The impact of Pathology Outreach Program (POP) on United States and Canadian high school students

IF 1.2 Q3 PATHOLOGY Academic Pathology Pub Date : 2024-04-01 DOI:10.1016/j.acpath.2024.100112

Casey Schukow DO , Curtiss Johnson BA , Sophia Martinez , Kaitlyn Mckinley , Katelynn Campbell MD , Aadil Ahmed MD

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Abstract

Given recent trends in National Resident Matching Program (NRMP) data, there exists a looming deficit of practicing pathologists. As such, the Pathology Outreach Program (POP) was established in 2018 in the United States, and in 2022 in Canada, to educate high school students about pathology and laboratory medicine to help curb this projected shortage. We present survey data gathered from several educational sessions hosted at high schools in the United States (U.S.) and Canada over a 5-year period comparing participants' perceptions and awareness of pathology both before and after each session. Using this data, we wish to highlight the positive impact of POP on increasing students' awareness and appreciation for careers in pathology or laboratory medicine. This data will also highlight the additional work that must be done to further boost public knowledge of laboratory medicine's contributions to patient care. We hope this project will lay the foundation for further improvements to laboratory visibility and inspire additional outreach efforts to mitigate a future workforce shortage.

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病理学推广计划（POP）对美国和加拿大高中生的影响

从美国国家住院医师配对计划（NRMP）数据的最新趋势来看，执业病理学家短缺的问题迫在眉睫。因此，美国和加拿大分别于2018年和2022年设立了病理学外展计划（POP），向高中生传授病理学和检验医学知识，以帮助遏制这一预计的短缺现象。我们展示了从美国和加拿大高中举办的几次教育课程中收集到的调查数据，这些课程为期 5 年，比较了每次课程前后参与者对病理学的看法和认识。通过这些数据，我们希望强调 POP 对提高学生对病理学或检验医学职业的认识和欣赏所产生的积极影响。这些数据还将突出说明，要进一步提高公众对检验医学在患者护理方面所作贡献的认识，还必须做更多的工作。我们希望该项目能为进一步提高检验科的知名度奠定基础，并激励更多的外联工作，以缓解未来劳动力短缺的问题。

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Academic Pathology PATHOLOGY-

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2.20

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20.00%

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15 weeks

期刊介绍： Academic Pathology is an open access journal sponsored by the Association of Pathology Chairs, established to give voice to the innovations in leadership and management of academic departments of Pathology. These innovations may have impact across the breadth of pathology and laboratory medicine practice. Academic Pathology addresses methods for improving patient care (clinical informatics, genomic testing and data management, lab automation, electronic health record integration, and annotate biorepositories); best practices in inter-professional clinical partnerships; innovative pedagogical approaches to medical education and educational program evaluation in pathology; models for training academic pathologists and advancing academic career development; administrative and organizational models supporting the discipline; and leadership development in academic medical centers, health systems, and other relevant venues. Intended authorship and audiences for Academic Pathology are international and reach beyond academic pathology itself, including but not limited to healthcare providers, educators, researchers, and policy-makers.