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Activity Description

The APC 2022 Online Learning Program is an on-demand, online-based, enduring activity that provides a compilation of recorded presentations designed to provide training and professional development for academic pathologists.

Target Audience

The recordings of presentations synchronized with audio provide educational online activities for four target audiences:

• Chairs, Vice Chairs, and former Chairs (Senior Fellows) of academic departments of pathology and laboratory medicine;
• Program Directors and Associate Program Directors of pathology residency programs;
• Medical student educators of pathology in accredited medical schools; and
• Faculty members or residents aspiring to these positions.

The target audience are professionals (MD, DO, PhD) and others who serve as the academic, medical, scientific, and administrative leaders of departments of pathology and laboratory medicine in the United States and Canada.

Method of Participation

If all presentations are viewed, this activity will take approximately 20 hours. The presentations are grouped into thematic topics for ease of viewing relevant presentations. Learners must:

1. Review the materials on accreditation information, target audience, learning objectives, and disclosure information in this Overview section and below in the Description section.
2. You must view the entirety of the recorded presentations in a thematic topic to access the CME assessment and to receive the credit for that topical theme. The claim period for this program closed on 3/31/2023.
3. Upon final completion of viewing presentations, complete the general CME evaluation.

Hardware/Software Requirements

The recorded presentations are linked as mp4 video files and pdf files, which can open in any modern browser, computer, and mobile device. 

Educational Objectives

The objective of the online recorded presentations is to facilitate knowledge acquisition to enable departments to fulfill their missions in teaching, clinical service, and research. Content focuses on issues in three broad areas:

1. ADMINISTRATION/LEADERSHIP: Developing and refining leadership skills for successfully administering an academic pathology department to meet the demands of their three missions within an academic health system: medical education, practice, and research.
2. PATHOLOGY CONTENT/CURRICULUM and TRAINING/TEACHING METHODS: Institutional, inter-departmental, and departmental support for pathology faculty is given priority to enhance both the content and pedagogy for the continuum of medical education for trainees.
3. PRACTICE/MANAGEMENT: Awareness and compliance with new regulatory reporting, human resource issues, and health equity practices for diverse patient populations.

Upon completion of this activity, learners should be able to:

COMPETENCE:

1. Strengthen the leadership sustainability of an academic pathology department by envisioning the future(practice/management), building strategic collaborations (research), and recruiting and retaining trainees in an inclusive learning and practice environment (education/practice).
2. Advocate for the incorporation of pathology into the continuum of overall medical education.
3. Develop innovative teaching strategies that includes addressing medical biases, such as race and gender, for trainees to provide impactful medical education.

PERFORMANCE:

1. Adapt administrative leadership skills in an academic pathology department to dynamic changes in health care systems while keeping focused on patient care.
2. Create an inclusive and affirmative environment for a diverse population of patients to promote health equity, while being aware and sensitive to a variety of biases, such as race and gender.
3. Comply with reporting requirements on the new pathology clinical consultation codes and human resource issues.

Statement of Need

The APC 2022 Online Learning Program provides educational activities to increase skills, knowledge, and professional performance of pathologists and laboratory medicine professionals in an academic practice setting. The educational activity meets the participants' educational needs primarily in the ABMS/ACGME competency area of Medical Knowledge, as well as in the Competency areas of Interpersonal and Communication Skills, and Systems-Based Practice. Other Competency areas include: 1) educating medical and graduate program students for the appropriate use of pathology and laboratory medicine in any specialty practice; 2) training residents and fellows to practice pathology in a high-quality and effective manner; and 3) providing laboratory access and services for diverse patient populations through practice administration and advocacy. These educational gaps were identified based on planning committee discussions, ACGME Competences, reports from the National Academies and AAMC, published literature, and feedback from prior participants.

Accreditation

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of the University of California San Diego School of Medicine and the Association of Pathology Chairs (APC). The University of California San Diego School of Medicine is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians. 

Credit Designation

The University of California San Diego School of Medicine designates this enduring material for a maximum of 20.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity

Release Date: July 1, 2022  |   Expiration Date: March 31, 2023

Cultural Competency

This activity is in compliance with California Assembly Bill 1195 which requires CME courses with patient care components to include curriculum in the subjects of cultural and linguistic competencies. Cultural competency is defined as a set of integrated attitudes, knowledge, and skills that enables health care professionals or organizations to care effectively for patients from diverse cultures, groups, and communities. Linguistic competency is defined as the ability of a physician or surgeon to provide patients who do not speak English or who have limited ability to speak English, direct communication in the patient's primary language. Cultural and Linguistic Competency was incorporated into the planning of this activity. Additional resources on cultural and linguistic competency and information about AB1195 can be found at the UC San Diego CME website at http://cme.ucsd.edu  or on the UCSD’s resource list on cultural competencies.

CME Organizing Committee

Click here to view the list of Organizing Committee Members.

Faculty

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Balance and Objectivity of Content

It is the policy of the University of California San Diego School of Medicine to ensure balance, independence, objectivity and scientific rigor. All persons involved in the selection, development and presentation of content are required to disclose any real or apparent conflicts of interest. All conflicts of interest will be resolved prior to an educational activity being delivered to learners through one of the following mechanisms: (1) altering the financial relationship with the commercial interest, (2) altering the individual's control over CME content about the products or services of the commercial interest, and/or (3) validating the activity content through independent peer review. All persons are also required to disclose any discussions of off label/unapproved uses of drugs or devices. Persons who refuse or fail to disclose are disqualified from participating in the CME activity. 

Disclosure Summary Statement

It is the policy of University of California San Diego Continuing Medical Education to ensure that the content of accredited continuing education and related materials is accurate, balanced, objective, and scientifically justified. Education must be free of the influence or control of ineligible companies, and protect learners from promotion, marketing, and commercial bias. All persons in a position to control the content of accredited continuing education must disclose all financial relationships held with ineligible companies, prior to assuming a role in the activity. Those relationships deemed relevant to the education are mitigated prior to the activity through one of the following strategies, depending on the nature of relationship and the role of the person: 1) divesting the financial relationship, 2) altering the individual’s control over content, and/or 3) validating the planning decisions and/or content through independent peer review. All relevant financial relationships are mitigated prior to the activity and mitigation strategies and necessary steps for implementation are communicated to individuals prior to them assuming their role in the activity. Persons who refuse or fail to disclose are disqualified from participating in the activity. Activities are evaluated by participants and peer reviewers to determine if the content was free of bias and met acceptable scientific standards. This information is considered in future activity planning. All relevant financial relationships and the nature of those relationships are noted below. All relevant financial relationships have been mitigated.

Persons in control of content of this educational activity who are not specifically identified by name above, such as (but not limited to) course directors, faculty, CME staff, planners, editorial staff, peer reviewers, and CME committee reviewers do not have any relevant financial relationships.

This educational activity may contain discussion of unlabeled and/or investigational uses of agents that are not approved by the FDA. Please consult the prescribing information for each product. The views and opinions expressed in this activity are those of the faculty and do not necessarily reflect the views of the University of California San Diego School of Medicine.

The CME staff, meeting planners, editorial staff, authors, planning committee, and CME committee reviewers other than listed above do not have any relevant financial relationships to disclose. The views and opinions expressed in this activity are those of the faculty and do not necessarily reflect the views of the University of California San Diego. Off-label Disclosure: These educational activities may contain discussion of unlabeled and/or investigational uses of agents that are not approved by the FDA. Please consult the prescribing information for each product.

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