Abstract
Context. - Management of laboratories and pathology practices is increasingly complex. Residents and fellows in laboratory medicine and pathology need more structured curricula in leadership and management (L&M) training to function as medical and laboratory directors. Objective. - To define a curriculum that provides basic competency in L&M for residents and fellows in pathology. Design. - A year-long formal L&M course included didactic lectures, interactive sessions, case scenarios, team-building exercises, formal team presentations (capstone project), and precourse and postcourse assessment of L&M knowledge. The curriculum meets requirements of American College of Graduate Medical Education and supports goals for leadership training of the College of American Pathologists. Participants evaluated (5-point scale) the content and speakers of all sessions. Trainees were evaluated after considering postcourse examination results, quality of the capstone presentation, and a global assessment. Results. - The 5 non-capstone sessions received evaluation scores ranging from 4.4 (informatics) to 5 (L&M basics). Postcourse test scores showed significant improvement when compared with the pretest scores for the 2003-2004 and 2004-2005 trainee cohorts. Conclusions. - Short-term results indicate that the course described improves trainee knowledge of L&M issues.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 610-614 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine |
| Volume | 131 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| State | Published - Apr 2007 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Pathology and Forensic Medicine
- Medical Laboratory Technology