Laboratory Management Curriculum for Cytopathology Subspecialty Training

Publication date: Available online 15 December 2017 Source:Journal of the American Society of Cytopathology Author(s): R. Nayar, G.A. Barkan, C. Benedict, C. Booth, D.C. Chhieng, D. Mody, M.T. Siddiqui, Z.L. Tabatabai, R. Johnson Laboratory management should be an integral part of training in pathology residency and fellowships. Since 2014, the American Board of Pathology has participated in surveys of new in practice (<10 years) pathologists that asked about how residency and fellowship training correlates with the needs in practice. The feedback has consistently shown that laboratory management, billing and coding, informatics, and molecular diagnostics are areas in which training was perceived to be less than needed, but important or very important areas for practice. Similar findings were published in 2007.1 Herein, we have outlined some basic laboratory management topics a graduating cytopathology fellow should be familiar with. An overview of regulatory agencies that have oversight over laboratory testing, cytopathology laboratory accreditation, pre-analytic, analytic and post-analytic quality assurance, billing/coding, basic statistics, verification/validation of testing, physician credentialing, board certification/maintenance of certification, and malpractice in cytopathology are addressed. This review is by no means all inclusive, but rather a guide to the basic management related topics to be covered during cytopathology subspecialty training.
Source: Journal of the American Society of Cytopathology - Category: Cytology Source Type: research