Are residents allowed to attend the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology?
The Armed Forces Institute of Pathology offers a four week didactic course held in Washington, DC 5 times per year. The Walter Reed Medical Center houses the AFIP repository of cases and serves as the center for didactic lectures. Tuition for the program is paid for by the residency program. All other extenuating costs and housing arrangements are the responsibility of the resident. If the residents chooses not to attend the AFIP, alternate arrangements for instruction in radiologic-pathologic correlation will be made via and elective on campus.
