelines and databases.
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 - A1708V (then BRCA1)
 - A1708V (then BRCA1)


'''Dealing with Internet denialists and their exams'''
===Dealing with Internet denialists and their exams===
They take '''pride''' in for example memorizing the chromosome locations of even rare mutations, but when being called in for a frozen section of even relatively common specimens such as brain, lung or skin tissues, they may not know how to differentiate even the most common 90% of diagnoses.
An Internet denialist probably knows about the existence of the Internet, but keeps acting and teaching as if being oblivious of it. An Internet denialist generally takes '''pride''' in for example memorizing the chromosome locations of even rare mutations, but when being called in for a frozen section of even relatively common specimens such as brain, lung or skin tissues, they may not know how to differentiate even the most common 90% of diagnoses.


An Internet denialist who has memorized something may '''assume''' that pathology trainees should memorize it as well, and entire lectures may largely consist of rants of such items. In reality, when something is encountered and looked up something enough times, it will generally get memorized. It is generally more efficient to let time tell which situations will be common versus uncommon, rather than trying to memorize knowledge for even uncommon situations.
An Internet denialist who has memorized something may '''assume''' that pathology trainees should memorize it as well, and entire lectures may largely consist of rants of such items. In reality, when something is encountered and looked up something enough times, it will generally get memorized, and it is generally more efficient to let time tell which situations will be common versus uncommon, rather than trying to memorize knowledge that may never be needed.


An internet denialist exam is basically any exam wherein the examiner does not have access to the Internet, and typically is not allowed to ask colleagues either. Since these two resources are fundamental in everyday practice, such exams are thereby of a different dimension compared to everyday pathology practice.
An Internet denialist '''exam''' is basically any exam wherein the examiner does not have access to the Internet, and typically is not allowed to ask colleagues either, even for non-emergent topics that can conveniently and timely be handled by such resources. Such exams are thereby of a different dimension compared to everyday pathology practice.


'''Exam studying'''
===Exam studying===
 
Since exams and everyday practice are generally very different (as per previous section), you should generally study specifically for an exam or study specifically for solving each case you encounter everyday, rather than trying to study any material with the intention of covering both purposes. After all, for a multiple choice exam like the American boards, you don't actually need to '''know''' the answer, but just have a feeling of what is the '''most likely''' answer among the choices. Also, you will become proficient at what you do: If you read textbooks you will be more proficient at reading textbooks, if you study to solve everyday cases on your table then you will become good at that, whereas the best way of becoming more proficient at multiple choice exams like the American boards is to practice qbanks with a similar multiple choice format. There are multiple ones for the American boards (PathPrimer, PathDojo, BoardVitals, ASCP Resident Q bank), and you should exhaust them and repeat at least the ones you failed the first time, before continuing with other study materials. For highest yield, don't linger on every explanation for every answer, but rather continue to the next question as soon as you feel you've gotten an idea of what makes the right choice most likely, because that's basically all you need to choose the right answer if it would appear in the actual exam.
For a multiple choice exam like the American boards, you don't actually need to '''know''' the answer, but just have a feeling of what is the '''most likely''' answer among the choices.  


=Fixation=
=Fixation=
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