Abstract

<h3>RESIDENCIES IN FORENSIC PATHOLOGY</h3> The Council on Medical Education and Hospitals, in concurrence with the American Board of Pathology, is now accepting applications for provisional approval of residencies in forensic pathology. Such approval can be given on the basis of data submitted by the institution requesting approval, with full approval to be considered on the basis of a later visit and review. The minimum requirements for approval of one year of training in forensic pathology, in addition to the general requirements set out in the Essentials of Approved Residencies, are: (1) Performance of 150 medicolegal autopsies annually, of which 25 or more are on bodies of persons known or suspected to have died by homicide, (2) Possession of Laboratory facilities for the usual medical problems of anatomic and clinical pathology, and (3) Use of closely affiliated laboratory facilities and personnel for studies in photography, toxicology, general police science, bacteriology, immunology,

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