Educational Case: Nutrient Deprivation and Anemia

Caitlin Nickens; Barbara E C Knollmann-Ritschel

doi:10.1177/2374289519888733

Educational Case: Nutrient Deprivation and Anemia

Acad Pathol. 2019 Nov 22:6:2374289519888733. doi: 10.1177/2374289519888733. eCollection 2019 Jan-Dec.

Authors

Caitlin Nickens¹, Barbara E C Knollmann-Ritschel²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pathology, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD, USA.
² Department of Pathology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, USA.

Abstract

The following fictional case is intended as a learning tool within the Pathology Competencies for Medical Education (PCME), a set of national standards for teaching pathology. These are divided into three basic competencies: Disease Mechanisms and Processes, Organ System Pathology, and Diagnostic Medicine and Therapeutic Pathology. For additional information, and a full list of learning objectives for all three competencies, see http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/2374289517715040.¹.

Keywords: anemia; diagnostic medicine; fatigue; hematology; iron; pathology competencies; peripheral neuropathy; vitamin B12.