How influential are medical school curriculum and other medical school characteristics in students' selecting pathology as a specialty?

McCloskey, Cindy B.; Brissette, Mark D.; Childs, John; Lofgreen, Amanda S.; Johnson, Kristen A.; George, Melissa R.; Holloman, Ashley; Bryant, Bronwyn H.; Berg, Mary; Dixon, Lisa R.; Karp, Julie Katz; Knollmann-Ritschel, Barbara; Prieto, Víctor G.; Timmons, Charles F.; Hoffman, Robert D.

doi:10.1016/j.acpath.2023.100073

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“…Our hope is that our personal journeys will add to the conversation, sparking new ideas or increasing advocacy to help future students explore this specialty with ease and enthusiasm. Anecdotal, narrative works like this could be used as an adjunct to the more formal, structural analyses being undertaken by larger organizations 3 , 8 , 18 , 26 , 27 , 28 to connect the numerical data with the student experience in hopes of improving medical student exposure to pathology during medical school and increase recruitment to meet the rising need.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Students respond to passionate educators. 8 We recommend identifying faculty or residents who are outwardly passionate about pathology and eager to engage students. Then, find as many ways to get them in front of preclinical learners as possible.…”

Section: The Preclinical Yearsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“… 9 Many students participate in research during their preclinical years to get a head-start on that aspect of the residency application. 8 Research in pathology is an effective way to get students into the pathology department while still being able to tie their work to different specialty interests. Pathology-based projects are applicable to many specialties, providing a more flexible research experience that could be spun to “fit in” to different specialty applications.…”

Section: The Preclinical Yearsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Pathology student interest groups are colloquially credited as one of the most important mechanisms for providing medical students with exposure to pathology. 8 However, perceived SIG relevance or lack of visibility can lead to a more varied and potentially more diverse student audience. 18 Based on the experiences presented here, we assert that pathology student interest groups are certainly important to help expose students to pathology and potentially connect interested students to resources and opportunities.…”

Section: Pathology Student Interest Groupsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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