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T P Darcy

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PubMed1997

A leadership-management training curriculum for pathology residents.

Leadership and management skills are increasingly critical to the success of pathologists in and outside of academic centers. We describe a leadership and management curriculum in a combined anatomic and clinical pathology residency program. The mentor-based approach incorporates leadership and management skills throughout the residency with a dedicated 2-month rotation during the final year of training. This 2-month rotation is led by a senior faculty pathologist mentor and includes active participation in management activities, small group discussions, reading, and a management process project. The topics for the small group discussions, reading list, mentor-based activities, and completed management process projects are described. Outcomes and evaluations are reported for residents who have completed this curriculum in leadership and management.

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PubMed1997

Survey of management training in United States and Canadian pathology residency programs.

One hundred seventy-six United States and Canadian pathology residency programs were surveyed to assess the status of management training for residents. Specific questions in the survey concerned approaches to management, instructional methods used, topics covered, and length of management rotations. Eighty-four programs (48%) responded to the survey. This group represented a cross section of all programs as to location, size, and type of program. Of the 84 programs, 81 (96%) offered management training, while 54 programs (64%) offered a management course. Management training usually occurred in combination with other rotations, most frequently clinical pathology subspecialties. A dedicated management rotation was reported in 19 programs (23%). The most common method of instruction was apprenticeship/mentor followed by didactic lecture. A majority of programs used multiple instructional methods. The five most frequently covered topics were budgets, personnel issues, quality assurance, utilization, and instrument evaluation, but a wide variety of topics were included in management curricula surveyed. There was an emphasis on clinical laboratory administration. Nonpathologist instructors, such as medical technologists, hospital administrators, and business executives, were used for formal didactic exercises, while teaching by pathologists occurred predominantly by mentoring during clinical pathology rotations.

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PubMed1987

Evaluation of red cell volume distribution width (RDW).

The purpose of this study was to evaluate red cell distribution width (RDW) in the differential diagnosis of patients with well defined iron deficiency (ID), anemia of chronic disease (ACD), and thalassemia trait. Mean RDW in 100 "normals" was 13.1%. Elevated RDW (greater than 15.0%) was observed in 90% of ID (N = 39), 32% of ACD(N = 79), 66% of beta-thalassemia trait (N = 100), 53% of alpha-thalassemia trait men (N = 127), 34% of alpha-thalassemia trait women (N = 116), 3% of sickle cell trait (N = 101), and 88% of sickling disorders (N = 32). The Bessman classification by mean corpuscular volume and RDW was of limited value in separating ID from thalassemia trait but was improved by adopting 16.0% as the upper limit of normal for RDW. Although many attempts have been made to discriminate between ID and thalassemia trait on the basis of red cell values from a cell counter, none (including RDW) is sufficiently specific or sensitive to obviate the need for confirmation of the diagnosis by standard laboratory methods.

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