---
title: 'Episode 59: Dr Raquel Bittencourt - Medical Education and Pathology Residency in Brazil'
type: 'episode'
url: 'https://doc.social/episodes/episode-59-dr-raquel-bittencourt-medical-education-and-pathology-residency-in-brazil'
show: 'People of Pathology Podcast'
show_url: 'https://doc.social/podcasts/people-of-pathology-podcast'
published: '2021-05-10'
audio: 'https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/x3vpsx/Dr_Raquel_Bittencourt_-_5_9_21_718_PM859hd.mp3'
---

# Episode 59: Dr Raquel Bittencourt - Medical Education and Pathology Residency in Brazil

Today my guest is Pathology Resident Dr Raquel Bittencourt. What we discuss with Dr Bittencourt: Her path to medical school How medical education in Brazil differs from US medical school How she discovered pathology and what she thought of it at first He...

## Summary

Today my guest is Pathology Resident Dr Raquel Bittencourt.

What we discuss with Dr Bittencourt:

- Her path to medical school

- How medical education in Brazil differs from US medical school

- How she discovered pathology and what she thought of it at first

- Her thoughts on specimen grossing

- The effect of COVID-19 on medical education in Brazil

- Her thoughts on a pathology sub-specialty

- The use of Twitter in pathology

Links for this episode:

[The Pandemic: One Year On Roundtable from The Pathologist](https://thepathologist.com/subspecialties/the-pandemic-one-year-on)

[Health Podcast Network](https://healthpodcastnetwork.com/)

[ LabVine Learning](http://bit.ly/labvine)

[The ConfLab from LabVine](https://www.labvinelearning.com/TheConflab)

[Dress A Med scrubs](https://dressamed.com/?rfsn=5044297.cb03eb&utm_source=refersion&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_campaign=5044297.cb03eb)

Dr Bittencourt on [Twitter](https://twitter.com/rqbittenc?lang=en)

[Brazil: The Country, Its Healthcare, and Clinical Pathology](http://apps.pathology.jhu.edu/blogs/pathology/pathology-in-brazil)

People of Pathology Podcast:

[Website](https://peopleofpathology.podbean.com/)

[Twitter](https://twitter.com/peopleofpath)