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ArticleAcademic pathology

Experiential exposure as the key to recruiting medical students into pathology.

Ashley M Holloman, Mary P Berg, Bronwyn Bryant, Lisa Ross Dixon, Melissa R George, Julie Katz Karp, Barbara Ec Knollmann-Ritschel, Victor Gerardo Prieto, Charles F Timmons, John Michael Childs and 3 more

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Article in Academic pathology. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
4.3field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 12 institutions in 1 country.

Ashley M HollomanBaylor College of Medicine, Department of Pathology & Immunology, Houston, TX, USA.
Mary P BergUniversity of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus, Department of Pathology, Aurora, CO, USA.
Bronwyn BryantDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA.
Lisa Ross DixonGraduate Medical Education, Physician Services Group, Gainesville, FL, USA.
Melissa R GeorgeDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Penn State Health Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA, USA.
Julie Katz KarpDepartment of Pathology, Anatomy, and Cell Biology, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Barbara Ec Knollmann-RitschelDepartment of Pathology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, USA.
Victor Gerardo PrietoDepartment of Pathology, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.
Charles F TimmonsDepartment of Pathology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA.
John Michael ChildsDepartment of Pathology, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD, USA.
Amanda LofgreenCollege of American Pathologists, Northfield, IL, USA.
Kristen JohnsonCollege of American Pathologists, Northfield, IL, USA.
Cindy B McCloskeyThe University of Oklahoma College of Medicine, Department of Pathology, Oklahoma City, OK, USA.
College of American Pathologists · USBaylor College of Medicine · USBiological Consulting Services (United States) · USOklahoma City University · USPenn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center · USSouthwestern Medical Center · USThe University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center · USThomas Jefferson University Hospital · USUniformed Services University of the Health Sciences · USUniversity of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus · USUniversity of Vermont · USWalter Reed National Military Medical Center · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Medical student interest and pursuit of a career in pathology have been steadily declining since 2015. We conducted three separate surveys of medical students to better understand these trends. In our first survey, we focused on assessing U.S. allopathic medical students understanding and perceptions of pathology. We later surveyed U.S. osteopathic medical students as a companion to the allopathic medical student survey, in which many similarities were discovered with some key differences. In our final survey, we specifically looked at curriculum differences between the U.S. allopathic medical schools that graduate the most students who enter pathology training programs (Group 1) versus those schools that graduate the fewest future pathologists (Group 2) to determine if the curriculum had an impact on medical student matriculation into pathology. Together, through these surveys, we were able to identify several remarkable recurring trends, presenting areas of targetable action. Here, we summarize themes from the three studies as well as a review of pertinent literature to offer best practices for exposing and engaging medical students to pathology and possibly recruiting students to consider pathology as a career.

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CareerEducationExperiential learningMedical studentPathologySpecialty choice

Identifiers

PMID37124363
PMCPMC10139861
OpenAlexW4365445607

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