The staffs of the Department of Pathology are involved in teaching medical and postgraduate students, research activities, and pathological diagnosis in autopsy and surgical pathology in our hospital. Emphasis is placed on clinico-pathological correlation, namely the role of the pathologist as a consultant to clinicians and patients. The pathologists, as a physician and investigator, have to maintain a high standard of research in which each investigator independently achieves their own research projects. They are encouraged to collaborate with scientists in other research fields.
"Pathology" is taught to 100 medical students during their second, third, fourth, and sixth year. For the postgraduate student course, a combined pathology and research training program has been structured. The program is designed to provide the postgraduate student with current concepts and techniques as well as traditional principles of pathology.
The research involves materials obtained from patients, and techniques that can be applied directly to the diagnosis of human disease or to au understanding of the basic mechanism of diseases. The research activity of the department has been focused on the following research projects: