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Welcome to the Pathology Blog at Pathtalk!

Hello, everyone.  This is the inaugural post for our humble little blog.  We are a group of pathology residents hoping to become the one-stop blog-shop for all things pathology.  We invite everyone to subscribe to this blog via email or RSS, and be notified when new posts arrive.  If you are involved in pathology in any way (not just residents - attending, students, and staff welcome) and would like to contribute to the blog, please email me (trentmcbride - at - gmail - dot - com) to set up priveleges.

 Stay tuned for further content! 

Dear Trent and others,
This website is great and a highly desired tool by pathology residents across the country. I am the Vice-Chair of the Residents Forum Executive Committee for the CAP and wanted to let everyone know about the site for residents that was just launched by the CAP. This site is freely accessible to all CAP junior members (which is also a free membership.) Please sign up to colloborate with the many residents and fellows who are already using this site, as well as contribute great posts like the ones you have on this site.
Thanks,
Amanda Wehler, PGY-3
Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA

I guess the webiste link would help!
http://rf.cap.org/

Thanks again, Amanda

yeah!!

The site is great, is going up and up. Thanks Tret and co!!!!.

Your blog is a welcome addition to the medical blogosphere. I have over a thousand medical blogs listed on MedWorm, but very few in pathology, since they don’t seem to exist (please correct me if anyone knows where they are all hiding). Of course I’ve just listed yours now under Blogs/Pathology (will take up to 12 hours for you to see it). I hope your blog goes from strength to strength! All the best, Frankie (MedWorm Creator)

Thanks for the link, Frankie. We appreciate it, and we hope you enjoy the site.

Hi,
Thanks for the blog.
I’ve begun my residency a few months ago, but I’m already a little discouraged. I’m looking for a grossing manual recommendation. Almost nobody recommends rosai’s. I do not know wheather to choose westra’s or Lester’s or wait for the upcoming washington’s in june.
Can anybody help me out with some advice ?
It will be deeply appreciated !
Thank you
Yossi

Yossi,
I have used Lester and other grossing manuals. The one I’ve used most is Lester (throughout my residency) and I have found it to be excellent. The text and sample dictations are outstanding. The only weakness of the book, in my opinion, is the pictures. Most are excellent, but a few of them aren’t as good as those in other books. The section of Lester about immunohistochemistry is a great overview. I would purchase this book again if I were looking for a new grossing manual. I hope this is helpful information.

Does anyone know of an official set of rules and regulations or Ethics Manual regarding Anatomic Pathology? Specifically, the norms regarding taking charge of a case (eg, ordering recuts, submitting additional tissue) without explicit permission from the referring pathologist? My hospital medical bylaws and the Ethics Manual published by the Annals of Internal Medicine have codes of conduct regarding consultants, but I couldn’t find anything in CAP or other documents in the AP literature. Thanks for any input.

The College does publish a Professional Relations Manual which is available for free in PDF format on their website. I’m not sure whether it will address your specific issue, but you might take a look here for more information.

Has anyone been following what is going on with 23andMe and Navigenics in New York and most recently California. This is a fascinating story that touches on several VERY controversial areas regarding the practice of Clinical Laboratory Medicine. Perhaps Gretchen should come out of hiding and provide a post… Gretchen?

(and tomorrows home work assignment for Gretchen is… Boy was THAT rude!)