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CAP Residents Forum

September 25, 2010

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The Residents Forum and House of Delegates met together in two-hour breakfast session.Morning Joint Session Speakers ~ President, Chief Executive Officer, RF Chair, House Speaker, PathPAC Chair, CAP Foundation President, Vice President-Advocacy

Joint Lunch Sponsored by PathPAC ~ The Honorable William H. Frist, MD, spoke about national health care, legislation, and the economy.

Newly Elected RF Executive Committee

Jerad M. Gardner, MD - Chair

Nirali M. Patel, MD - Vice Chair

Roseann Wu, MD, MPH - Secretary

John J. Cangelosi, MD - Immediate Past Chair

Emily A. Green, MD - RF Delegate to CAP House

Ricardo M. Mendoza Jr., MD - RF Alternate to CAP House

Nicole D. Riddle, MD - RF Delegate to the AMA

Crystal J. Trujillo, MD - RF Alternate Delegate to the AMA

Erin N. Consamus, MD - Member-at-Large 4

Residents Forum Accomplishments

• Board Prep and Online Resources

• External Electives

• Graduated Responsibilities

• Fellowship Application, Process, and Match

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Residents Lounge – New at CAP ‘10!

Food provided.

Great comfy gathering place just for residents.

Mini reception.

Learn more about the Pathology Wiki and NewsPath™.

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Pathology Wiki – pathinfo.wikia.com

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Apply for open CAP positions for delegates to theAMA Resident and Fellow Section

• CAP Delegation increased to allow three delegates and three alternates

• Two 5-day meetings per year

• Interactions with physicians from all specialties

• Application is posted online at cap.org/residents

• Application and CV due on or before October 15, 2010

• Appointments will begin January 1, 2011

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Maintenance of Certification: Self-assessment Modules

James Hernandez, MD, FCAP

Chair, CAP Self-Assessment Modules Committee

What are SAMs?

• A Self-assessment Module (SAM) is a CME activity that incorporates a scored post-test to measure the knowledge and skill of the pathologist in the content provided during the activity.

•SAMs are part of Part II: Life-Long Learning and Self Assessment: ABP’s MOC Requirements.

For more information on MOC Requirements, visit abpath.org.

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What are CAP SAMs?

•Meet the ABP requirements for CME SAM activities.

•Provide customized feedback to a pathologist regarding knowledge and skill in a subject matter area. 

•More than a “memory test” – ask you to apply your new knowledge to cases and scenarios.

•Developed and peer reviewed by subject matter experts.

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What SAMs does the CAP offer?

• In 2010, CAP will offer 35 SAMs (approximately 85 credit hours) in the following programs:• Journal-based SAMs (Archives Applied)

• Select CAP’10 courses (online post-test following live event)

• Other Selected online learning activities

• In 2011, CAP will expand its SAM offerings to offer 45 to 55 SAMs (130–150 credit hours):• Increase the number/frequency of journal-based and CAP ’11 SAM courses

• Addition of SAM credits to existing CAP programs© 2010 College of American Pathologists. All rights reserved. 12

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Transformation: “Real Story” Pathologists

Each transformational pathologist was introduced, and then led small group discussions.

Read their stories at cap.org/transformation.

Transformation “Real Story” FCAP Pathologists

• Oyedele A. Adeyi, MBBS

• Noel A. Brownlee, MD, PhD

• Samuel K. Caughron, MD

• Carmine J. Cerra, MD

• Stephen J. Cina, MD

• Jack E. Garon, MD

• Jill M. Hagenkord, MD

• Gregory S. Henderson, MD, PhD

• Mary R. Schwartz, MD

• John W. Turner, MD

• C. Leilani Valdes, MD

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Transformation Breakout Session—Comments from Breakout Session Groups

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“Be friendly and open to all colleagues, keep your mind open to practice opportunities.” Dr. Cina

“Don’t just be a pathologist. Be a physician.” Dr. Caughron

“Look beyond the ordinary.” Dr. Adeyi

“Power of social networking to connect and transform pathology is the crowd buzz.” Dr. Henderson

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Pathology Subspecialty FellowshipApplication and Match Background and Update

James M. Crawford, MD, PhD, FCAP

2009 ASCP Fellowship and Job Market Survey >90% of Pathology Residents apply to fellowship programs 81% express support for standardized fellowship application 74% would prefer to apply for fellowship during PGY3

2010 ASCP Fellowship and Job Market Survey 100% of Pathology Residents apply to fellowship programs 81% express support for standardized fellowship application 71% wish to apply during PGY3 (24% during PGY4) 58% wish to finalize during PGY3 (39% during PGY4)

Pathology Residents

-Authority for the reform process tracks with APC Council-Specific assignment to: Chair GMEC (Allan Tucker) Chair PRODS (Suzanne Powell)

ad hoc committee-Aim for 2013 matriculation year, e.g., 2011-2012 recruiting season.-Engage Stakeholders (esp. F-PRODS), over May-Dec 2010

-(by March 2010/USCAP the 2013 market is already “moving”)-“Go/no-go” decision by APC Council in first-half 2011

What’s next?

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Breakout and Brainstorming Session

John J. Cangelosi, MD

RF Chair

Breakout Discussion Topics:

• Autopsy requirements: Is 50 too many?

• Establish more funding for external rotations.

• Survey on resident workload and AP/CP distribution

• Job finding resources

• Course on becoming a good teacher

• Improve board/study topics on Wiki (www.pathinfo.wikia.org)

Breakout Discussion Topics - continued

• Integration of independent sign-out for residency and fellowship.

• CAP-recommended syllabus for board prep/questions

• CAP-supported website to share ideas between programs.

• Mentorship program for residents.

• Improve access to TRANSFORMATION 2010 College of American Pathologists. All rights reserved. 21

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Town Hall

John J. Cangelosi, MD, RF Chair

Moderator

Town Hall Speakers - Q & A from Residents

Stephen N. Bauer, MD, FCAP College of American Pathologists

Betsy D. Bennett, MD, PhD American Board of Pathology

Suzanne Powell, MD, FCAP Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education Residency Review Committee & APC Program Directors Section

James M. Crawford, MD, PhD, FCAP Association of Pathology Chairs, Inc.

Henry M. Rinder, MD, FCAP American Society for Clinical Pathology Resident In-Service Examination Committee

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Town Hall Panelists’ Comments

• “Good questions. Good information.”

• “Virtual Board exams in the future? Quite possibly. Biggest obstacle is data files for virtual slides.”

• “What are MOC requirements and how it will work?” (see abpath.org for MOC info)

• “Should I drop my AP/CP certification if I certify in a subspecialty?” (not in your first 10 years)

• “Can we get old RISE questions to study from?” (Sorry, NO, but there is consideration for putting together a Q&A.)

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