Academic PathologyPub Date : 2024-04-01DOI: 10.1016/j.acpath.2024.100122
Maria Maratta Plummer MD , Kamran M. Mirza MD, PhD , Cullen M. Lilley MD, MS, MA , Nelson Eng DO
{"title":"Implementing PathElective as an organized means of supplementing pathology education in an osteopathic medical school—the New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine experience","authors":"Maria Maratta Plummer MD , Kamran M. Mirza MD, PhD , Cullen M. Lilley MD, MS, MA , Nelson Eng DO","doi":"10.1016/j.acpath.2024.100122","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acpath.2024.100122","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Pathology is not traditionally chosen by medical students applying to residency. In osteopathic medical schools, limited access to dedicated pathology faculty further complicates this issue. Because of a lack of pathology experiences, osteopathic medical students may not be as familiar with a pathology career. The purpose of this brief report is to describe the pilot experience of implementing a pre-existing web-based, free virtual platform for pathology education as alternative, supplemental exposure to pathology for osteopathic medical students at our institution. We began to offer the online pathology elective for Academic Year 2022–2023. Using the online free service of PathElective, this course provided a valuable exposure to pathology with multiple modules in anatomic, clinical, and digital/molecular pathology, before and after assessments, recorded videos by pathology experts, handouts, and reading assignments. During the first week, three introductory modules were required followed by weeks 2–4, in which the students would complete a total of 10 modules of their own choice. In total, 14 students participated in this virtual rotation from August 2022–May 2023. All chose cardiac pathology as the most popular module. Three of the 14 students matched into pathology residencies. This small cohort of 4th year medical students at our osteopathic medical school successfully completed a virtual elective rotation with the resources of PathElective. We report the success of this experience and hope to continue monitoring progress.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":44927,"journal":{"name":"Academic Pathology","volume":"11 2","pages":"Article 100122"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2374289524000162/pdfft?md5=1915f3e0407e5b341f19bdebfb6212bc&pid=1-s2.0-S2374289524000162-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141072968","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Academic PathologyPub Date : 2024-04-01DOI: 10.1016/j.acpath.2024.100125
M.M. Plummer MD * , K.M. Mirza MD PhD , C.M. Lilley MD , N. Eng DO
{"title":"Implementing PathElective as An Organized Means of Supplementing Pathology Education in An Osteopathic Medical School - The New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine Experience","authors":"M.M. Plummer MD * , K.M. Mirza MD PhD , C.M. Lilley MD , N. Eng DO","doi":"10.1016/j.acpath.2024.100125","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.acpath.2024.100125","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":44927,"journal":{"name":"Academic Pathology","volume":"11 2","pages":"Article 100125"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2024-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2374289524000198/pdfft?md5=bf7e1f25d0d71fee24bd85dc69c4c207&pid=1-s2.0-S2374289524000198-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141952194","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Academic PathologyPub Date : 2024-04-01DOI: 10.1016/j.acpath.2024.100128
M.A. Giffen DO *, B. Highland BS
{"title":"Pathology Scholars Program: A novel pathology introductory course for medical students","authors":"M.A. Giffen DO *, B. Highland BS","doi":"10.1016/j.acpath.2024.100128","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.acpath.2024.100128","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":44927,"journal":{"name":"Academic Pathology","volume":"11 2","pages":"Article 100128"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2024-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2374289524000228/pdfft?md5=2b2180af974c5edc428745be07e44029&pid=1-s2.0-S2374289524000228-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141962239","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Academic PathologyPub Date : 2024-04-01DOI: 10.1016/j.acpath.2024.100137
M. Elzieny MBBCh *, Z. Qu MD, PhD
{"title":"Using an Artificial Intelligence(AI) Tool (ChatGPT) to Identify the Main Indications and Side Effects of Drugs","authors":"M. Elzieny MBBCh *, Z. Qu MD, PhD","doi":"10.1016/j.acpath.2024.100137","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.acpath.2024.100137","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":44927,"journal":{"name":"Academic Pathology","volume":"11 2","pages":"Article 100137"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2024-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2374289524000319/pdfft?md5=8638626a5518ac876329e08fd4741e72&pid=1-s2.0-S2374289524000319-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141952193","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Academic PathologyPub Date : 2024-04-01DOI: 10.1016/j.acpath.2024.100121
Naanlep Matthew Tanko MD , Massimo Pignatelli MD, PhD, FRCPath , Marie C. DeFrances MD, PhD , Rajiv Dhir MD, MBA
