People of Pathology Podcast
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Episode 117: Harry Gaffney – Rural Medicine and Dispelling Myths About Pathology
Today my guest is Medical Student Harry Gaffney
What we discuss with Harry:
- How he was inspired to become a doctor at a young age
- His interest in microbiology
- His experience with parallel rural curriculum in medical school
- Joining the Royal Flying Doctor Service and some stories from that experience
- How he decided that pathology was the field for him
- Some of the major misconceptions about pathology and how to dispel them
- Some other ways to dispel myths about pathology and raise awareness for the field
Links for this episode:
Harry Gaffney on the Royal Flying Doctor Podcast
Harry on the Destination Medicine Podcast
Harry on the Taking Care Podcast
Parallel Rural Community Curriculum: is it a transferable model?
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Episode 116: Dr Olaleke Folaranmi – The Influence of Social Media in Promoting Knowledge Acquisition and Pathology Excellence in Nigeria
Today my guest is Pathologist Dr Olaleke Folaranmi
What we discuss with Dr Folaranmi:
- His early education and youth service that inspired him to become a doctor
- How he became interested in pathology, and his subspecialties of interest
- A typical day for him at Ilorin Teaching Hospital
- How he was interviewed for an article called Educating Beyond Borders
- The article he co-authored, The Influence of Social Media in Promoting Knowledge Acquisition and Pathology Excellence in Nigeria, and the purpose of writing this article
- Some examples of social media being used for networking and mentorship
- Some difficulties in widespread adoption of Twitter in low and middle income countries
- The potential of using social media for international collaboration
- How Twitter could be used as a model for more a formalized collaboration system
Links for this episode:
Dr Folaranmi on Twitter
The Influence of Social Media in Promoting Knowledge Acquisition and Pathology Excellence in Nigeria
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Episode 115: Dr Jonathan Jacobs – Pathology Trainees as Laboratory Consultants
Today my guest is Pathology Resident Dr Jonathan Jacobs
What we discuss with Dr Jacobs:
- How he switched from engineering to medicine
- Working as an EMT
- Starting in Internal Medicine and transferring to Pathology
- How he became interested in cytopathology
- Why a social media presence is important for pathology residency programs
- The paper he co-authored, Pathology Trainees Gain Clinical Pathology Experience as Lab Consultants Through Auditing Myeloid Mutation Panel Send-Out Tests, and the project on which it was based
- The response from clinicians about this project
- How the pathology residents felt about the experience they gained from this
- How this idea could be used to audit other lab tests
Links for this episode:
University of Maryland Pathology Residents:
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Episode 114: Lou Mendes Kramer – Forensic Pathology and the Pathologists’ Assistant
Today my guest is Pathologists’ Assistant Lou Mendes Kramer
What we discuss with Lou:
- How she discovered the pathologists’ assistant field and forensic pathology
- Her experience as a PA student
- Working as a Medical Investigator
- Her previous teaching experience and how that led to her teaching at Wayne State
- How she became program director of the Wayne State PA program and some highlights so far
- Teaching methods and how they were adapted during the pandemic
- The AAPA Forensic Task Force and her role
- Attending NAME and IACME meetings as part of the task force
- The poster she presented at the 2021 NAME meeting and how it was received
- Some thoughts on what needs to happen for PAs to be more utilized in forensic pathology
Links for this episode:
American Association of Pathologists’ Assistants
Wayne State Pathologists’s Assistant Program
National Association of Medical Examiners
International Association of Coroners and Medical Examiners
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Episode 113: Dr Kurt Schaberg – Pathology Education and Kurt’s Notes
Today my guest is Pathologist Dr Kurt Schaberg
What we discuss with Dr Schaberg:
- Why he decided to become a doctor of the specialties that were of interest to him
- How he became interested in pathology
- Why he chose to do AP only, and how he chose his fellowships
- His interest in teaching and his roles in residency programs
- Why he started Kurt’s Notes and the original intent of the site
- Some of the features of the site, including quizzes and quick diagnostic reference guides
- His method for creating new content and how long it takes
- Some ways Kurt’s Notes can be used to study for boards
Links for this episode:
Dr Kurt Schaberg on Twitter
UC Davis Department of Pathology
The Practice of Surgical Pathology
Atlas of Gastrointestinal Pathology
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Episode 112: Dr Daniel Kurtycz, Dr Julie Lemmon, Dr Santo Nicosia – The History of Pathology Society
Today my guests are Pathologists Dr Daniel Kurtycz, Dr Julie Lemmon, and Dr Santo Nicosia from the History of Pathology Society
What we discuss with Dr Kurtycz, Dr Lemmon, and Dr Nicosia:
- How they became interested in pathology
- How they became interested in medical history and pathology history
- How the History of Pathology Society was started
- Some of the history of USCAP and the Companion meeting with the History of Pathology Society
- Pathology specimen collections and why it is important to preserve them
- How the COVID pandemic will be important in the history of pathology
Links for this episode:
History of Pathology Society on Twitter
Dr Daniel Kurtycz on Twitter
Dr Julie Lemmon on Twitter
Dr Santo Nicosia on Twitter
United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology
Doctors: The History of Scientific Medicine Revealed Through Biography
The Seats and Causes of Diseases Investigated by Anatomy
The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History
Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic
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