Pathology Trainee Redeployment and Education During the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Institutional Experience
Pathology training programs throughout the United States have endured unprecedented challenges dealing with the ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic. At Houston Methodist Hospital, the Department of Pathology and Genomic Medicine planned and executed a trainee-oriented, stepwise emergency respo...
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| author | Paloma del C. Monroig-Bosque MD, PhD Jim W. Hsu MD, PhD Michelle S. Lin MD Ahmed N. Shehabeldin MD John T. Rogers MD Charlotte F. Kim MD Ayaz G. Kalsekar MD Zhicheng Jin PhD Lukas R. Cara MD Andreia N. Barbieri MD Ziad El-Zaatari MD Ghazaleh Eskandari MD Tiffany G. Sheu MD Jessica A. Tomsula MD Scott W. Long MD, PhD Arthur W. Zieske MD Christopher M. Leveque MD Eric Salazar MD, PhD Dina R. Mody MD Mary R. Schwartz MD Matthew D. Cykowski MD Xin Yi PhD Suzanne Z. Powell MD Jessica S. Thomas MD, PhD, MPH |
| author_facet | Paloma del C. Monroig-Bosque MD, PhD Jim W. Hsu MD, PhD Michelle S. Lin MD Ahmed N. Shehabeldin MD John T. Rogers MD Charlotte F. Kim MD Ayaz G. Kalsekar MD Zhicheng Jin PhD Lukas R. Cara MD Andreia N. Barbieri MD Ziad El-Zaatari MD Ghazaleh Eskandari MD Tiffany G. Sheu MD Jessica A. Tomsula MD Scott W. Long MD, PhD Arthur W. Zieske MD Christopher M. Leveque MD Eric Salazar MD, PhD Dina R. Mody MD Mary R. Schwartz MD Matthew D. Cykowski MD Xin Yi PhD Suzanne Z. Powell MD Jessica S. Thomas MD, PhD, MPH |
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| description | Pathology training programs throughout the United States have endured unprecedented challenges dealing with the ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic. At Houston Methodist Hospital, the Department of Pathology and Genomic Medicine planned and executed a trainee-oriented, stepwise emergency response. The focus was on optimizing workflows among areas of both clinical and anatomic pathology, maintaining an excellent educational experience, and minimizing trainee exposure to coronavirus disease 2019. During the first phase of the response, trainees were divided into 2 groups: one working on-site and the other working remotely. With the progression of the pandemic, all trainees were called back on-site and further redeployed within our department to meet the significantly increased workload demands of our clinical laboratory services. Adjustments to trainee educational activities included, among others, the organization of a daily coronavirus disease 2019 virtual seminar series. This series served to facilitate communication between faculty, laboratory managers, and trainees. Moreover, it became a forum for trainees to provide updates on individual service workflows and volumes, ongoing projects and research, as well as literature reviews on coronavirus disease 2019–related topics. From our program’s experience, redeploying pathology trainees within our department during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic resulted in optimization of patient care while ensuring trainee safety, and importantly, helped to maintain continuous high-quality education through active involvement in unique learning opportunities. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6c1e04ccfc5e4acebebc413f17bab4972023-02-02T01:25:41ZengElsevierAcademic Pathology2374-28952020-09-01710.1177/2374289520953548Pathology Trainee Redeployment and Education During the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Institutional ExperiencePaloma del C. Monroig-Bosque MD, PhD0Jim W. Hsu MD, PhD1Michelle S. Lin MD2Ahmed N. Shehabeldin MD3John T. Rogers MD4Charlotte F. Kim MD5Ayaz G. Kalsekar MD6Zhicheng Jin PhD7Lukas R. Cara MD8Andreia N. Barbieri MD9Ziad El-Zaatari MD10Ghazaleh Eskandari MD11Tiffany G. Sheu MD12Jessica A. Tomsula MD13Scott W. Long MD, PhD14Arthur W. Zieske MD15Christopher M. Leveque MD16Eric Salazar MD, PhD17Dina R. Mody MD18Mary R. Schwartz MD19Matthew D. Cykowski MD20Xin Yi PhD21Suzanne Z. Powell MD22Jessica S. Thomas MD, PhD, MPH23 Department of Pathology and Genomic Medicine, , Houston, TX, USA Department of Pathology and Genomic Medicine, , Houston, TX, USA Department of Pathology and Genomic Medicine, , Houston, TX, USA Department of Pathology and Genomic Medicine, , Houston, TX, USA Department of Pathology and Genomic Medicine, , Houston, TX, USA Department of Pathology and Genomic Medicine, , Houston, TX, USA Department of Pathology and