*Librarian, Library and Information Centre
**Co-ordinator, Medical Education Unit, S S Institute of Medical Sciences & Research Centre, Davangere-577 005 Karnataka, India
***Associate Professor, Department of Library and Information Science, Kuvempu University, Shankaraghatta-577 451, Karnataka, India
Online published on 10 September, 2012.
This is a descriptive study undertaken to analyze the pathology dissertation topics of MD pathology students. 107 dissertation topics obtained through the website of RGUHS were analyzed. Skin, Female Genital System, Gastrointestinal system and Blood were the most common systems chosen for the study and maximum sample size was from Female genital system. Studies incorporating immunohistochemistry, immunoflourescence, flow cytometry, and other newer and sophisticated techniques were very rare.
Pathology dissertation, Clinicopathology, Cytology, Hematology, Histopathology