ArticleAcademic pathology
A novel 6-day cycle surgical pathology rotation improves resident satisfaction and maintains Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) milestone performance.
Article in Academic pathology. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.
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.
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.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
2 citing papers in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.
- Assessing medical students' competency before and after clinical rotations: a single-center pilot study in China.BMC medical education · 2025Article
- Entrustable professional activities (EPAs) in surgical pathology: implementation experience and longitudinal observations of resident development.Academic pathologyArticle
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Surgical pathology residency training in the United States lags behind other specialties in quality control and graduated responsibility to train independent pathologists capable of seamlessly entering practice after training. We observed that our traditional 3-day-cycle surgical pathology cycle (day 1-grossing; day 2 -biopsies/frozens/preview; day 3 - sign-out) consistently and negatively impacted resident education by reducing preview time, case follow-up, immunohistochemical stain (IHC) interpretation, and molecular study integration. We aimed to create a modern surgical pathology rotation that improved performance and outcomes. We innovated our rotation to enhance resident education and ensure graduated responsibility. A novel 6-day cycle was created composed of 2 grossing days, 1 frozens/biopsies/preview days, 2 dedicated sign-out days, and 1 frozens/biopsies/case completion day. Residents completed surveys before implementing the new rotation and 6 months after implementation to track self-assessment of Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) milestone performance and internal quality control metrics. Clinical Competency Committee (CCC) annual evaluations were assessed in paired PGY levels pre- and post-intervention. After implementation, there was a statistically significant improvement in self-assessment of levels 4 and 5 of ACGME milestones and improved satisfaction of quality metrics, including time for previewing, reviewing IHC, graduated responsibility, and perceived readiness for independent practice. CCC evaluations showed overall maintained performance levels, with trends towards improvements in junior resident classes. Our 6-day cycle adequately fulfills the current demands of our sizeable academic center's surgical pathology training and can be a model for pathology residencies looking to modernize their surgical pathology rotations and resident education.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.