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Review of Penner's criteria for proficiency testing in cytopathology: Implications for the redesign of the federally mandated proficiency testing in cytopathology
Author(s) -
Nagy George K.,
Newton Louise E.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
diagnostic cytopathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.417
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1097-0339
pISSN - 8755-1039
DOI - 10.1002/dc.20586
Subject(s) - cytopathology , medicine , reliability (semiconductor) , medical physics , pathology , cytology , power (physics) , physics , quantum mechanics
Abstract Thirty‐three years ago Penner advocated six criteria for the performance of proficiency testing in cytopathology (PTC). Since that time, several further requirements have been added by other authors. The present article critically evaluates and modifies the original criteria and adds two more principles, validity and reliability, that we recognize as crucially important in the performance of PTC. The revised criteria should be taken into consideration in the planned technical redesign of the nationwide PTC. Diagn. Cytopathol. 2007;35:61–64. © 2006 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.