{"title":"Navigating the challenges of establishing a new residency program in anatomic pathology based on the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education International standards in the post–Soviet era Kazakhstan: strategies and successes","authors":"Naanlep Matthew Tanko MD , Massimo Pignatelli MD, PhD, FRCPath , Marie C. DeFrances MD, PhD , Rajiv Dhir MD, MBA","doi":"10.1016/j.acpath.2024.100121","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acpath.2024.100121","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>In 1991, after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, newly independent Kazakhstan faced challenges of a healthcare system in transition. Anatomic pathology practice remains one of the least developed medical specialties in Kazakhstan. Acute shortage of pathologists is a universal phenomenon. There is no subspecialty pathology practice as yet. Residency programs in anatomic pathology are found only in a few tertiary health institutions in the big cities. Nazarbayev University School of Medicine was established in 2015 to reform medical education in Kazakhstan. Prior to this time, in 2010, Nazarbayev University was established to lead higher education reforms in the country. Each school in Nazarbayev University was paired with an international partner to jump-start its trajectory to excellence. Establishing a new residency program in anatomic pathology based on a western pedagogy was a new innovation that needed multi-level stakeholder consultation and support. In partnership with the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and its hospital system, the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, we established the first residency program in anatomic pathology based on the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education International standards in Central Asia. We have identified 5 strategic approaches that led to our rapid success, including targeted strategic partnership; robust engagement with the local stakeholders; adoption and contextualizing of an existing pedagogy; ensuring adequate and fit-for-purpose infrastructure; and organizational restructuring and optimization. We hope that these suggestions will be translatable to help those facing the arduous but exciting task of establishing a new residency program from scratch.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":44927,"journal":{"name":"Academic Pathology","volume":"11 2","pages":"Article 100121"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2374289524000150/pdfft?md5=dd05c9c4e4051acc21a39876773ac289&pid=1-s2.0-S2374289524000150-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140605818","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Academic PathologyPub Date : 2024-04-01DOI: 10.1016/j.acpath.2024.100135
C.D. Arries MD *
{"title":"Enhancing Medical Learning Through AI and Expert Collaboration: Evaluating Student Satisfaction with AI-Generated Multiple Choice Questions","authors":"C.D. Arries MD *","doi":"10.1016/j.acpath.2024.100135","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.acpath.2024.100135","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":44927,"journal":{"name":"Academic Pathology","volume":"11 2","pages":"Article 100135"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2024-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2374289524000290/pdfft?md5=85061c2fbfbe808c15ea756ab1b60208&pid=1-s2.0-S2374289524000290-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141960105","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Academic PathologyPub Date : 2024-04-01DOI: 10.1016/j.acpath.2024.100112
Casey Schukow DO , Curtiss Johnson BA , Sophia Martinez , Kaitlyn Mckinley , Katelynn Campbell MD , Aadil Ahmed MD
{"title":"The impact of Pathology Outreach Program (POP) on United States and Canadian high school students","authors":"Casey Schukow DO , Curtiss Johnson BA , Sophia Martinez , Kaitlyn Mckinley , Katelynn Campbell MD , Aadil Ahmed MD","doi":"10.1016/j.acpath.2024.100112","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acpath.2024.100112","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Given recent trends in National Resident Matching Program (NRMP) data, there exists a looming deficit of practicing pathologists. As such, the Pathology Outreach Program (POP) was established in 2018 in the United States, and in 2022 in Canada, to educate high school students about pathology and laboratory medicine to help curb this projected shortage. We present survey data gathered from several educational sessions hosted at high schools in the United States (U.S.) and Canada over a 5-year period comparing participants' perceptions and awareness of pathology both before and after each session. Using this data, we wish to highlight the positive impact of POP on increasing students' awareness and appreciation for careers in pathology or laboratory medicine. This data will also highlight the additional work that must be done to further boost public knowledge of laboratory medicine's contributions to patient care. We hope this project will lay the foundation for further improvements to laboratory visibility and inspire additional outreach efforts to mitigate a future workforce shortage.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":44927,"journal":{"name":"Academic Pathology","volume":"11 2","pages":"Article 100112"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S237428952400006X/pdfft?md5=5039820da802512d6f3aae4f5006127e&pid=1-s2.0-S237428952400006X-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140332632","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}