[Analysis of the university teaching organization of Pathological Anatomy in Spain]

To describe and analyze the current situation of Pathology teaching and its characteristics in the degree of Medicine in public medical schools in Spain.

Descriptive analysis of the teaching guides of the undergraduate studies of 32 Spanish public medical schools, identifying the number of credits, hours of theoretical practical teaching, teaching elements, rotation through hospital services and teachers in the subject of Pathology.

In the 32 medical schools analyzed, 31 (96.7%) present in their study plans at least 1 AP subject. Data could not be obtained from one faculty. 67% of the subjects offered imply rotation by AP services. The most frequent year for AP teaching is the third one, and the median number of ECTS credits is 6. 49.5% of the subjects involve contents related to the clinical autopsy. 12.5% of the subjects have either theoretical or practical content on digital Pathology or telepathology. Regarding the teaching staff, 112 people are civil servants (University Professor or Professor, of which 91 are linked -92,9%), 244 people are non-civil servants, where 76.2% have the teaching figure of Associate Professor.

The teaching of Pathology is widely distributed, the rotation of Pathology health services is scarce and the most frequent teaching figure is that of an Associate Professor.