Curriculum content and evaluation of resident competency in clinical pathology (laboratory medicine): a proposal

Pathology graduate medical education (overview from 2006-2010)

“…In addition, the Academy of Laboratory Physicians and Scientists (ACLPS) and the Association of Directors of Anatomic and Surgical Pathology have published model clinical pathology (CP) and anatomic pathology (AP) curricula [2,3]. The Resident In-Service Examination (RISE) by American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP) continues to enlist 100% of residents and programs in the United States and Canada.…”

Analysis: Secretary's Advisory Committee on Genetics, Health, and Society Report falls short

“…Finally, pathologists are physicians who receive specialized training and have unique expertise in the evaluation, application, and interpretation of laboratory tests [24][25][26]. Increasingly, pathologists are turning their attention to genetic testing [27].…”

Therapeutic pathology: time to move beyond diagnostics

“…Of course, because the universality of future pathology clinical practice in this cutting-edge arena remains somewhat uncertain, it may well be that depth of training in different programs would vary significantly as it does now, for example, in teaching forensics to pathology residents. Several recently published curricula in transfusion medicine have included some guidelines in the area, although the emphases in those documents appropriately remains the more traditional areas of the transfusion subdiscipline [12][13][14].…”