Academic PathologyPub Date : 2025-07-01Epub Date: 2025-08-13DOI: 10.1016/j.acpath.2025.100213
Gary W. Procop MD, MS, MEd , Ty McCarthy MSS , Paul Jones PhD , Kirk Becker PhD
{"title":"Pathology program directors beliefs on changing answers and literature review","authors":"Gary W. Procop MD, MS, MEd , Ty McCarthy MSS , Paul Jones PhD , Kirk Becker PhD","doi":"10.1016/j.acpath.2025.100213","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.acpath.2025.100213","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The unfounded belief that changing answers during an examination will usually result in a diminished score due to the likelihood of changing correct responses to incorrect responses persists despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary. Ninety two percent of the Pathology Residency Program Directors responding to this survey had been told this sometime during their career. Although the majority of Program Directors reported not propagating this belief, 14 % still reported providing advice to their trainees to not change answers during an examination. A simple, overarching directive concerning changing answers is not possible given the complexity of this topic and the variables that have been discovered that influence answer-changing behavior. The influencing factors include academic ability, item difficulty, preexisting bias, the use of item marking, time for item reconsideration, and the metacognition of the examinees particularly with respect to the confidence they have in the change in the item selection. A more thorough explanation of these influencing factors should be given to trainees prior to an examination to achieve a truer evaluation of their knowledge and skills and improve the validity of the examination.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":44927,"journal":{"name":"Academic Pathology","volume":"12 3","pages":"Article 100213"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144827457","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Academic PathologyPub Date : 2025-07-01Epub Date: 2025-08-13DOI: 10.1016/j.acpath.2025.100215
Debra G.B. Leonard MD, PhD , Melvin Limson PhD , Valerie A. Fitzhugh MD , Deniz Peker Barclift MD , Eileen A. Ryan MD
{"title":"Women faculty achieve promotion to full professor equivalent to men faculty in a subset of US academic pathology departments","authors":"Debra G.B. Leonard MD, PhD , Melvin Limson PhD , Valerie A. Fitzhugh MD , Deniz Peker Barclift MD , Eileen A. Ryan MD","doi":"10.1016/j.acpath.2025.100215","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.acpath.2025.100215","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Women faculty in academic medicine remain underrepresented at higher faculty ranks despite equal numbers of men and women medical students since 2003. This 2022 study asked if US academic pathology departments had achieved equity across academic rank for women faculty. The survey of 135 member departments of the Association for Academic Pathology requested data regarding chair characteristics, other department leaders’ number and gender, and faculty number and gender by academic rank and track. Sixty-four (47%) member departments responded. Twenty-three of the responding departments (36%) had equity of women and men full professors, defined as <5% difference women and men full professors as a percentage of total faculty. Departments with professor gender equity more often had a woman chair (<em>P</em> < 0.01), and a higher percentage of women faculty (<em>P</em> < 0.05), women on the research tenure track (<em>P</em> < 0.01), and tenured women faculty (<em>P</em> < 0.01). Unstructured interviews with a subset of department chairs did not identify significant differences between departments with and without professor gender equity, except that equity was more driven by the intention of the chair (<em>P</em> < 0.01) and less by dean or institutional influence (<em>P</em> < 0.01). Over one third of US academic pathology departments responding to the survey have achieved equity for women and men full professors in current academic medicine institutions. This equity success for women is lost when looking at data by specialty or nationally, rather than by department.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":44927,"journal":{"name":"Academic Pathology","volume":"12 3","pages":"Article 100215"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144827455","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Academic PathologyPub Date : 2025-07-01Epub Date: 2025-07-04DOI: 10.1016/j.acpath.2025.100194
A. Quintanilla-Arteaga MS , A. Aragao MD , P. McMullen MD, PhD , K. Krum MD , A. Harrington PhD , A. Gant Kanegusuku PhD , J. Maggiore PhD , R. Gordezky MD
{"title":"Growing Pathology Through A Pathology Mini-Bootcamp","authors":"A. Quintanilla-Arteaga MS , A. Aragao MD , P. McMullen MD, PhD , K. Krum MD , A. Harrington PhD , A. Gant Kanegusuku PhD , J. Maggiore PhD , R. Gordezky MD","doi":"10.1016/j.acpath.2025.100194","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.acpath.2025.100194","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":44927,"journal":{"name":"Academic Pathology","volume":"12 3","pages":"Article 100194"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144563576","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Academic PathologyPub Date : 2025-07-01Epub Date: 2025-07-04DOI: 10.1016/j.acpath.2025.100191
N. Naseem BS, S. Schatz BS, J. Beltran MPH, MS, S. Hegazy MD, PhD, MEHP
{"title":"3D Modeling/Printing of Female Reproductive Pathologies: Students Contribution to Pathology Education Through A Research Elective","authors":"N. Naseem BS, S. Schatz BS, J. Beltran MPH, MS, S. Hegazy MD, PhD, MEHP","doi":"10.1016/j.acpath.2025.100191","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.acpath.2025.100191","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":44927,"journal":{"name":"Academic Pathology","volume":"12 3","pages":"Article 100191"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144563573","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Academic PathologyPub Date : 2025-07-01Epub Date: 2025-07-04DOI: 10.1016/j.acpath.2025.100198
R. Sibira MD, A. Johnson MD, M. Dolan MD, M. Zhong MD, PhD
{"title":"Study of Morphology and Molecular Pathology Association during Residency Training (SMMART): Integration of Resident and Junior Faculty Mentor Program","authors":"R. Sibira MD, A. Johnson MD, M. Dolan MD, M. Zhong MD, PhD","doi":"10.1016/j.acpath.2025.100198","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.acpath.2025.100198","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":44927,"journal":{"name":"Academic Pathology","volume":"12 3","pages":"Article 100198"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144563686","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}