---
title: 'Episode 136: Dr Amanda Herrmann - CAP Residents Forum, And The Pathology Fellowship Application Crisis'
type: 'episode'
url: 'https://doc.social/episodes/episode-136-dr-amanda-herrmann-cap-residents-forum-and-the-pathology-fellowship-application-crisis'
show: 'People of Pathology Podcast'
show_url: 'https://doc.social/podcasts/people-of-pathology-podcast'
published: '2022-11-14'
audio: 'https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/7jsya4/Dr_Amanda_Herrmann_-_11_13_22_625_PMajtek.mp3'
---

# Episode 136: Dr Amanda Herrmann - CAP Residents Forum, And The Pathology Fellowship Application Crisis

Today my guest is Pathology Resident Dr Amanda Herrmann What we discuss with Dr Herrmann: Studying microbiology in college and how she decided to pursue an MD/PhD Her initial interest in dermatology and how she discovered pathology Her experience wit...

## Summary

Today my guest is Pathology Resident Dr Amanda Herrmann

What we discuss with Dr Herrmann:

- Studying microbiology in college and how she decided to pursue an MD/PhD

- Her initial interest in dermatology and how she discovered pathology

- Her experience with the residency match process

- How she knew transfusion medicine was right for her

- Getting involved with the Association of Pathology Chairs' Graduate Medical Education Committee

- The paper that was published by this committee, _The pathology fellowship application crisis: The current state and suggestions for remediation_

- How she got involved with the CAP Residents Forum

- Her role as chair of the Residents Forum and why it is important to get involved with professional organizations

Links for this episode:

[Health Podcast Network](https://healthpodcastnetwork.com/)

[ LabVine Learning](http://bit.ly/labvine)

[The ConfLab from LabVine](https://www.labvinelearning.com/TheConflab)

[Dress A Med scrubs](https://dressamed.com/?rfsn=5044297.cb03eb&utm_source=refersion&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_campaign=5044297.cb03eb)

Dr Amanda Herrmann on [Twitter](https://twitter.com/HerrPath)

[Following Herr Path](https://www.instapathbio.com/post/following-herr-path) on the Instapath Blog

[_The Pathology Fellowship Application Crisis: The Current State And Suggestions For Remediation_](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2374289522000185?via%3Dihub)

[CAP Residents Forum](https://www.cap.org/member-resources/residents/residents-forum)

[Association of Pathology Chairs](https://www.apcprods.org)

People of Pathology Podcast:

[Website](https://peopleofpathology.com/)

[Twitter](https://twitter.com/peopleofpath)