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Dear ##[Name | First]##,
Join us as we reflect back on 2019! We're ringing in the new year by highlighting a few of APC's many activities and achievements in 2019...
January
- APC Council initiates committee SWOT (strengths, weakness, opportunities, threats) analyses to determine priorities and set goals for the next several years. Starting in 2020, this strategic assessment will inform annual meeting programming and committee activities, and will support academic pathology as it enters the next decade!
- More than thirty abstracts are submitted for the 2019 APC Annual Meeting, which are later published in Academic Pathology. Six top-ranked abstracts receive special acknowledgment at the Awards Lunch in July!
- The next cohort of Society of ’67 Scholars includes 12 pathology residents and 7 medical students from 18 APC member departments who will attend the APC 2019 Annual Meeting in Boston in July.
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February
- APC publishes two position papers on important issues in graduate medical education:
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March
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April
- In response to the first-ever Call for Educational Cases, more than 60 Educational Cases are submitted to Academic Pathology! As works that are often authored by medical students and residents, many Educational Cases qualify for Society of ’67 Open Access Awards.
- The Senior Fellows Group launches a new mentor matching program for permanent and interim chairs within three years of appointment. At a time of significant turnover, the program is aimed at ensuring new chairs’ success as they navigate the challenges of managing today’s academic departments.
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May
- The APC Social Media Committee presents a webinar to prepare 2019 Annual Meeting attendees to tweet important meeting activities.
- Now in its fifth year, the Pathology Informatics Essentials for Residents (PIER) Leadership Committee conducts a usage survey to measure residency program satisfaction and rate of adoption with version 3.0 of the freely available PIER curriculum.
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June
- The 2019 APC and Section Distinguished Awards are announced:
- Friends of Pathology: The Rory Staunton Foundation for Sepsis Prevention, accepted by Ciaran and Orlaith Staunton, Co-Founders
- Association of Pathology Chairs Distinguished Service Award: J. Charles Jennette, MD, Chair, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Margaret Grimes Distinguished Teaching Award in Graduate Medical Education: Wesley Naritoku, MD, PhD, Residency Program Director, University of Southern California
- Michele Raible Distinguished Teaching Award in Undergraduate Medical Education: Cheryl Hanau, MD, Chair, Drexel University
- Pathology Department Administrators Section Distinguished Service Award: Barbara Prentiss, University of Washington (retired)
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July
- A record-breaking 513 paid registrants convene for APC 2019 at the Boston Seaport Hotel & World Trade Center! Meeting details, including presentations and recordings of selected sessions, are archived online under “Past Meetings.”
- Six of the top-ranked APC 2019 abstracts are recognized with the new APC Inspiration Award to encourage publication of related research in Academic Pathology. APC Inspiration Awards pay for the article processing fee, a value of $1250!
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August
- APC welcomes Amelia Stephenson as Member Services Coordinator! Amelia brings enthusiasm and experience as a science educator and hospital team manager to support a growing array of services and to address members’ needs.
- The Graduate Medical Education Administrators Section establishes a new award, honoring the distinguished service of Program Coordinators. All 2020 APC award nominations are due by December 31st.
- The UMEDS Toolbox debuts for members-only access to materials organized for medical educators, including presentations from previous APC Annual Meetings and other resources.
- More APC Committees and Sections offer valuable online members-only resources:
- The Leadership Development and Diversity Library undergoes revision by a subcommittee of the Leadership Development & Diversity Committee.
- The GMEAS Dropbox Folder includes many indispensable resources, templates, and examples for coordinating programs.
- The PDAS Dropbox Folder is being developed and modeled after the GMEAS Dropbox Folder. Look for an announcement on the PDAS listserv, when the repository is launched in 2020.
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September
- APC presents a course at CAP 2019, A Glimpse into the Future Practice: Transitioning to Effective Pathology Practitioner in the Age of Machine Learning.
- The Pipeline Development Council of the Pathology Roundtable consolidates information on resources and opportunities for students, residents, and fellows, valued at thousands of dollars. Share this “one-stop shopping” matrix with trainees!
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October
- The Fellowship Directors Ad Hoc Committee (FDAHC) establishes a members-only list of Pathology Fellowship Opening Data for unexpected or unfilled fellowship openings within approximately 18 months of matriculation.
- The Entrustable Professional Activities (EPA) Working Group of PRODS, established in 2018, recruits 16 residency programs as pilot test sites for a new system of resident assessment.
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November
- Early registration opens for APC 2020, which returns to the Hotel Del Coronado, July 19-22, 2020: Don’t miss the early, discounted (2019) rates, which expire on January 15, 2020!
- On Giving Tuesday, the Society of ’67 raises $10,600! Want to make a donation before the end of the year? Visit: www.apcprods.org/donate. THANKS to all the donors who have contributed to save the academic pathology pipeline!
- An anonymous donor challenges PDAS members to contribute to the Society of ’67 to match funds and implement a new PDAS Fellowship Award that will sponsor two early career administrators' registrations to attend APC 2020.
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December
- APC and the American Society for Investigative Pathology (ASIP) are jointly honored with news from the Intersociety Council for Pathology Information (ICPI) that their proposal is accepted to co-manage ICPI from 2020 to 2022. Stay tuned for more info on exciting programmatic changes that APC and ASIP envision to support the pipeline through ICPI’s activities!
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Thank you!
In this season of holidays, gratitude, and reflections, we give THANKS to our members, donors, and all who serve the APC in leadership and volunteer roles. We appreciate all of the work you do on a daily basis to promote and advocate for academic pathology! – APC Executive Staff
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Thank You!
In this season of holidays, gratitude, and reflections, we give THANKS to our members, donors, and all who serve the APC in leadership and volunteer roles. We appreciate all of the work you do on a daily basis to promote and advocate for academic pathology!
– APC Executive Staff
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