Credit Hours: CME 0.50

Target Audience:

Pathologists, Pathology Residents, Medical Students, Pathology Assistants and Pathology Assistant Students

Educational Objectives:

Upon completion of this activity, participants will be able to:

Recognize less familiar disease entities
Create practical differential diagnoses
Improve application of appropriate biomarkers for diagnosis
Recognize prostatic duct adenocarcinoma
Create a differential diagnosis for prostatic duct adenocarcinoma
Apply ancillary biomarkers (e.g., special stains, immunohistochemistry, molecular markers) to evaluate entities which may mimic prostatic duct adenocarcinoma

SPECIAL NOTE:

There is no educational content to this course. This course is designed to supplement training that has already occurred. This course is designed to only administer the required post-test and collect CME evaluations.

This course is eligible for The American Board of Pathology SAM credit.

Authors:

Alka Palekar, M.D. — Associate Professor of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh
No relationships with industry relevant to the content of this educational activity have been disclosed.

Karen Schoedel, M.D. — Associate Professor of Pathology and a member of the Division of Anatomic Pathology, University of Pittsburgh
No relationships with industry relevant to the content of this educational activity have been disclosed.

No other members of the planning committee, speakers, presenters, authors, content reviewers and/or anyone else in a position to control the content of this education activity have relevant financial relationships with any companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.

The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine designates this enduring material for a maximum of 0.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Each physician should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Other health care professionals are awarded (0.05) continuing education units (CEU) which are equivalent to 0.5 contact hours.

The University of Pittsburgh is an affirmative action, equal opportunity institution.