Programme and location
The conference will feature an outstanding faculty of internationally recognized experts who will share their knowledge and experience. The programme is spread across three days and will be organized at the University Medical Center Groningen, the Netherlands.
Each day, the programme starts at 8:45 a.m. and runs until 5:00 p.m. On Friday, an additional evening programme will be offered for those interested. You can register for this through the registration form.
Thursday, April 15, 2027
Learning Across Borders:
International Approaches to Pathology, Anatomy and Forensic Medicine with professionals from Canada, Germany, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, Switzerland, Turkey and the United States
Round Table Discussions:
- Sharing curriculums and clinical rotation practices
- Staffing shortages - looking to the future
- Emerging programs - how to get started
- Technology in the pathology department – the future of scanning
- Ways to collaborate beyond our borders
Friday, April 16, 2027
Educational lectures:
- Medical Ethics in Pathology
- Research from the collection in Heidelberg
- Introduction to the Macroscopic Grossing Guideline
- The Uterus gross dissection and diseases
- Coronal Sectioning of Mastectomy
- How the Las Vegas Coroner office handled the 2017 mass shooting event
Evening programme (optional):
- Lab tour - UMCG Pathology department
- Art tour – UMCG
- View the hospital – UMCG
- Storyteller
Saturday, April 17, 2027
Educational lecture:
- Forensic Photo Documentation at the Institute of Forensic Medicine in Basel
Technical workshops:
- Technical pathology workshops with multiple anatomic specimens
- Autopsy demonstrations with a forensic autopsy team (NFI) and a pathology team (UMCG)