Unveiling Cancer

This article narrates a multifaceted educational journey undertaken by a medical student througha weekly scraps (surgery, clinical disciplines, radiology, anatomy, psychiatry and laboratory sciences) clinicopathological meeting held in the college of medicine & health sciences at sultan qaboos university in muscat, oman. through a presentation titled ‘unveiling cancer’, the multidisciplinary and interprofessional audience witnessed a simulated interaction between a medical student, a technologist peer and tutors in medicine, pathology and radiology. the presentation was based on the complexities of presentation, diagnosis and management of a patient with anaplastic large cell lymphoma, a rare type of non-hodgkin lymphoma, in the aftermath of a bone marrow transplantation. after describing the case, the student shared with the audience a spectrum of learning objectives, which included integration in the complex world of contemporary medicine, insight into the triumphs and travails of technology (immunohistochemistry) and peer collaboration, communication and mentorship.