---
title: 'Episode 93: Kristine McCluskey - Theory of Education in Pathology, and the AAPA Preceptor Program'
type: 'episode'
url: 'https://doc.social/episodes/episode-93-kristine-mccluskey-theory-of-education-in-pathology-and-the-aapa-preceptor-program'
show: 'People of Pathology Podcast'
show_url: 'https://doc.social/podcasts/people-of-pathology-podcast'
published: '2022-01-03'
audio: 'https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/h4wffp/Kristine_McCluskey_-_1_2_22_537_PM9vexs.mp3'
---

# Episode 93: Kristine McCluskey - Theory of Education in Pathology, and the AAPA Preceptor Program

Today my guest is Pathologists' Assistant Kristine McCluskey What we discuss with Kristine: How she discovered the pathologists' assistant field and her experience in training How she was inspired to start teaching and why this appealed to her The Intere...

## Summary

Today my guest is Pathologists' Assistant Kristine McCluskey

What we discuss with Kristine:

- How she discovered the pathologists' assistant field and her experience in training

- How she was inspired to start teaching and why this appealed to her

- The Interesting Gross Case Workshop she started at Baylor, the paper that was published from that

- The All City Anatomical Pathology Symposium in 2017

- Her role in the AAPA Preceptor Program

- How the Preceptor Program is organized, and some of the topics

- How studying High Reliability Organizations can benefit pathology education

- Why she chose to earn a Doctorate in Education and how she is applying that knowledge

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)

Kristine McCluskey on [Twitter](https://twitter.com/KristineMcClus2)

[_Interesting Gross Case Workshop to Remedy Disconnect in Surgical Pathology Curriculum_](https://www.mededportal.org/doi/10.15766/mep_2374-8265.10724)

[Baylor College of Medicine Department of Pathology and Immunology](https://www.bcm.edu/departments/pathology-and-immunology)

[_Pathology Teaching and Quality Improvement Tools_](https://www.imedpub.com/articles/pathology-teaching-and-quality-improvement-tools.php?aid=21117)

[High Reliability Organizations](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_reliability_organization)

[American Association of Pathologists Assistants](https://www.pathassist.org)

People of Pathology Podcast:

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

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