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Developing an interactive and illustrative laboratory management curriculum for cytopathology trainees
Author(s) -
Lepe Marcos,
Preciado Christopher,
Song Sharon J.,
Baloch Zubair W.
Publication year - 2020
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.24448
Subject(s) - hyperlink , subject (documents) , curriculum , cytopathology , medicine , medical education , government (linguistics) , multitude , the internet , world wide web , computer science , web page , pathology , psychology , pedagogy , linguistics , philosophy , epistemology , cytology
Abstract Laboratory management is a critically important but often overlooked portion of cytopathology training. Indeed, recent surveys of new‐in‐practice pathologists have consistently shown this to be an area of deficiency. Fortunately, there are a multitude of resources available to fill this need. 1‐6 These resources, such as government websites and publications by professional organizations, are often freely accessible to everyone; however, the information they provide is scattered across the vast expanse of cyberspace. We offer this educational module to bridge those gaps and string together a web of resources. The curriculum content includes a pretest to assess the trainee's knowledge and a tree of clickable subject headings covering basic laboratory management topics that a graduating cytopathology fellow should be familiar with. Each subject heading is linked to a summary of the subject using tables and visual diagrams with hyperlinks to specific online resources and additional detailed information. A posttest is included to provide instant feedback. Although by no means comprehensive, we hope this will provide a stepping stone for our readers to build a sound laboratory management foundation that may guide their practice.