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Important Updates from APC:
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APC's Pathology Leadership Academy (PLA) Returns!
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Review a recently published article (Lydia Howell, MD, Priscilla Markwood, CAE, and Dani Zander, MD) that describes how the PLA has met the leadership development needs for individuals and academic departments since 2016, and how the PLA continues to develop its curriculum to address the major needs of academic pathology.
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| The next PLA will be held on July 20-21, 2019, immediately before the APC 2019 Annual Meeting (separate registration required). For details on enrollment eligibility and the registration process, see apcprods.org/pla Limited space still remains! Registration deadline: 4/30/19 (or until sold out). |
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| Programs of the Society of ‘67 invest in nurturing the academic pathology pipeline and are made possible by generous contributions to the Society of ’67, named for APC’s founding year – 1967. Make a donation today to help achieve APC’s vision of excellence in academic pathology! |
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Society of ’67 Scholars Travel Award
Application deadline: 3:00pm (ET), Friday, March 1st
The Society of ’67 Scholars Travel Award provides an opportunity for medical students and/or residents who demonstrate potential for leadership in academic pathology and who may benefit in attending the APC 2019 Annual Meeting in Boston, MA (July 21-24, 2019). More information and the application are posted at: www.apcprods.org/m-s67-scholars, as well as feedback and photos from Scholar Alumni since 2017.
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Society of ’67 Open Access Award
Application deadline: prior to submitting a manuscript to Academic Pathology
For another award opportunity for medical students, pathology trainees, and junior faculty throughout the year, the qualifying author must submit a CV, a list of co-authors and their affiliations, and an abstract of the manuscript concept to be submitted to APC’s journal, Academic Pathology, within one year. Recipients of the Open Access Award receive recognition and the article processing fee paid by the S’67 when the article is accepted for publication. More information is posted at: www.apcprods.org/societyof67-award-oa.
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APC Position Papers Published in Academic Pathology
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| APC Position Paper on Assessing Autopsy Competency by Robert Hoffman, MD, PhD, Peter Kragel, MD, and Karen Kaul, MD, PhD. Includes recommendations for the future of autopsy education. |
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| APC Position Paper on Surgical Pathology Residency Training by Peter Kragel, MD, Robert Hoffman, MD, PhD, and Karen Kaul, MD, PhD. Expands on the ACMGE and ABP guidelines and importance of surgical pathology specimen dissection and microscopic diagnosis. |
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| APC Council is mindful of the issues of greatest concern to academic pathology and from time to time issues comments, position statements, and signs on to coalition letters. This month, APC sent a letter, commenting on the VALID Act draft legislation, to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, expressing concerns and offering the perspective of the academic pathology community. |
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| APC also joined a group of stakeholders, led by the Association for Molecular Pathology, in co-signing a letter to CMS on their implementation of the National Coverage Determination (NCD) for Next Generation Sequencing for Medicare beneficiaries with early-stage cancer. The co-signers urge CMS to revise its current interpretation of the NCD by limiting it to somatic tumor testing and to communicate that to Medicare Administrative Contractors (MACs). |
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| APC voiced its support for National Institutes of Health with the Ad Hoc Group for Medical Research by co-signing a letter to House and Senate Appropriations Subcommittee leaders with a rationale for recommending increased NIH funding in the FY 2020 budget. |
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With the support of the Program Directors Section (PRODS), APC produced two position papers on best practices in resident training – one on autopsy education and one on surgical pathology education. See more details and links above.
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| Importantly, APC and CAP Presidents co-signed a letter to the Editor of JAMA refuting a recent AMA News article, which misrepresented the level of career choice regret among pathology trainees. |
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| For these and other statements or reports from APC, please visit the *NEW* “Statements and Reports” webpage at: www.apcprods.org/statements |
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APC Industry Update Webinar
Using Digital Pathology to Enhance Pathology Education
Recording for members-only now available! (Broadcasted live on 2/21/19)
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| Join Douglas J. Hartman, MD, as he shared his experience of using Philips Pathology Education Tutor. Learn how his team is enhancing their pathology teaching and how they have overcome some of the traditional educational limitations with the help of digital pathology. Tutor is not intended for diagnostic, monitoring or therapeutic purposes or in any other manner for regular medical practice. |
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APC Machine Learning Bootcamp: Computational Pathology and Artificial Intelligence for the Practicing Pathologist during USCAP 2019!
For Residents to RSVP (required; space is limited):
www.surveymonkey.com/r/2019_AI_Intro_Session
Monday, March 18, 2019, 8:00 AM-11:15 AM
Woodrow Wilson Room A, Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center
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| The field of artificial intelligence is rapidly expanding and has begun to impact pathology. One aspect of artificial intelligence, termed deep learning, is particularly well-suited to anatomic pathology because of its capabilities in image recognition. To date, deep learning algorithms have been applied to the analysis of a variety of tissues, including breast cancer, prostate cancer and colon cancer. This tutorial will provide pathologists with the basic understanding and vocabulary necessary to understand the basics of machine learning and its applications to anatomic pathology. |
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