Genomic Medicine, , Houston, TX, USA Department of Pathology and Genomic Medicine, , Houston, TX, USA Department of Pathology and Genomic Medicine, , Houston, TX, USA Department of Pathology and Genomic Medicine, , Houston, TX, USA Department of Pathology and Genomic Medicine, , Houston, TX, USA Department of Pathology and Genomic Medicine, , Houston, TX, USA Department of Pathology and Genomic Medicine, , Houston, TX, USA Department of Pathology and Genomic Medicine, , Houston, TX, USA Department of Pathology and Genomic Medicine, , Houston, TX, USA Department of Pathology and Genomic Medicine, , Houston, TX, USA Department of Pathology and Genomic Medicine, , Houston, TX, USA Department of Pathology and Genomic Medicine, , Houston, TX, USA Department of Pathology and Genomic Medicine, , Houston, TX, USA Department of Pathology and Genomic Medicine, , Houston, TX, USA Department of Pathology and Genomic Medicine, , Houston, TX, USA Department of Pathology and Genomic Medicine, , Houston, TX, USA Department of Pathology and Genomic Medicine, , Houston, TX, USA Department of Pathology and Genomic Medicine, , Houston, TX, USAPathology training programs throughout the United States have endured unprecedented challenges dealing with the ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic. At Houston Methodist Hospital, the Department of Pathology and Genomic Medicine planned and executed a trainee-oriented, stepwise emergency response. The focus was on optimizing workflows among areas of both clinical and anatomic pathology, maintaining an excellent educational experience, and minimizing trainee exposure to coronavirus disease 2019. During the first phase of the response, trainees were divided into 2 groups: one working on-site and the other working remotely. With the progression of the pandemic, all trainees were called back on-site and further redeployed within our department to meet the significantly increased workload demands of our clinical laboratory services. Adjustments to trainee educational activities included, among others, the organization of a daily coronavirus disease 2019 virtual seminar series. This series served to facilitate communication between faculty, laboratory managers, and trainees. Moreover, it became a forum for trainees to provide updates on individual service workflows and volumes, ongoing projects and research, as well as literature reviews on coronavirus disease 2019–related topics. From our program’s experience, redeploying pathology trainees within our department during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic resulted in optimization of patient care while ensuring trainee safety, and importantly, helped to maintain continuous high-quality education through active involvement in unique learning opportunities.https://doi.org/10.1177/2374289520953548 |
| spellingShingle | Paloma del C. Monroig-Bosque MD, PhD Jim W. Hsu MD, PhD Michelle S. Lin MD Ahmed N. Shehabeldin MD John T. Rogers MD Charlotte F. Kim MD Ayaz G. Kalsekar MD Zhicheng Jin PhD Lukas R. Cara MD Andreia N. Barbieri MD Ziad El-Zaatari MD Ghazaleh Eskandari MD Tiffany G. Sheu MD Jessica A. Tomsula MD Scott W. Long MD, PhD Arthur W. Zieske MD Christopher M. Leveque MD Eric Salazar MD, PhD Dina R. Mody MD Mary R. Schwartz MD Matthew D. Cykowski MD Xin Yi PhD Suzanne Z. Powell MD Jessica S. Thomas MD, PhD, MPH Pathology Trainee Redeployment and Education During the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Institutional Experience Academic Pathology |
| title | Pathology Trainee Redeployment and Education During the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Institutional Experience |
| title_full | Pathology Trainee Redeployment and Education During the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Institutional Experience |
| title_fullStr | Pathology Trainee Redeployment and Education During the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Institutional Experience |
| title_full_unstemmed | Pathology Trainee Redeployment and Education During the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Institutional Experience |
| title_short | Pathology Trainee Redeployment and Education During the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Institutional Experience |
| title_sort | pathology trainee redeployment and education during the covid 19 pandemic an institutional experience |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1177/2374289520953548 |
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